实战口语情景对话 第215期:礼物 The Gift

 Todd: John, can you talk a little bit about the frog that you got for your Valentine's day gift. 

托德：约翰，你能谈谈那只青蛙吗，你在情人节收到的礼物？

John: Sure, yeah, my wife gave me this Pac Man frog for Valentine's day, and basically¹ it was this enormous², stinky frog that would only eat baby mice, so you had to like feed it like a little tiny cute baby mouse like every week and then it would just like leave this big mess³, this stinky mess, and you'd have to clean it up and at the time I had just gotten rid⁴ of an iguana⁵, and like I didn't want any pets and that was the gift my wife gave me so! 

约翰：当然可以，我妻子把这只吃豆蛙当作情人节礼物送给了我，其实这只又大又臭的青蛙只吃小老鼠，所以你每周不得不喂它吃可爱的小老鼠，而且它还会弄得一团糟，还有难闻的气味，所以你不得不进行清理工作，而当时我刚刚摆脱掉一只鬣蜥，所以我并不想再养宠物，可是那是我妻子送我的礼物！

Todd: Oh, man, well, how long did you have it? 

托德：哦，伙计，那你养了多久？

John: I think I kept it for about six month. Maybe even a year. 

约翰：我想我大概养了6个月左右。也可能是一年。

Todd: That's a long time. 

托德：那是挺长的时间了。

John: Yeah. Well see, I kept it until she moved in with me and then when she moved in with me, she said, "Wow, that thing really stinks⁶!" We should get rid of it." So we took it back to the pet store and just gave it back to them. 

约翰：是啊。我一直养到她搬来和我一起住，她搬过来以后，她说：“哇，那只青蛙实在是太臭了！我们应该处理一下。”于是我们把它送还给了宠物店。 Todd: Oh, so you took it back to the pet store. They took it. 托德：哦，那你把它送回宠物店。他们就接受了。

John: Yeah, they took it. I looked around for someone to like give it to, and everyone was like, "No, that thing is disgusting⁷. No one wanted it and I asked the pet store would they like pay for it, and they were like "No, no, you bought it" so I was just like, "Here, OK, have it back" and they were "Fine, we'll sell it again" 

约翰：对啊。他们接受了。我想找一个想养它的人，可是几乎所有人都说，“不，那只青蛙太恶心了。没有人想养它。”而我问宠物店他们是不是可以为它付钱的时候，他们则说，“不，不，你已经买了它。”所以我只能说，“给你，拿回去吧。”他们说，“好吧，我们会再找买家的。”

Todd: OK, do you ever know what happened to the frog? 

托德：嗯，那你知道后来那只青蛙怎么样了吗？ John: No, maybe, I went back to that pet store like a year after I gave it back to them and it was still there and it was like twice the size, so I don't know if they ever got rid of it or not. 

约翰：不知道，还回青蛙一年以后我又去了那家宠物店，那只青蛙还在那里，体型已经是原来的两倍了，所以我不知道他们有没有摆脱掉它。

Todd: Great story. 

托德：很好的故事。

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 enormous   

adj.巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• An enormous sum of money is injected each year into teaching.每年都有大量资金投入到教学中。
• They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。

3 mess   

vt.将…弄糟，混乱，妨碍，使紊乱；n.食堂，伙食，用膳，一份食品，混乱，乱七八糟，困境

参考例句：

• Don't mess up my homework.不要弄乱我的家庭作业。
• You'll mess up my hair.你会把我的头发弄乱.

4 rid   

v.摆脱，除掉，克服，干掉，消灭；vt.使摆脱，使去掉

参考例句：

• She is rid of fever.她不发烧了。
• Try to get rid of your nasty cold.想法除去你那讨厌的感冒。

5 iguana   

n.美洲大蜥蜴，鬣鳞蜥

参考例句：

• With an iguana,you really don't have to say surprise.惊喜两字已经不足以形容这只鬣鳞蜥了。
• I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguanadj.打开计算机准备制作一部关于我的宠物蜥蜴的电影。

6 stinks   

v.散发出恶臭( stink的第三人称单数 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• The whole scheme stinks to high heaven—don't get involved in it. 整件事十分卑鄙龌龊——可别陷了进去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soup stinks of garlic. 这汤有大蒜气味。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 disgusting   

adj.令人作呕的，可憎恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• What a disgusting smell!多么讨厌的气味！
• The mosquito is the disgusting thing.蚊子是讨厌的东西。