每天三分钟学英语 第30期:外国人口语中that…thing到底是什么意思?

 内容选自美剧《Modern Family》618

Claire: You cannot spend your entire spring break worrying about college admissions. You should go to that music festival thing with Haley.

that…thing 口语化表达

Do you still have that bug¹ bite thing? 你还有治蚊子包的那个东西吗？

The pillow cover thing you gave me last time, what brand was it? 上次你给我的那个枕套是什么牌子着？

The kid wants that robot thing for his birthday. What's it called? Transformers? 那个小孩子过生日要的那个机器人什么的，是什么，变形金刚吗？

Don't you have that baby thing to go to with the girls? It's Karen right, who's pregnant? 你是不是要去婴儿的那个聚会啊，Karen对吧，她是不是怀孕了？

1 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。