PETS-2每日對(duì)話練習(xí)147

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Kathy: Have you lost your marbles, Morley?
     Dan: [Holds his stomach] Hmm, I could do with losing this spare tire. All right, why not?
     Kathy: You foreigners are crazy. That's hundreds of kilometers of cycling.
     Dan: You can ride a scooter.
     Kathy: Well, it is something different.
     Dan: Perfect. If you take a scooter, you can carry all our stuff.
     Kathy: Hey! What do you think I am? Your porter or something?
     Dan: Pretty please, with sugar on top!
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    卡西:你瘋了嗎,莫理?
    阿丹:(捧著他的肚子)嗯,這樣我可以順便甩掉這圈肥肉。好啊,有何不可?
    卡西:你們這些外國(guó)人都瘋了。那樣要騎幾百公里耶。
    阿丹:你可以騎機(jī)車啊。
    卡西:嗯,那倒是蠻新鮮的。
    阿丹:太好了。如果你騎機(jī)車,就可以幫我們載所有的東西。
    卡西:嘿!你把我當(dāng)成什么了?你的挑夫還是什么?
    阿丹:拜托,拜托啦!
    重點(diǎn)解說(shuō):
     ★ lose someone's marbles 失去理性,發(fā)瘋
     ★ spare tire 發(fā)福的腰部,也有‘備胎’的意思;stomach是‘肚子’
     ★ cycling (n.) 騎腳踏車(的旅行或競(jìng)賽)
     ★ scooter (n.) 速克達(dá)機(jī)車(注意騎機(jī)車動(dòng)詞可以用ride,也可用take)
     ★ porter (n.) 挑夫