特色口語串串香(53)粉紅色的臺燈

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有人問我為什么要買一只粉紅色的臺燈,她顯然是很詫異像我這樣一個大老爺們,為何偏偏買了一只有著女性溫柔色彩的粉紅臺燈!
    第「1」串:to take sb. aback 使某人大吃一驚
    The picture on your T-shirt took me aback just now. It is such a nasty picture.
    在人們的眼里,就連一只普普通通的臺燈也給賦予了性別。我告訴她有兩個原因。
    第「2」串:to be endowed with 被賦予……
    She is endowed with great speaking skills.
    第一個原因是,我每夜都要讀書,我需要買一只臺燈。
    第「3」串:to burn the midnight oil 熬夜(這里可試點油燈熬夜的意思喲?。?BR>    When the final exam comes, we have to burn the midnight oil in order to pass.
    有一只粉紅色的臺燈陪伴我,就像有一個溫柔的少女伴我讀書到天亮,是何等的享受啊。
    第「4」串:to accompany 陪伴
    I accompanied her to buy her favourite skirts.
    第二個原因是,我去買臺燈的時候,商店里只有粉紅色的,我沒有其他可以選擇的余地。
    第「5」串:to have no alternative but to 除了……別無選擇
    I had no other alternative but to take this pink one.