Hi,Jane.
嗨,珍。
Hi,Pete.
嗨,彼特。
What are you doing?
你在做什么?
I'm trying to make a Christmas present list.
我在列圣誕禮物清單。
Already!It's only the 2nd of December.
這么早!現(xiàn)在才12 月2 號。
I know, but I've got a large family and it's always difficult to find them all good presents.
我知道, 但是我有個大家庭,要想出適合每個人的好禮物總是很困難。
OK.Let me help. Who would you like to buy presents for?
好吧,讓我來幫你。你要買禮物給哪些人?
Well,my two elder brothers, my sister, my parents, my two uncles and aunts, my three cousins and our dog, Sam.
嗯,我的兩個哥哥,我妹,我爸媽,兩個伯伯和伯母,三個表兄妹,還有我們的狗,山姆。
OK.Let's start with your sister...How about perfume?
好,我們從你妹開始...送香水怎么樣?
No,I got her perfume last year.A CD?
不行,我去年就送她香水了。CD 唱片?
She doesn't like music.
她不喜歡音樂。
OK.How about a book?
好,那書怎么樣?
That's a good idea.
這是個好主意。
What kind of book does she like? Romantic love stories? Detective stories? Classical novels?
她喜歡什么樣的書?浪漫的愛情故事?偵探小說?經(jīng)典名作?
Well,I think she likes fantasy and suspense. But not horror books.
唔,我想她喜歡奇幻和懸疑的故事,但是不要恐怖小說。
How about the new Harry Potter books?
最新一集的《哈利波特》怎么樣?
That's a good idea. OK. Now, my mum.
這個點子太棒了。好了,換我媽。
Perfumed soap, shampoo, that sort of thing?
香皂、洗發(fā)精這一類的東西怎么樣?
No...a bit boring.
不要...有點老套。
OK. What about candles?Candles?
好吧,那蠟燭怎么樣?蠟燭?
Yes, you can buy candles that smell of lavender, pine, roses, strawberries etc and they're not too expensive.
對啊,你可以買熏衣草、松木、玫瑰、草莓等等香味的蠟燭,而且價錢又不貴。
OK, I'll get some pine candles for my mum, and maybe I can buy some lavender and strawberry ones for my aunts, too. Now, how about my brothers?
好,那我買一些松香蠟燭給我媽,也許還可以買一些熏衣草和草莓味的蠟燭給兩個伯母。接下來,我哥哥他們呢?