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A: 大家好！歡迎來到這期的American English Mosaic！我是楊琳！
B: 我是Kat！楊琳，今天咱們學什么呢？
A: 今天，咱們要接著跟 Toby找工作，去聽聽如何跟同事表白，學學怎么安慰別人，還要告訴大家怎么用美語說“無語”和“掃貨”。
B: 掃貨！That's one of my favorites!
A: Me too!! 不過這個咱們等會再說，先趕快來進入第一個單元，Learn a Word!
Learn A Word whopping
今天我們要學的詞是whopping. Whopping is spelled w-h-o-p-p-i-n-g, whopping. Whopping的意思是巨大的，程度驚人的。美國股市爆出好消息：道瓊斯工業指數今年一季度創下1998年以來最佳同比表現，同時 The Nasdaq rose a whopping 19% since New Year's Day. 納斯達克指數從一月一號到現在已經實現了百分之19的巨大增長。Android game App Temple Run gets a whopping 1 million downloads in three days. 安卓版游戲應用程序“神廟逃亡”推出三天來下載量驚人，達到一百萬。Many US airlines charge a whopping $150 fee for changing tickets for domestic flights. 許多美國航空公司對國內航 班都收取150美元的高額機票改期費。好，今天我們學習的詞是whopping, whopping, whopping.
A: 前一段時間美國人人都在談論Mega millions, 在我們附近就有三個學校工作人員中獎了! They each won a whopping 35 million dollars after taxes! 每個人贏了3千五百萬！
B: That IS a lot of money. I remember how everybody was talking about what they would do if they won that much money! I'd buy a MASSIVE boat!
A: hmmm, 要是我中獎了，我就先環游世界，然后再去商場掃貨，把我喜歡的好看衣服全買下來！哈哈！
B: Haha, you are the shopping queen! 不過你剛才提到的掃貨, 在美語里也有類似的說法，我們一起來聽一聽！
How to say it in American English
Jessica 在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是吳瓊要問的：掃貨。
Jessica: Wuqiong, 明天我們去吃火鍋好不好？
WQ: 火鍋兒？好吃！可……我沒錢。
Jessica: No money? You told me you got a scholarship!
WQ: 獎學金是拿了，可我一高興就拿去掃貨啦!
Jessica: 掃貨？
WQ: 就是 buy a lot of things!
Jessica: Oh! You went on a shopping spree!
WQ: shopping spree?
Jessica: Right! Spree is spelt s-p-r-e-e. Going on a shopping spree means you spend a lot of money during a single shopping trip. 頭腦發熱，看什么都買。
WQ: 對! I went on a shopping spree after getting my scholarship money! 我那天瘋狂掃貨，一分錢都沒留下!
Jessica: But do you really need all the things you bought on the shopping spree?
WQ: 說實話，好多東西都用不著，可我當時就是那么燒包！燒包你懂么？就是看著手里的錢難受，非把它花出去!
Jessica: Haha! Actually, in English, we have a similar expression—your money was burning a hole in your pocket.
WQ: My money was burning a hole in my pocket? 錢把衣服兜燒了個窟窿？這的確跟“燒包”很像!
Jessica: Wuqiong, next time your money is burning a hole in your pocket, take me with you! I'll make sure we only go window shopping!
WQ: Window shopping? 買窗戶？
Jessica: (Chuckle) No. Window shopping means we only look at the window displays, without really buying anything!
WQ: 哦，就是光看不買! 這個好，省錢!
Jessica: 對! Now tell me what you've learned today!
WQ: 第一，掃貨叫go on a shopping spree；
第二，燒包叫money is burning a hole in one's pocket；
第三，光看不買是window shopping!
這次的"美語怎么說"就到這里了。如果你也有不會說的詞，請寫信給 Jessica, 電郵請寄meiyu@voanews.com
