速成英语口语第五册 Lesson 22 A Blast from the Past

Lesson 22 A Blast from the Past

第22课 岁月回响

Mom: Wow, this song is really a blast from the past. We completely wore that record out during my senior year. Where'd you dig up this album?

妈妈：哇，这首歌真是岁月回响。在我大四的时候，我们把那张唱片彻底毁掉了。你从哪里找到这张专辑的？

April: Oh, I was just rummaging¹ through some of your old keepsakes in the attic².

艾普尔：哦，我只是在阁楼上翻找你的一些旧物。

Mom: I remember this scrapbook-I've got my entire teenage existence catalogued and preserved for perpetuity!

妈妈：我记得这本剪贴簿——我把我十几岁时的全部生活都编了目录，并永久保存了下来！

I saved every little thing, even the receipt for the first dinner I ever had with your father.

我把所有的小东西都存了起来，甚至是我和你父亲第一次共进晚餐的收据。

April: OK, what's this? Mom, you wore butterfly collars? What were you thinking wearing that? I'm glad that trend didn't survive the 70s.

艾普尔：好的，这是什么？妈妈，你穿蝴蝶领？你穿那件衣服是怎么想的？我很高兴这种趋势没有从70年代延续下来。

Mom: Look at this! Here's a picture of your father and me all decked out at our junior prom-how this takes me down memory lane!

妈妈：看这个！这是一张你父亲和我在初中毕业舞会上打扮得漂漂亮亮的照片，这是如何让我走上回忆之路的！

He spilled punch all over me just before I took the stage to be crowned Homecoming Queen.

就在我登上舞台成为返校节女王之前，他把潘趣酒洒了我一身。

April: Ha, I remember that story. I'm sure Dad spent many years trying to make it up to you.

艾普尔：哈，我记得那个故事。我相信爸爸花了很多年的时间来弥补你。

1 rummaging   

翻找，搜寻( rummage的现在分词 )； 海关检查

参考例句：

• She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys. 她在自己的包里翻来翻去找钥匙。
• Who's been rummaging through my papers? 谁乱翻我的文件来着？

2 attic   

n.顶楼，屋顶室

参考例句：

• Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。
• What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？