美語情景對話 第337期:The Parcel 包裹

I got a parcel in the post this morning. I was really excited because I love getting the parcels in the post. I love getting letters too but I don't know, there's something special about a parcel, especially when you don't know what's going to be inside it. So I opened the parcel this morning and there, just in time for Christmas, and everything is a big huge thing of Toblerone Chocolates, which I love and also, a six-pack of Tayto's Cheese and Onion Crisps. Now, Tayto's is an Irish company, and so it's an Irish brand name and these crisps or potato chips, maybe as other countries call them, these crisps are absolutely the best crisps in the world. There is no competition. I think if you ask any Irish person, they'll tell you the same thing, so there're real, quite a strong flavor, I think but really cheesy, em, but it's funny because I don't, I don't usually like crisps. I'm not a big crisp fan, but these cheese and onion Tayto's, I've just finished the first packet and it really makes me feel, makes me feel closer to home, I …my friends, this is the taste of home. They're so good. You should really try some.

今天早上我在郵局領了一個包裹。我非常興奮，因爲我喜歡在郵局裏領包裹。我也喜歡拿信，我不知道……，包裹有些特別，尤其是你不知道里面有什麼東西的時候。今天上午我打開了包裹，剛好趕上聖誕節，所以包裹裏面全是大塊的三角巧克力，我非常喜歡三角巧克力，包裹裏還有六塊Tayto's奶酪和洋蔥薯片。Tayto's是愛爾蘭的公司，這是一個愛爾蘭品牌，而這些薯片，可能別的國家稱爲馬鈴薯片，這些薯片絕對是世界上最好的薯片。沒有競爭者。我想，如果你問任何一個愛爾蘭人，他們都會告訴你同樣的答案，薯片的味道很濃郁，有濃郁的奶酪味道，這很有趣，因爲我實際上並不喜歡薯片。我對薯片不感興趣，不過我剛剛吃完了一袋這種奶酪洋蔥薯片，它真的讓我有種離家很近的感覺。我……我的朋友們，這真的是家鄉的味道。真是太好了。你們也應該嚐嚐。

重點講解：
1. in time for
及時；不遲；
eg. With a lot of training , we might be able to lick the team into shape in time for next year's games.
通過大量訓練我們或許能把這個隊及時訓練好，迎接明年的比賽。
eg. I rose so early as to be in time for the first train.
我起得這麼早，爲的是趕頭班火車。
2. brand name
商標；品牌名稱；
eg. Drugs can be sold under different brand names throughout the EU.
藥品可以用不同的商標在歐盟各國出售。
eg. We want to build a brand name around a unique culture.
我們更希望打造一個獨一無二的文化品牌。
3. the taste of
味道；口味；
eg. I like the taste of wine and enjoy trying different kinds.
我喜歡葡萄酒的味道，喜歡品嚐不同的口味。
eg. The taste of sorrow was unknown to a youth.
少年不識愁滋味。