【大家说英语】 第305期:神秘圣诞礼物(2)

 December 10 12月10日

Read it! 读读看！

Rob¹ isn't having any luck finding² a gift. 罗柏找礼物找得很不顺利，

He is still shopping. 他还在逛。

Taylor already bought her Secret Santa gift. 泰乐已经买好她的神秘圣诞老公公礼物。

Susie bought a gift card. 苏希买了一张礼券，

She'll put it in a big box and wrap³ it. 她会把礼券放进一个大盒子，然后用包装纸包起来。

Rob went to the bag store, music store, calendar store and even the department⁴ store. 罗柏去了背包店、音乐行、月历商店，甚至是百货公司。

He finally found a gift! 他终于找到了一件礼物！

Did he buy a candle or purse? 他买了蜡烛还是皮包？

Conversation A 会话A

Hey, Alex. 嘿，亚力克斯。

Oh, hi, Rob! 哦，嗨，罗柏！

Are you having any luck finding a gift? 你找礼物顺不顺利？

Some. What about you? 还可以，你呢？

No. I don't know my person very well. 不顺利。我对我的送礼对象不太熟。

What things does she like? 她喜欢什么东西？

I don't really know. 我实在不清楚。

Ah-ha! You have a "she"! 啊哈！你送礼的对象是女生！

Oops⁵! I didn't mean to tell. 糟糕！我不是故意要说出来的。

Girls like candles and purses. 女生喜欢蜡烛和皮包，

Get her one of those. 买这两种东西的其中一种就对了。

That's a good idea. Thanks. 好主意，谢了。

Conversation B 会话B

Did you buy your Secret Santa gift yet? 妳的神秘圣诞老公公礼物买了没？

Yes. I bought something yesterday at the mall. 买了，我昨天在购物中心买了一件东西。

That's good. 很好。

I couldn't think of a gift for my person. 我想不到该送什么给我的送礼对象，

So I bought a gift card. 所以买了一张礼券。

That's fine. 没关系。

Will you just put it in an envelope? 妳会把礼券直接放在信封里吗？

No. I'm going to put it in a big box and wrap it. 不会，我会放在一个大盒子里，再用包装纸包起来，

Then it will be a big surprise! 这样对于收礼的人就会是一大惊喜！

Conversation C 会话C

Are you ready for the holiday party? 你已经为圣诞节派对做好准备了吗？

Yes! I finally bought my Secret Santa gift. 准备好了！我终于买好我的神秘圣诞老公公礼物。

Me, too! I went to so many stores. 我也是！我跑了好多家店。

I know. 是啊。

I went to the bag store, music store, calendar store and several department stores! 我去了包包店、音乐行、月历商店，还有几家百货公司！

Wow. That's a lot of stores. 哇，你还跑了真多家店。

But now you have your gift! 不过，你总算买到了你的礼物！

I do. And my Secret Santa has mine, too. I hope. 是啊，希望我的神秘圣诞老公公也买了送我的礼物。

We'll find out tomorrow 我们明天就会知道了！

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

3 wrap   

n.外套，围巾，包裹，限制，约束，秘密；vt.包装，卷，缠绕，包，裹，覆盖，遮蔽，隐藏

参考例句：

• You'd better wrap it with a piece of clean cloth.你最好用一块干净的布把它包起来。
• You can wrap the skirt around your waist.你可以把裙子围在腰间。

4 department   

n.（行政、企业等的）部；局；处；科；部门；系

参考例句：

• What department do you study in?你在哪个系学习？
• Welcome to the sports department!欢迎来到运动品部！

5 oops   

int.哎哟（ 表示惊讶；沮丧；狼狈；轻度道歉等）

参考例句：

• Oops!I'm on the wrong plane!糟糕！我上错飞机了！
• Oops!I nearly dropped my cup of tea!哎呀！我险些儿把自己的一杯茶掉到地上！