【大家说英语】 第201期:珍重再见(2)

 June 30 6月30日

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Moving is stressful¹. It can be a big challenge². 搬家是一件压力很大的事情， 也会是一大挑战。

Jim's family has a lot of stuff³. 吉姆的家人有许多物品。

Can it all fit in the truck? They will find out. 卡车装得下这些东西吗？他们很快就会知道了。

They will put in one box at a time. 他们会一次把一个箱子搬上车。

Jim was a good friend and coworker. 吉姆是个好朋友，也是个好同事。

Taylor and Abby want to get him a present. 泰乐和雅碧要送他一份礼物。

They can get him a gift card! 她们可以买一张储值礼物卡送他！

Then everyone can eat some cake! 然后，大家一起吃蛋糕！

Conversation A 会话A

Thank you for helping⁴ me today, Rob⁵. 罗柏，谢谢你们今天来帮我。

You're welcome. Alex and I were glad to help. 不客气， 亚力克斯和我都很乐意帮忙。

Moving is a lot of work. It's stressful, too! 搬家很辛苦是件大工程， 压力也很大！

I know. There is so much to do. 我知道， 有好多事情要做。

My family has so many things! 我的家人有好多东西！

Look at all these boxes! Will they all fit in the truck? 你看这些箱子！卡车装得下这些东西吗？

We'll find out. Let's just move one box at a time. 我们很快就会知道了， 就一次把一个箱子搬上车吧。

Conversation B 会话B

Tomorrow is Jim's last day. 明天是吉姆的最后一天。

I know. Susie and Alex planned a big goodbye party. 是啊， 苏希和亚力克斯规划了一场盛大的惜别派对。

I'm really going to miss Jim. 我一定会很想念吉姆。

I know.  Let's buy him a present. 是啊， 我们来买个礼物送他吧，

We can give it to him at the party. 可以在派对上拿给他。

Sure. What should we get? 好啊。我们该买什么？

He already has a lot of stuff! 他已经有很多东西了！

Then let's get him a gift card! 那我们就送他储值礼物卡吧！

Conversation C 会话C

We're going to miss you, Jim. 我们一定会想念你的，吉姆，

You're such a good friend and coworker. 你是个很好的朋友和同事。

I'll miss you guys, too. LTE TV is a hard place to leave. 我也会想念你们。大家说英语电视台是个让人很舍不得离开的地方。

Are you excited or nervous? 你觉得兴奋还是紧张？

I'm excited about the new challenge. But I'm nervous, too. 我对新的挑战感到很兴奋， 但也很紧张。

New York is a big city! 纽约是个大城市！

Don't worry. You'll do great! 别担心， 你一定会表现得很棒！

Thanks, Taylor. 泰乐，谢了。

Let's eat some cake! 我们来吃点蛋糕吧！

Let's go! 走吧！

1 stressful   

adj.紧张的，压力重的

参考例句：

• My job isn't stressful,and I enjoy the work.我的工作没有压力，我很喜欢这份工作。
• It usually just makes situations more stressful.它通常会使情况更加紧迫。

2 challenge   

n.挑战；v.向...挑战

参考例句：

• The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
• She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。