ESL Podcast 861 – Planning a Children’s Party

 　　Sara: Come on! We need to buy all of the things we need for Gabriel’s party before the store closes.

 

　　Paul: Are you sure we need a party? Maybe we can just have a cake and some party hats.

 

　　Sara: Are you kidding?! We are going to pull out all the stops. We’ll have streamers, balloons, noisemakers, and party favors. This is going to be really fun.

 

　　Paul: I don’t even know if he’d like all that. What are you doing?

 

　　Sara: I’m getting lots of confetti to throw when we sing “Happy Birthday.”

 

　　Paul: The confetti is going to get all over the ice cream and the icing on the cake. And it’ll be a nightmare¹ to clean up.

 

　　Sara: Don’t worry about the clean up. I’ll take care of that. Now, where are the goodie bags...

 

　　Paul: Are you sure all of this is necessary?

 

　　Sara: Of course, it is. Ooo...What do you think of hiring a clown and renting an inflatable castle for the party?

 

　　Paul: You do remember that Gabriel is turning one, don’t you?

 

　　Sara: So?

 

　　...

 

　　It’s just as I suspected. Some birthday parties aren’t for the children. They’re for the adults who never grew up!

 

　　Script² by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 nightmare   

n.恶梦，可怕的事物，无法摆脱的恐惧

参考例句：

• I was glad to awake from such a nightmare.我庆幸终于从噩梦中醒来了。
• I had a nightmare last nightand,lost sleep.昨夜我作了个恶梦，失眠了。

2 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。