Eztalk美语【40】I'm beat! 我累摊了！

Jennifer: Ahhh! I'm beat!
Billy: What happened to you? You look like you got hit by a tornado¹!
Jennifer: I just got back from fighting the crowds.
Billy: You mean at the mall? Was there a sale?
Jennifer: Yeah. For five minutes, everything was half off. It was total chaos²...
Billy: Cool!
Jennifer: Grabbing, pushing and shoving...

beat (a.) 　
累摊了的

tornado (n.) 　
龙卷风

crowds (n.) 　
群众

half-off (a.) 　
打对折的

chaos (n.) 　
混乱
A: What happened after the electricity went off?
停电之后发生了什么事？
B: The streets turned into chaos.
街头一片混乱。

shove (v.) 　
推挤

珍妮花：啊！我累摊了！
比 利：你怎么了？一副被龙卷风扫到的样子！
珍妮花：我刚跟群众打完仗回来。
比 利：你是说在购物中心里啊？那里有拍卖吗？
珍妮花：有啊。限时五分钟之内，所有东西都是半价。全场大混乱……
比 利：酷！
珍妮花：大家胡乱抢，推来挤去的……

1 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。