Eztalk美语【42】Sale-itis 抢拍卖一族

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Jennifer: When you smell them, they affect your nervous system.
Billy: I thought you were supposed to put them in some kind of burner with a candle…
Jennifer: You can do that, too. Both methods have a healing effect.
Billy: So what’s your illness… shopping fever, sale-itis?
Jennifer: Ha-ha…I’m just fatigued. And tomorrow is a big day.
Billy: What’s tomorrow?
Jennifer: More sales!

nervous system (n.)  
神经系统

method (n.)  
方法
A: What’s the best method for learning new vocabulary words?
学习新生字最好的方法是什么?
B: Doing lots and lots of reading.
大量阅读。

illness (n.)  
疾病

-itis  
-itis是后缀字,意即「…迷,…狂」。sale-itis的意思为那种「每逢拍卖必去抢购的人」

fatigued (a.)  
疲惫的

珍妮花:当你闻的时候,它们对神经系统会有影响喔。
比 利:我还以为你该把它们放在什么炉子里用蜡烛烧呢……
珍妮花:你也可以这样做啊。两种方法都有疗效。
比 利:那你是生了啥病……购物狂,抢拍卖一族啊?
珍妮花:哈哈……我只是很疲倦。而且明天可是大日子。
比 利:明天有什么?
珍妮花:有更多的大拍卖!

Eztalk美语【41】Essential Oil 精油

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Billy: So what did you get?
Jennifer: It’s all in the bag.
Billy: What’s this? Essential oil? Wow! This stuff is expensive.
Jennifer: I need that to relax. I’m going to put a few drops in my bath water.
Billy: How is oil supposed to make you relax?
Jennifer: They all have essence of flowers in them.
Billy: [Opening the little bottles] Mmmm. They smell nice.

essential oil (n.)  
精油。essential是「精华的,精粹的」,名词是essence

比 利:那你买了什么?
珍妮花:全在袋子里。
比 利:这是啥啊?油精?哇!这玩意儿可贵了。
珍妮花:我需要它来帮我放松。我要在我的洗澡水里加上几滴。
比 利:油要怎么帮你放松?
珍妮花:它们里头都有花香精华。
比 利:(打开小瓶子)嗯。很好闻。

Eztalk美语【40】I’m beat! 我累摊了!

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Jennifer: Ahhh! I’m beat!
Billy: What happened to you? You look like you got hit by a tornado!
Jennifer: I just got back from fighting the crowds.
Billy: You mean at the mall? Was there a sale?
Jennifer: Yeah. For five minutes, everything was half off. It was total chaos…
Billy: Cool!
Jennifer: Grabbing, pushing and shoving…

beat (a.)  
累摊了的

tornado (n.)  
龙卷风

crowds (n.)  
群众

half-off (a.)  
打对折的

chaos (n.)  
混乱
A: What happened after the electricity went off?
停电之后发生了什么事?
B: The streets turned into chaos.
街头一片混乱。

shove (v.)  
推挤

珍妮花:啊!我累摊了!
比 利:你怎么了?一副被龙卷风扫到的样子!
珍妮花:我刚跟群众打完仗回来。
比 利:你是说在购物中心里啊?那里有拍卖吗?
珍妮花:有啊。限时五分钟之内,所有东西都是半价。全场大混乱……
比 利:酷!
珍妮花:大家胡乱抢,推来挤去的……