Eztalk美语【91】Consolation Prize 安慰奖

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Joice: OK. Here’s the final drawing! It’s for the trip!
Emily: And the winner is…Vivian, again! I don’t believe it!
Joice: Our red underwear didn’t do any good at all!
Emily: Well, there are still some consolation prizes. We can go up to the front and pick them up.

consolation prize  
安慰奖

乔伊丝:好了。现在要抽最后的大奖了!奖品是去度假!
艾蜜莉:得主是……又是薇薇安!我不相信!
乔伊丝:我们的红色内衣裤根本没用嘛!
艾蜜莉:呃,还有一些安慰奖嘛。我们到前面抽吧。

Eztalk美语【90】Go too far 太过分了

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Emily: He’s dancing with Jack!
Joice: Gross!
Emily: The wei-ya is the one time a year you can make fun of the boss.
Joice: But I think Eddy is going too far!
Emily: You’re right. They are spinning pretty fast. Aren’t they getting dizzy? What if they fall…
Joice: Ohh! Ouch! That must’ve hurt!
Emily: How embarrassing!

spin (v.)  
旋转

embarrassing (a.)  
令人尴尬的

go too far  
做得太过,过分

dizzy (a.)  
头晕的
A: Do you like to ride roller coasters? 你喜欢坐云霄飞车吗?
B: No, they make me dizzy. 不喜欢,云霄飞车让我头晕。

艾蜜莉:他是跟杰克跳舞!
乔伊丝:惨不忍睹!
艾蜜莉:尾牙是你一年当中,唯一可以开老板玩笑的时候。
乔伊丝:可是我觉得艾迪太过分了!
艾蜜莉:你说得对。他们转得还真快。这样不会头晕吗?要是他们摔……
乔伊丝:噢!哎呦!一定很痛!
艾蜜莉:好丢人啊!

Eztalk美语【89】Ballet Performance 芭蕾舞表演

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Joice: Next is a ballet performance, but who is the dancer?
Emily: I’d swear that’s Eddy from circulation.
Joice: Since when did Eddy start doing ballet?!
Emily: Not very long from the looks of it!
Joice: Look! He has a partner!

circulation (n.)  
流通,发行量。这里是指「发行部」 circulation department

ballet (n.)  
芭蕾
A: Brenda moves very gracefully. 布兰达的举止很优雅。
B: I know. She was a ballet dancer when she was younger. 我知道。她年轻的时候是芭蕾舞者。

乔伊丝:接下来是芭蕾舞表演,不过是谁在跳啊?
艾蜜莉:我看好象是发行部门的艾迪。
乔伊丝:艾迪打什么时候开始跳芭蕾的?!
艾蜜莉:看这德性就知道不会很久!
乔伊丝:看!有新舞伴加入了!