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48期 [2007年04月號]
精彩摘要
用美語搬家去
Finding a Pad
如何當個暢談無礙的
美語好房東？
House Shopping
別把狗窩變金窩
勿將沼澤當泳池
Moving with Movers
搬家估價真方便！
一通電話算到好！
Student Driver
打方向燈、變換車道、
超速、超車、追撞前車..
英文要怎麼說？
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Meet the Neighbors 鄰居相見歡-2
Sally: You have kids?
Mary: Yes, my husband Jeremy and I have 1)twins. They’re in second grade.
Sally: Twins! How nice. I’m three-months 2)pregnant with our first child.
Mary: Congratulations, that’s so exciting!
Sally: I know. That and the big move, we’ve really had a lot on our hands these past few months.
Mary: I bet! Well, I’d love to stay and chat, but I need to get moving.
Sally: Well thank you so much for stopping by. Oh, we’ll be having a *meet-the-neighbors *housewarming party this Sunday afternoon. I hope you and your family can come by!
Mary: Thanks, we will.
莎莉：妳有孩子啦？
瑪莉：是啊，我老公傑洛米和我有一對雙胞胎，在讀二年級。
莎莉：雙胞胎！好好喔。我才懷第一胎，現在三個月大。
瑪莉：恭喜，真令人開心！
莎莉：我知道，正因懷孕還有大搬家的事情，我們前幾個月都忙得不可開交。
瑪莉：我想也是！呃，我很想再留下聊聊，但我恐怕得走了。
莎莉：嗯，感謝妳過來。對了，我們這個星期天下午會辦一場搬家派對，跟各位鄰居認識一下。希望妳和家人能過來！
瑪莉：謝謝你，我們會來的。
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1) twins 一對雙胞胎（固定用複數，單指其中一人時為twin）
The couple was thrilled when they found out they would have twins.
那對夫妻得知要生雙胞胎時嚇壞了。
2) pregnant (a.) 懷孕的
That woman is not fat; she’s pregnant.
那個女人不是胖，她懷孕了。
(詳細精彩後續內容盡在最新一期EZ BASIC！)
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道地美語 |
a lot on one’s hands 忙
A: Jim, I’m still waiting for that report.
吉姆，我還在等這看你的那篇報告。
B: Sorry it’s late. I’ve had a lot on my hands lately.
抱歉遲交了。我最近手上的事太多了。
I bet! 我想也是。
A: Oh my god! This box is so heavy!
我的天啊！這個箱子真是太重了！
B: I bet! You filled it with books and rocks.
是啊！你裡面裝的是書和石頭啊。
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