速成英语口语第二册 Lesson15:10,000 was found in a bag on a city bus

Unit 8 Conversation 1

单元八　对话一

$10,000 was found in a bag on a city bus.

在一个市里公交车上的包里发现了1万美元。

A: Is there anything interesting in the paper?

在报纸上有一些有趣的事吗？

B: Let's see. Uh, $10.000 dollars was found in a bag on a city bus.

让我看看，嗯，在一个市里公交车上的包里发现了1万美元。

A: $10,000 dollars? I should ride the bus more often.

1万美元？我应该更频繁得坐公交车。

B: Yeah, and listen to this. Two large bears were seen last night in someone's yard.

是的，听这个。昨晚在某人的院子里发现了两只大熊。

A: That's kind of scary¹.

那是有点可怕。

B: Oh, and a jewelry² store was broken into, and some diamonds were stolen.

哦，有人闯入一家珠宝店，一些钻石被偷了。

A: Really? Isn't there any good news?

真的吗？难道没有好新闻吗？

1 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。