純正地道美語 第179期(外教講解):節禮日
A: What do you think of this one?
B: Eh, so so.
A: And this one? Too flashy?
B: Nah, not too flashy.
A: Uhg! And this sweater from my aunt? Isn’t it hideous?
B: I guess.
A: Are you even listening? I’m trying to have a conversation with you.
B: And I’m trying to watch the game, but you’re yapping on about your new clothes!
A: Well I have to decide which gifts to keep and which to exchange for better ones when I go to the Boxing Day sales this afternoon!
B: Well could you do me the favor of making this quick? It’s the third quarter and you’ve been blabbering on since the first!
A: Oh, your precious game. You watch the same game every year, and each year your beloved hometown team loses by at least three goals!
B: Oh no you didn’t. You didn’t just insult the Sals-bury Seals, did you? Why don’t you just. just go and return all of those stupid clothes and not come back until the sales are over?
A: I might just! Enjoy your stupid game!
B: And Merry Christmas!
A: Merry Christmas!
flashy adj. 華麗而俗氣的; 炫耀的
flashy clothes 花哨的服裝
hideous a.極其醜陋的，難看的
yap vt. 哇啦哇啦地瞎說
Stop yapping! 別瞎扯了!
exchange vt. （常與for, with連用）交換，互換
John exchanged gifts with Mary.
約翰與瑪麗交換禮物。
sale n.出售；廉價出售
do sb the favor幫助某人；幫某人一個忙
【拓展詞彙】
craziness n. 瘋狂
discount n.打折
flier n. 傳單
merchandise n.[總稱]商品，貨物
jam-packed with people adj. 擁擠的
A:你認爲這個怎麼樣?
B:還行吧。
A:這個呢？太花哨了？
B:是啊，太花哨了。
A:我姑姑送我的這件毛衣呢？不難看嗎？
B:我猜猜。
A: 你在聽嗎？我正在和你談話。
B: 我正在看比賽，但是你卻對你的新衣服亂評價。
A: 我必須決定留那件禮物，當我今天下午去節禮日甩賣時用那個禮物去換個更好的。
B: 你能幫我個忙，快點決定嗎？現在已經3點15分了，你從一開始就亂說個不停。
A: 你的寶貴比賽。你每年都看相同的比賽，每年你深愛的家鄉球隊至少要輸3個球。
B: 你不是在侮辱Sals-bury Seals，對吧？你爲什麼不馬上去，將這些難看的衣服還回去，直到甩賣結束再回來？
A: 我可能會那樣做。看你的比賽吧。
