A:Marco,I got a new fur coat for only 400 kuai.
Marco,我花四百塊就買(mǎi)了個(gè)大衣
B:What's it like.
什么樣的?
A:It has a hood.You know,with lots of fur.In Canada,this is like 4 or 5 hundred bucks.It's really nice and warm,good quality too.
你知道,后面帶個(gè)帽子的那種。有很多毛。在加拿大,這種衣服要四五百塊呢。非常暖和。質(zhì)量也很好。
B:But Drew.This is summer,There's no need to buy that.
可是,Drew?,F(xiàn)在是夏天,沒(méi)必要買(mǎi)啊
A:I know.I was shopping with my girlfriend.Then I saw this on clearance sale. You know Marco,This is a real buy.
我知道,我和女朋友正購(gòu)物呢,然后我看到了這個(gè)換季銷(xiāo)售。你要知道,這可真便宜。
B:What else did you buy?
你還買(mǎi)什么了?
A:Nothing.You know,Marco,I was thinking of buying lots of these coats and shippin them back to Canada .Canadians will love them.I'm sure I can make bling-bling money.
沒(méi)什么了。你知道,我想多買(mǎi)些這種東西然后把它們運(yùn)回加拿大,加拿大人肯定會(huì)喜歡的,我也能賺很多錢(qián)。
B:Come down to earth,Drew.You're not going to do that,are you?
現(xiàn)實(shí)點(diǎn)兒吧。你不會(huì)那么做,對(duì)吧。
A:I may give it a try.
我也許會(huì)試一試
B:Did you buy something for your girlfriend?
給你女朋友買(mǎi)什么東西了嗎?
A:No,I didn't
沒(méi)有
B:Why not?She's your girlfriend
為什么?她是你的女朋友
A:Why yes?I mean I made the money all by myself.I didn't know her for a long time. I can take her to dinner.That's fine with me.But I can't buy her everything,Know what I mean?
為什么一定要買(mǎi)?我是說(shuō)錢(qián)都是我自己賺的,我們才認(rèn)識(shí)不久。我可以帶她吃飯,那對(duì)我沒(méi)什么,可我不能什么都給她買(mǎi),懂我的意思嗎?
B:I know what you mean.But don't you know that when in Rome,do as Romans do?
我知道,可你也要懂得入鄉(xiāng)隨俗啊。
A:Do I really have to do that?
我非得那么做嗎?
B:Well,Drew.You don't have to.But you should learn that.Especially when you have a Chinese girlfriend.
那到不用,不過(guò)你得學(xué)著點(diǎn)兒。尤其是你有一個(gè)中國(guó)女朋友。
A:Speak up,Marco.I can't hear you.
Marco.聲音大點(diǎn)兒,我聽(tīng)不清
B:Poor Drew. I'm sure you're in trouble.
可憐的Drew.我肯定你有麻煩了。
Attention Please…特別提醒
[你可以請(qǐng)外教反復(fù)幫你模仿/訓(xùn)練下面句子/詞組的正宗美式發(fā)音
[1]bling-bling很多錢(qián)。這實(shí)際上是收銀機(jī)打開(kāi)時(shí)發(fā)出的聲音。老外們用這種聲音表示"很多錢(qián)"。它還有另外一種說(shuō)法,叫ching-ching。不過(guò)這是上了年紀(jì)的人使用的。
[2]Come down to earth.現(xiàn)實(shí)點(diǎn)兒吧。現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中總有人愛(ài)作白日夢(mèng){daydreaming},就象我們的。別客氣,用這句話耗損他們理智點(diǎn)兒吧。
Related Words…相關(guān)詞匯
以下這些詞匯并未給出漢語(yǔ)意思,你可以用我們學(xué)到的英語(yǔ)問(wèn)問(wèn)外教它們的意思
[ie:What does "***" mean? "***"是什么意思?]
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