世博英语

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……

Billy: Uh…that’s Greek to me.
Jennifer: That means they have tapered legs.
Billy: Well, mine are baggy. They’re the kind of pants you can lounge around in.
Jennifer: Mine are, too.
Billy: So maybe we shouldn’t go out after all.
Jennifer: Yeah. Let’s just lounge around!

That’s Greek to me. 　
Greek是「希腊文」，十分冷僻难学，所以这句话的意思是「我不懂，我无法理解。」

tapered legs 　
裤脚收窄的剪裁

lounge around 　
（在室内）闲晃
A: How do you spend your week off?
你休假的礼拜都怎么过？
B: I just lounge around the house.
我就待在家里闲晃。

比 利：呃……我鸭子听雷。
珍妮花：那是指这是AB裤。
比 利：我的是宽松剪裁。这是那种穿来在家里东晃西晃的裤子。
珍妮花：我的也可以啊。
比 利：其实我们或许根本用不着出去。
珍妮花：对啊。我们待在家里晃就好了。

Billy: Besides, yours don’t have side pockets like mine.
Jennifer: Cool! They’re big! What have you got in there?
Billy: Just the necessities: a flashlight, pocketknife…
Jennifer: Are you planning a trip to the Outback?
Billy: No, but you never know when you’ll need a flashlight.
Jennifer: Well, my pants are very slimming. They’re capris.

necessity (n.) 　
必需品

pocketknife (n.) 　
折叠式小刀

Outback (n.) 　
澳洲内陆远离城市的地区

slimming (a.) 　
合身剪裁的

capris (n.) 　
女用紧身九分裤

比 利：此外，你的裤子不像我的有侧边口袋。
珍妮花：酷耶！口袋真大！你在里面放了什么？
比 利：只是一些必备用品：手电筒啦、折叠小刀……
珍妮花：你打算去澳洲内陆旅行吗？
比 利：不是，但谁都说不准何时会用得上手电筒。
珍妮花：嗯，我的裤子是合身剪裁。这叫做九分裤。