美語情景對話 第1346期:Best and Worst Gifts 最好的禮物和最差的禮物(1)

Todd: Jen, we're talking about gifts. We were talking about giving gifts before. Now let's talk about receiving gifts. What is the best and worst gift you have received?

託德：珍，我們來談談禮物。我們之前談論過送禮物。現在我們來談談收禮物。你收到的最好和最差的禮物分別是什麼？

Jen: Why don't you go first.

珍：爲什麼你不先說說呢。

Todd: Sure. Mine is easy. My step-father made a basketball hoop for me in our driveway. He made it for my birthday. It was pretty cool because, he put it up in one day. I had a car at that time, so I would have seen him making it, but I just came home one day, and there was a big basketball hoop with a big bow around it. It was on my birthday, and it was great. I used it every day and I had nieces and nephews. They used it. I had all my friends in the neighborhood come over. We had basketball tournaments. It was a really good gift.

託德：好。我的回答很簡單。我繼父在我家的車道上爲我做了一個籃球架。那是他送我的生日禮物。那非常酷，有一天他把籃球架立在了車道上。當時我有輛車，我本來可以看到他爲我支起籃球架，可是我沒有看到過程，我回家時看到了一個很大的籃球架，旁邊還有一個大的蝴蝶結。那是我的生日禮物，簡直太棒了。我每天都會用那個籃球架打籃球，我有侄子和侄女，他們也會在那裏打籃球。我會邀請附近所有的朋友過來玩。我們會進行籃球比賽，那真是非常好的禮物。

Jen: That's really cool. It's so nice of him that he would go through all that, and give you such a special gift.

珍：那太酷了。他送你籃球架而且還裝好了，他人真是太好了，送了一件非常特別的禮物。

Todd: Yeah. The funny thing about it is, I think he really regretted it because, he wasn't thinking how loud a basketball would be when you bounce it. So when you would bounce the basketball, it made this really loud noise, echoing sound down the street. My dad was great. He was really cool.

託德：對。有趣的是，我想他感到很後悔，因爲他不知道籃球彈跳的聲音有多大。在地上拍籃球時，會發出非常大的聲音，那個聲音會在整條街迴響。我爸爸人很好，他非常酷。

Jen: That's really nice.

珍：那真不錯。

Todd: Yeah. It was nice. So how about you? Do you have a really special gift?

託德：對，很不錯。你呢？你有收到過特別的禮物嗎？

Jen: For me, my special gift would be, my mom once made a suit. A pair of socks for me. They were really cute with little flowers on the right side of the socks. I would wear them every day when I was a kid. I thought that was really special. I still have them in my bag.

珍：對我來說，特別的禮物是，我媽媽曾做過一個套裝……她給我做過一雙襪子。那雙襪子非常可愛，右側有小小的花朵。我小時候每天都穿那雙襪子，我認爲那非常特別。現在我仍把襪子裝在包裏。

Todd: Oh really? Wow.

託德：哦，真的嗎？哇哦。

Jen: Yeah. Winter is coming. I'm going to use it again.

珍：對。冬天就要來了，我馬上要就要穿那雙襪子了。

Todd: Socks wear out pretty easily. You've really kept them in good condition.

託德：襪子很容易穿壞。看起來你保存的很好。

Jen: Yeah. She probably used really good wool because, it's still there, and I still wear it a lot.

珍：對。可能她用的是很好的羊毛，我還留着那雙襪子，我也經常穿。

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重點講解：
1. come over 順便來訪；
例句：You really must come over sometime and have dinner with us.
你確實應該找個時間來串個門，跟我們一起吃頓飯。
2. wear out (使)磨損；(使)用壞；
例句：He wore out his shoes wandering around Mexico City.
他在墨西哥城到處遊蕩，磨壞了鞋子。
3. be crazy out 熱衷的；狂熱的；
例句：He's crazy about novels.
他看小說看上癮了。
4. take out 取出；拿出；
例句：Take out a pen and paper right now and start writing your letter to your future self.
現在就拿出筆和紙，開始給未來的自己寫封信吧。