新概念英語青少年版第四冊第55課:La-di-da!

Lesson 55 La-di-da!
    第55課 故作文雅
    Narrator:Mrs Gasbag and Mrs Dumpling have just met in the street.
    旁白:蓋斯伯夫人和德勃林夫人在街上相遇.
    They're gossiping about a new shop-assistant.
    他們背后議論起剛來的一位售貨員.
    Mrs Gasbag:I don't like that new assistant,do you?
    我不喜歡那個售貨員,您呢?
    Mrs Dumpling:Not a bit.
    一點也不喜歡.
    Mrs Gasbag:She's awfully stuck up.
    她傲氣極了.
    The way she talks--la-di-da!
    就她說話那個腔調(diào)吧--故作文雅.
    Mrs Gasbag:She says she doesn't really want to be a shop-assistant.
    她說她事實上不是想當(dāng)售貨員,
    It's beneath her,she says.
    還說這工作有失她的身份
    Mrs Dumpling:Really?
    有這么一回事?
    Mrs Gasbag:She said she used to be very rich,
    她說以前她很有錢,
    but her husband died and didn't leave her any money.
    可是她丈夫死了沒給她留下錢.
    Mrs Dumpling:I'm not surprised!
    我不感到奇怪.
    Mrs Gasbag:She told me she once owned a big house in the country.
    她告訴我她過去在鄉(xiāng)下有所大房子.
    I think she's just pretending.
    我看她是在瞎說.
    Mrs Dumpling:Just showing off.
    只是炫耀自己.
    Mrs Gasbag:Do you know what else I heard?
    您知道我還聽到些什么嗎?
    (She whispers.)Mrs Dumpling:Oh!Really!
    噢,真的!
    Mrs Gasbag:But I mustn't tell you all the details.
    不過我不能全告訴您.
    I've already told you more than I heard myself.
    我告訴您的事比我自己聽到的還多呢!