华尔街基础英语Lesson 28

Well, here I am in the heart of Brighton, where all the interesting and fashionable stores are. It’s raining right now; I think I’ll do some shopping. Maybe I’ll buy some gifts for the people back home. Yeah. And, uh, well, as you can see, I’m without my husband Alan, right at the moment. He’s gone…somewhere. Yeah, well… let’s try this cute little store here. Maybe I can find a nice gift for my mom. Maybe not this one. Let’s try the one next door. No, this isn’t quite her style either. I’m sure I saw a real cute little place back there somewhere… Definitely¹ not that one. Not this one either. Why are all the stores here so strange? And it’s really raining hard now. Gee², I don’t have my umbrella with me; I left it in the hotel. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll go back there now, see if Alan’s there. I don’t think he’s gone to Pittsburgh…
So I got to play golf at last! Ok, it’s raining. In fact, it’s raining really hard. But, the way I see it, golf in the rain is better than no golf at all. And also, here I am in England, which is, like, the home of golf. Yeah, it was king somebody-or-other, I dunno, maybe Henry the something-or-other, whatever, who played the first game of golf, way back in the year…15 something-or-other or maybe it was 16. Yeah, well, whatever. I mean. I’m not really an expert on history. But I am an expert on golf. I was a professional golfer for 12 years, in fact. From when I was 21 till when I was 33. I made a good living, too. When I stopped playing I had nearly a million bucks³. Then I put that money into a store-all of it. Yeah, I opened a store selling golfing stuff⁴: you know, clothes, balls, gloves, books, videos, whatever. There are five of those stores now; all over the state and they’re all mine. Yeah, well, mine and Alice’s. Alice, my ex-wife. Yeah, well, we don’t what to talk about her; we don’t even want to think about her. Must try this shot again… Darn it! Geez, that was terrible! I’ve seen 5-year-old kids play better than that. It’s because I’m thinking about damn⁵ Alice! And damn Deborah, too! Geez, damn women! Like my old Dad said: you can’t live with them; you can’t live without them! Darn it! I’m going to try that shot again…

1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 gee   

n.马；int.向右！前进！，惊讶时所发声音；v.向右转

参考例句：

• Their success last week will gee the team up.上星期的胜利将激励这支队伍继续前进。
• Gee,We're going to make a lot of money.哇！我们会赚好多钱啦！

3 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

5 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。