英语访谈对话 190 The Gift

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

　　Anna: Yes. Well, our first Valentine's day, I wanted to give John a very unique¹ gift, so I remembered that he used² to have an iguana³, so I thought he liked reptiles⁴, 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 terrified⁵ because he didn't like reptiles. I was wrong.

　　Todd: Oh, no!

　　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!

　　Todd: Wow! The frog ate mice?

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

　　Todd: How much did it weigh?

　　Anna: Maybe 8 ounces⁶. 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.

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

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

1 unique   

adj.独一无二的，独特的；罕见的

参考例句：

• The paths must be unique.路径必须是唯一的。
• This stamp is unique;there are no others like it.这张邮票是独一无二的，再也没有象这样的了。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 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。

4 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》

5 terrified   

adj.很害怕的，极度惊慌的，吓坏了的v.使恐怖，使惊吓，恐吓( terrify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the crying of terrified children 小孩受了惊吓的哭声
• I'm terrified of flying. 我十分害怕坐飞机。

6 ounces   

n.盎司( ounce的名词复数 )；少量，一点儿

参考例句：

• Six ounces of cheese, please. 请称6盎司的乳酪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Xiangzi bought four ounces of liquor and three coppers worth of peanuts. 祥子要了四两白干，三个大子儿的落花生。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子