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William: Hello and welcome to Authentic¹ Real English. I'm William Kremer.

Feifei: Hi, I'm Feifei.

William: You all right Feifei? What's wrong?

Feifei: Don't you remember?

William: Don't I remember... what?

Feifei: 我就知道！我就知道你肯定忘了！

William: Remember what?!

Feifei: 今天是我的生日。所有人都忘了，一整天没一个人祝我生日快乐。

William: Oh... I'm sorry... Happy birthday Feifei!

Feifei: It's too late, forget it.

William: Oh come on Feifei, how can I make it up to you?

Feifei: I don't know.

William: Oh, I've got an idea! How about I take you out to that expensive restaurant down the road and we can even get champagne²!

Feifei: I do like champagne, but it's quite expensive. Are you sure you can afford it?

William: Of course! I got a pay rise so I am minted³ at the moment.

Feifei: You're minted?

William: Yeah, I'm feeling pretty rich at the moment: minted, M.I.N.T.E.D.

Feifei: 说一个人 minted, 意思就是这个人很有钱。请听一下例句。

Examples

A: Did you meet up with Steven last night?

B: Yeah, I went to his house, it's amazing! He is definitely⁴ minted.

A: Did you see Sarah's new car?

B: Yeah, her dad bought it for her. Sarah's family are absolutely⁵ minted.

William: So Feifei, are you ready to go to this restaurant?

Feifei: Yes, I'm ready.

William: I've got one question for you before we go…

Feifei: OK. What's the question?

William: How old are you again?

Feifei: I'm not telling you! I thought British people knew never to ask a lady's age!

William: Come on! You don't look a day over 21!

Feifei: No, I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to tell you even after the glass of champagne you're about to buy me!

1 authentic   

a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的

参考例句：

• This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
• Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。

2 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

3 minted   

崭新的；新制作的；刚完成的

参考例句：

• a newly minted expression 刚出现的词语
• The silver which was mined there was minted into coins. 在那里开采的银子被用来铸成钱币。

4 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

5 absolutely   

adv.绝对地；完全地

参考例句：

• The plane absolutely refused to start.这架飞机完全发动不起来。
• All the car parks are absolutely full.所有的停车场都停满了车。