PETS-2每日對話練習(xí)59

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Lisa picks up Jun at the Honolulu Airport
     Lisa: Aloha! I have a lei to welcome you to paradise.
     Jun: Huh? I don't see any cuties around.
     Lisa: No, silly. Not that kind of “l(fā)ay.” This lei is a necklace made of Hawaiian flowers! [hands Jun a lei]
     Jun: Thanks. I was just kidding, you know. The islands look so beautiful from the air.
     Lisa: And they look even more lush from the ground.
     Jun: Well, after the Mormon Utah desert, I can use as much lushness as I can get. [puts on the lei]
     (續(xù)上期)
     莉莎:啊啰哈!我?guī)Я艘粋€可愛的東西來,歡迎你來到天堂。
     小君:?。课覜]看到什么可愛的男生啊。
     莉莎:不是啦,小笨蛋。不是那種「男伴」。這種花環(huán)是用夏威夷花卉做成的項鏈?。ńo小君一個花環(huán))
     小君:謝啦,你知道我是在開玩笑。從空中看這些島簡直美呆了。
     莉莎:而它們從地上看起來更是綠意盎然。
     小君:經(jīng)歷了摩門猶他州的沙漠之后,再多的綠意我都不嫌多。(戴上花環(huán))
     重點解說:
     ★ cutie (n.) 可人兒
     ★ necklace (n.) 項鏈
     ★ Mormon (n.) 摩門教徒,Utah (n.) 猶他州
     ★ paradise (n.) 天堂
     ★ lay (n.) 性伴侶,夏威夷人戴于頸上的花環(huán)lei與之同音
     ★ lush (a.) 蒼翠的,lushness (n.) 翠綠
     ★ I can use... 我需要……