王强口语 第一册 Short conversation 023

　　Lesson Twenty-three
Short Conversations
Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.
The Piney Christmas Tree Spirit
Woman: Hey, careful guys! I don't want anything to happen to my new Christmas tree... or my furniture.
Bert: Don't worry. Nothing will happen, lady. Just tell us where you want it.
Barney: Oh, watch it, Bert - you're sticking me with pine needles.
Woman: Put it there in the corner, please.
Bert: Oh, in the corner, right. Ow, watch where you're going, Barney.
Barney: How can I watch where I'm going when I can't see where I'm going!
Woman: Guys, guys! It's Christmas - don't fight!
Bert and Barney: Who's fighting?
Bert: Is this where you want the Christmas tree?
Barney: Look, I've got sap all over my shirt!
Bert: You are a sap, Barney.
Barney: Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you...
Woman: Guys, guys please - it's Christmas.
Bert: Oh, really? It must have slipped¹ my mind.
Woman: Why are you two in such bad moods? "'Tis the season to be jolly²", the Christmas spirit, peace on earth?
Bert: Yeah, sure, lady. You deliver a load of sticky³, pointy pine trees and see how you feel!

1 slipped   

adj.打滑，打滑的v.滑( slip的过去式和过去分词 )；滑脱；下降；（健康状况等）变差

参考例句：

• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。
• The climber slipped and dropped to his death. 攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。

2 jolly   

adj.快乐的，高兴的；adv.很；vt.劝服，哄

参考例句：

• That day they got together and had a jolly time.那天他们聚在一起热闹了一番。
• She was a jolly,kindhearted woman.她是个整天乐呵呵心地善良的女人。

3 sticky   

adj.粘的，闷热的，困难的，令人不满意的

参考例句：

• This paste is not sticky enough.这糨糊不黏。
• Here is a sticky business!这事真难办！