Todd: Hey, Lois, why don't you have a plum!
托德：嗨，洛伊絲，來個李子吃吧！ Lois: Oh, thank you very much. Lovely! 洛伊絲：哦，非常謝謝你。好吃！ Todd: You like plums? 托德：你喜歡吃李子？ Lois: I love all fruits, but plums especially. 洛伊絲：所有的水果我都愛吃，不過特別喜歡李子。 Todd: Oh, there goes the water. 托德：哦，它們富含水分。 Lois: It's very juicy. 洛伊絲：有很多果汁。 Todd: It is juicy. How does it taste? 托德：有很多果汁。味道怎么樣？ Lois: Mm, it tastes sweet, very refreshing. 洛伊絲：嗯，是甜的，非常清新的味道。 Todd: Mm, I love plums. 托德：嗯，我喜歡李子。 Lois: Yeah, me too. 洛伊絲：我也喜歡。 Todd: Guess how much this box cost? 托德：你猜這盒李子要多少錢？ Lois: I'm thinking it's probably quite expensive, so in yen, maybe 1,000 yen. 洛伊絲：我想可能會非常貴，大概1000日元吧。 Todd: Ah, yeah, pretty close. It cost 900 yen for 8 plums. 托德：對，差不多。這8個李子就要900日元。 Lois: Very expensive in Japan. 洛伊絲：日本的價格真的很貴。 Todd: I know it's crazy. In America you can get this for like maybe 200 yen. Not even that, maybe 100 yen. 托德：我知道，這很讓人抓狂。在美國的話，這些大概200日元就能買到?？赡芏疾挥?，100日元就能買到。 Lois: In England it's cheap but probably not as cheap as in America. I think maybe because we have to import everything. It's slightly more expensive. 洛伊絲：在英國李子很便宜，不過不像美國那么便宜。我想，可能是因為我們所有的東西都要靠進(jìn)口。所以會有些貴。 Todd: Actually, that's a good question. What fruits do you grow in England? 托德：實際上，這是個很好的問題。英國種植什么水果？ Lois: Apples and Apples and maybe pears and... 洛伊絲：蘋果，可能還有梨…… Todd: No coconuts? 托德：沒有椰子嗎？ Lois: No coconuts. No bananas. and maybe we grow plums. I don't know. 洛伊絲：沒有椰子。沒有香蕉?？赡芪覀兎N李子，我不清楚。 Todd: It looks like a very English fruit. 托德：那看上去像英國的代表水果。 Lois: But definitely apples. 洛伊絲：那絕對是蘋果。 Todd: Or strawberries? 托德：或者草莓？ Lois: Strawberries, oh yeah. Lots of strawberries and tomatoes but maybe they're a vegetable some people say fruit. Some people say vegetable. But lots of tomatoes. And I'm sure lots of other things but, I just know about apples. 洛伊絲：草莓，對，沒錯。英國種植很多草莓和土豆，不過可能它們屬于蔬菜，有些人說它們是水果，有些人說是蔬菜。不過英國種植大量的土豆。我確定還種植大量的其他作物，不過我只知道蘋果。 Todd: What's your favorite fruit? 托德：你最喜歡的水果是什么？ Lois: My favorite fruit! I really like pineapples, and I also like strawberries. Strawberries and cream. It's one of my favorite desserts. 洛伊絲：我最喜歡的水果！我非常喜歡菠蘿，我還喜歡草莓。草莓奶油是我最喜歡的甜點之一。 Todd: Yeah, so have you ever been to Wimbleton and had strawberries and cream? 托德：嗯，你去溫布登吃過草莓奶油嗎？ Lois: I haven't. I'd love to go. But strawberries and cream at Wimbleton are so expensive. I don't know how much but really, really expensive. 洛伊絲：沒有。我很想去。不過溫布登的草莓奶油非常貴。我不清楚具體的價格，不過真的很貴。重點講解： 1. Why 問句中與 not 連用表示建議，為什么不…… eg. Why not give Claire a call? 為什么不給克萊爾打個電話？ eg. Why don't you come home with me until you sort things out? 你何不先和我一起回家，等事情解決了再走？ eg. Why don't we talk it through? 為什么我們不把這事談開呢？ 2. as...as 像…一樣； eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one. 我從來沒有碰到過像那次那么難的期末考試。 eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original. 找不出明顯的理由來解釋為什么這部片子拍得不如原先的好。 3. would love to do sth. 樂于；很愿意做某事； eg. I would love to play for England again. 我很樂意再次為英格蘭隊效力。 eg. His wife would love him to give up his job. 他妻子很樂意他辭去工作。
托德：嗨，洛伊絲，來個李子吃吧！ Lois: Oh, thank you very much. Lovely! 洛伊絲：哦，非常謝謝你。好吃！ Todd: You like plums? 托德：你喜歡吃李子？ Lois: I love all fruits, but plums especially. 洛伊絲：所有的水果我都愛吃，不過特別喜歡李子。 Todd: Oh, there goes the water. 托德：哦，它們富含水分。 Lois: It's very juicy. 洛伊絲：有很多果汁。 Todd: It is juicy. How does it taste? 托德：有很多果汁。味道怎么樣？ Lois: Mm, it tastes sweet, very refreshing. 洛伊絲：嗯，是甜的，非常清新的味道。 Todd: Mm, I love plums. 托德：嗯，我喜歡李子。 Lois: Yeah, me too. 洛伊絲：我也喜歡。 Todd: Guess how much this box cost? 托德：你猜這盒李子要多少錢？ Lois: I'm thinking it's probably quite expensive, so in yen, maybe 1,000 yen. 洛伊絲：我想可能會非常貴，大概1000日元吧。 Todd: Ah, yeah, pretty close. It cost 900 yen for 8 plums. 托德：對，差不多。這8個李子就要900日元。 Lois: Very expensive in Japan. 洛伊絲：日本的價格真的很貴。 Todd: I know it's crazy. In America you can get this for like maybe 200 yen. Not even that, maybe 100 yen. 托德：我知道，這很讓人抓狂。在美國的話，這些大概200日元就能買到?？赡芏疾挥?，100日元就能買到。 Lois: In England it's cheap but probably not as cheap as in America. I think maybe because we have to import everything. It's slightly more expensive. 洛伊絲：在英國李子很便宜，不過不像美國那么便宜。我想，可能是因為我們所有的東西都要靠進(jìn)口。所以會有些貴。 Todd: Actually, that's a good question. What fruits do you grow in England? 托德：實際上，這是個很好的問題。英國種植什么水果？ Lois: Apples and Apples and maybe pears and... 洛伊絲：蘋果，可能還有梨…… Todd: No coconuts? 托德：沒有椰子嗎？ Lois: No coconuts. No bananas. and maybe we grow plums. I don't know. 洛伊絲：沒有椰子。沒有香蕉?？赡芪覀兎N李子，我不清楚。 Todd: It looks like a very English fruit. 托德：那看上去像英國的代表水果。 Lois: But definitely apples. 洛伊絲：那絕對是蘋果。 Todd: Or strawberries? 托德：或者草莓？ Lois: Strawberries, oh yeah. Lots of strawberries and tomatoes but maybe they're a vegetable some people say fruit. Some people say vegetable. But lots of tomatoes. And I'm sure lots of other things but, I just know about apples. 洛伊絲：草莓，對，沒錯。英國種植很多草莓和土豆，不過可能它們屬于蔬菜，有些人說它們是水果，有些人說是蔬菜。不過英國種植大量的土豆。我確定還種植大量的其他作物，不過我只知道蘋果。 Todd: What's your favorite fruit? 托德：你最喜歡的水果是什么？ Lois: My favorite fruit! I really like pineapples, and I also like strawberries. Strawberries and cream. It's one of my favorite desserts. 洛伊絲：我最喜歡的水果！我非常喜歡菠蘿，我還喜歡草莓。草莓奶油是我最喜歡的甜點之一。 Todd: Yeah, so have you ever been to Wimbleton and had strawberries and cream? 托德：嗯，你去溫布登吃過草莓奶油嗎？ Lois: I haven't. I'd love to go. But strawberries and cream at Wimbleton are so expensive. I don't know how much but really, really expensive. 洛伊絲：沒有。我很想去。不過溫布登的草莓奶油非常貴。我不清楚具體的價格，不過真的很貴。重點講解： 1. Why 問句中與 not 連用表示建議，為什么不…… eg. Why not give Claire a call? 為什么不給克萊爾打個電話？ eg. Why don't you come home with me until you sort things out? 你何不先和我一起回家，等事情解決了再走？ eg. Why don't we talk it through? 為什么我們不把這事談開呢？ 2. as...as 像…一樣； eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one. 我從來沒有碰到過像那次那么難的期末考試。 eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original. 找不出明顯的理由來解釋為什么這部片子拍得不如原先的好。 3. would love to do sth. 樂于；很愿意做某事； eg. I would love to play for England again. 我很樂意再次為英格蘭隊效力。 eg. His wife would love him to give up his job. 他妻子很樂意他辭去工作。