实战口语情景对话 第176期:礼物 The Gift

 Todd: OK, Now, Anna, you were telling a cute story about a special gift you gave your husband. 

托德：好的，那现在安娜，你讲讲有关你送你丈夫特别礼物的有趣故事吧。

Anna: Yes. Well, our first Valentine's day, I wanted to give John a very unique gift, so I remembered that he used to have an iguana¹, so I thought he liked reptiles², and I found a cute Pac Man Frog at the pet store, and actually one of my students told me about Pac Man Frogs and I thought, "Oh, that's so cute!" and so I bought the frog for John and I surprised him with it, and I made him close his eyes and I brought the frog out and the look on John's face was so funny. He was so terrified because he didn't like reptiles. I was wrong. 

安娜：好的。嗯，那是我们过的第一个情人节，我想送约翰一件非常特别的礼物，我记得他曾经养过一只鬣鳞蜥，所以我认为他喜欢爬行动物，我在宠物店看到一只吃豆蛙，实际上我的一个学生告诉过我有关吃豆蛙的事情，我想，“哦，它真可爱！”于是我为约翰买了这只吃豆蛙，想给他个惊喜，我让他闭上眼睛，然后我把吃豆蛙拿出来，当时约翰脸上的表情非常有意思。他非常害怕，因为他根本就不喜欢爬行动物。是我想错了。

Todd: Oh, no!

托德：哦，不！

Anna: Yeah, so he had to keep the frog for maybe one year. And he didn't like it. He thought it smelled bad, and the worst thing was the frog had to eat baby mice, so once a week John had to go to the pet store and buy a baby mouse and feed it to the frog, so! 

安娜：是的，他不得不养那只吃豆蛙，大概养了一年吧。他根本不喜欢它。他认为它有难闻的味道，最糟糕的事情是这只青蛙要吃小老鼠，所以约翰不得不每周去一次宠物店买小老鼠，然后喂这只青蛙，就是这样！

Todd: Wow! The frog ate mice? 

托德：哇！那只青蛙吃老鼠？

Anna: Yeah, once a week, it ate a mouse. 

安娜：对，一周一次，它吃老鼠。

Todd: How much did it weigh? 

托德：它有多重？

Anna: Maybe 8 ounces. I don't know. It was big. It could sit in your hand. It was the same size as your hand. Yeah, it was really big. 

安娜：大概8盎司吧。我不清楚。它很大。它可以坐在你的手上。和你手的大小一样。嗯，它真的很大。

Todd: Wow, that's a cool story. A Pac Man frog. 

托德：哇，这是一个很棒的故事。一只吃豆蛙。

Anna: Yeah, Pac Man, cause it looks like the Pac Man character. 

安娜：对，吃豆蛙，因为它长的像吃豆人那个形象。 

重点讲解：

1. used to do

过去常常；过去曾做某事；

eg. People used to come and visit him every day.

人们过去每天都来拜访他。

He used to be one of the professors at the School of Education.

他曾是教育学院的一名教授。

2. look like

看起来与（某人或某物）相像（相似）；

eg. It is smoothly³ contoured to look like a racing⁴ car. 

这辆车外形设计流畅，看起来像赛车。

eg. Her new glasses make her look like an owl⁵. 

她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。

1 iguana   

n.美洲大蜥蜴，鬣鳞蜥

参考例句：

• With an iguana,you really don't have to say surprise.惊喜两字已经不足以形容这只鬣鳞蜥了。
• I'm going to turn on my computer and make a movie starring my pet iguanadj.打开计算机准备制作一部关于我的宠物蜥蜴的电影。

2 reptiles   

n.爬行动物，爬虫( reptile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Snakes and crocodiles are both reptiles. 蛇和鳄鱼都是爬行动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Birds, reptiles and insects come from eggs. 鸟类、爬虫及昆虫是卵生的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

5 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。