感恩節(jié)聚會(huì)對(duì)話1

 

Thanksgiving Party  感恩節(jié)聚會(huì) 

Dialogue 1  
Sam: Wow, looks like we made it just in time. It's packed in there.
Jenny: Yeah, people always buy out the stores before the big holidays.
Sam: Here're the turkeys. How big of a bird did you want to get?
Jenny: Well, we've got about ten people coming to dinner. So the bigger, the better.
Sam: All right, this one;s the biggest. Are we ready to check out?
Jenny: Not so fast, big guy. We haven't even started! I need everything on the list.
Sam: Uh, can I wait in the car?
(Hours later)
Sam: Jenny, this is the fifth store we've been to!
Jenny: I know, but I have to get just the right ingredients. Otherwise, things will taste wrong.
Sam: Do you always make such a big deal out of Thanksgiving?
Jenny: No, in fact, this will be my first turkey dinner. But the idea behind the holiday is a good one.
Sam: You mean about the Indians and the Pilgrims helping one another?
Jenny: Hah! No, not really. But the whole idea of giving thanks, for the things you have, the people who have helped you...

講解：
1. 對(duì)話中，Jenny 和Sam在為感恩節(jié)大餐購(gòu)物。他們來(lái)到了商店之后呢，發(fā)現(xiàn)人非常的多。 Sam說(shuō)looks like we made it just in time. It's packed in there. 這里，make it，表示“趕上”，那么we made it just in time，就是“我們來(lái)得正是時(shí)候”。make it，還可以表示“做成某事，成功”，例如：Come on, you can make it! 來(lái)吧，你一定能成功。
2. packed，這里表示“擁擠的”。動(dòng)詞pack是收拾行李的意思，也就是把東西都擠在箱子里，那packed 表示“擁擠的”就很形象。每逢有重大的節(jié)日，人們都會(huì)買很多過(guò)節(jié)用的東西，包括食品，服裝等等，很多商店都被搶購(gòu)一空。Jenny說(shuō)people always buy out the stores before the big holidays. 這里buy out就是把商店的東西買光，搶購(gòu)一空的意思。big holidays，就是像Thanksgiving， Christmas這樣全國(guó)性的重大節(jié)日。
3. Sam和Jenny想買一只火雞，也就是turkey，想要多大的火雞呢？How big of a bird did you want to get? bird，這里指“家禽”，尤指雞或火雞，用作食物，例如：Put the bird in the oven. 把雞放到烤箱里。bird作為俚語(yǔ)還指“人”，尤指奇怪或非凡的人物，比如說(shuō)，He is a sly old bird. 他是個(gè)老滑頭。關(guān)于bird還有一個(gè)成語(yǔ)，就是Kill 2 birds with one stone，一舉兩得，一箭雙雕。
4. Jenny說(shuō)因?yàn)椴畈欢嘤?0個(gè)人來(lái)吃飯，所以火雞越大越好，So the bigger, the better. 兩個(gè)形容詞的比較級(jí)形式放在一起來(lái)用，表示“越…，就越…”，但是不要忘了在比較級(jí)形式前加上定冠詞the，例如：The more, the better. 越多越好，多多益善。The more you speak, the more mistakes you'll make. 說(shuō)的越多，錯(cuò)的越多。
5. Sam挑了一只最大的火雞，問(wèn)Jenny現(xiàn)在可不可以去結(jié)賬了。在商店里結(jié)賬，用check out。Jenny說(shuō)還差得遠(yuǎn)呢，東西還沒(méi)有買全。big guy，這里是指Sam。Sam耐煩了，說(shuō)Can I wait in the car?我能在車?yán)锏葐?？看?lái)Jenny也是一個(gè)購(gòu)物狂啊。
6. 是呀，轉(zhuǎn)眼幾個(gè)小時(shí)過(guò)去了，他們已經(jīng)來(lái)到了第五家商店，this is the fifth store we've been to! 看來(lái)Sam已經(jīng)累的不行了。但是Jenny堅(jiān)持說(shuō)，I have to get just the right ingredients. Otherwise, things will taste wrong. 我一定要買到正確的材料，要不然，做出來(lái)的東西味道就不對(duì)了。
7.  ingredient，（烹調(diào)的）配料。taste這個(gè)詞可以當(dāng)系動(dòng)詞用，表示“嘗起來(lái)…味道….”，例如：It tastes good/ bad. 味道很好/不好。還可以跟like連用，表示“嘗起來(lái)有…的味道”，It tastes like soap.吃起來(lái)味道跟肥皂一樣。smell這個(gè)詞也可以這樣用，例如：It smells good/bad.好聞。/不好聞。
8. Sam問(wèn)Do you always make such a big deal out of Thanksgiving? 你總是為感恩節(jié)這樣大費(fèi)周張嗎？make a big deal out of something，小題大作。big deal在口語(yǔ)中表示“重要的事情”。比如說(shuō)：It's no big deal. 這沒(méi)有什么大不了的。
9. Jenny說(shuō)實(shí)際上這是她做的第一頓感恩節(jié)大餐，這里的turkey dinner就是指“感恩節(jié)大餐”，因?yàn)閠urkey是感恩節(jié)菜譜中的主菜。But the idea behind the holiday is a good one. 但是節(jié)日背后的概念不錯(cuò)。那這個(gè)idea是指什么呢？
10. Jenny解釋說(shuō)the whole idea of giving thanks, for the things you have, the people who have helped you...這個(gè)概念就是為你所擁有的東西表示感謝，向那些幫助過(guò)你的人表 達(dá)謝意。