獲得了“最佳地方歷史書”獎感覺怎么樣？送給朋友什么生日禮物

今天的這段對話，在討論獲獎，

獲得了“最佳地方歷史書”獎感覺怎么樣？送給朋友什么生日禮物

來聽今天的講解:

beginner

A: I heard you received a prize for you book.

我聽說你的書獲獎了。

B: yes, I did. I won a prize for “best local history book” at the annual book award.

是的，我做到了。我在年度圖書獎上獲得了“最佳地方歷史書”獎。

A: congratulations! You must be very proud of your achievement.

恭喜！你一定為自己的成就感到驕傲。

B: actually, I was happy just to get the book published. Winning the prize was an added bonus.

事實上，我很高興能出版這本書。獲獎是額外的獎勵。

A: what was the prize?

獎品是什么？

B: I won $200 to spend on any books of my choice.

我贏得了200美元，可以花在我選擇的任何一本書上。

A: that’s a great prize for a person who writes books! Have you every won a prize before?

對于一個寫書的人來說，這是一個巨大的獎勵！你們以前都獲獎過嗎？

B: I shared a prize with some friends last week. We won a bottle of whisky at a pub quiz.

上周，我和一些朋友分享了一個獎品。我們在一次酒吧小測驗中贏得了一瓶威士忌。

A: I won $10 in the lottery last month. Perhaps next time, I’ll be luckier and win the jackpot!

上個月我中了10美元的彩票。也許下次我會更幸運，中了頭獎！

Intermediate

A: have you bought a present for jim’s birthday yet?

你給吉姆的生日買禮物了嗎？

B: no, I haven’t. I can’t think of anything to get him.

不，我沒有。我想不出什么辦法給他。

A: I’m having the same problem. I want to get something really special. Jim always seem to know exactly what to get people as gift.

我也有同樣的問題。我想得到一些特別的東西。吉姆似乎總是很清楚該給別人什么禮物。

B: I know. He bought me that beautiful sweater for my birthday. It was exactly what I wanted. And it fit me perfectly!

我知道。他給我買了那件漂亮的毛衣作為生日禮物。這正是我想要的。而且它非常適合我！

A: he bought me an iron.

他給我買了一個熨斗。

B: that doesn’t sound like a great present.

這聽起來不是一份好禮物。

A: maybe not, but my iron was getting old. In fact, it stopped working the week after jim bought me the new one. It’s as if he knew that my old iron would soon stop working!

也許不是，但我的熨斗越來越舊了。事實上，在吉姆給我買新熨斗的那一周后，它就停止工作了。就好像他知道我的舊熨斗很快就會停止工作一樣！

B: let’s think. He loves football, doesn’t he? I saw signed photographs of famous footballers in a shop near hear. Let’s go and have a look. You know which team he supports, don’t you?

讓我們想想。他喜歡足球，不是嗎？我在希爾附近的一家商店里看到了著名足球運動員的簽名照片。我們去看看吧。你知道他支持哪支球隊嗎？

A: yes, I do. Let’s go. We should be able to find something suitable. We should get him something old…something historic.

是的。走吧。我們應該能找到合適的東西。我們應該給他買一些舊的……歷史性的東西。

B: it’ll be an expensive present, but we can share the cost.

這將是一份昂貴的禮物，但我們可以分擔費用。

A: I’ll be happy to get him something special, even if it coasts a little extra.

我會很樂意給他一些特別的東西，即使它有點多余。

B: yes. He always get us special gift. We should repay his kindness.

是的。他總是給我們送特別的禮物。我們應該報答他的好意。