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Daily Life - Finding¹ the perfect present (C0178)
A: Bill. Bill! You gotta help me!
B: What’s wrong? Slow down or you are gonna give
yourself a heart attack.
A: Tomorrow is Christmas and I haven’t bought my
mom anything! I’m such a bad son!
B: Take it easy! Let’s go tothe mall, window shop a
little and see if there is anything she might like.
A: That’s just it! I don’t know what to get her! Last
year I got her a ring that was two sizes too big
and a pair of shoes five sizes too small! I suck² at
getting presents for people.
B: That’s where you’re making a big mistake! You
can’tjustguesspeoples’likesorsizes! Especially
with clothes or jewelry³. On top of that, I think that
you should get your mom something that shows
how much you love her. Atthe same time you
should show her that you took the time and effort
tolook for something that she would really like!
A: Yeah you’re right. When it comes down to it, I can
be pretty tacky.

B: Yeah tell me about it. I know! Your mom is trying
to learn Spanish right? Why don’t you get her a
gift certificate⁴ for this great website I saw called
SpanishPod.
A: Now that’s a great idea!

1 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

2 suck   

vt.吸，吮，吸入，吮吸，吸收，获得；vi.吸，吸奶；n.吸，吸入，吮吸

参考例句：

• It's good to suck in such clean fresh air for a change.换个环境，吸点清新空气，真是好极了。
• Bees suck honey from flowers.蜜蜂从花中吸吮蜜汁。

3 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

4 certificate   

n.证书，证明书；vt.发给证明书，认可，鉴定

参考例句：

• She proudly displayed her degree certificate to her parents.她自豪地向父母展示了学位证书。
• No one had seen her marriage certificate.没人看到过她的结婚证书。