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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-3
[Sally Jameson goes to meet the other next-door neighbor, Tony Almeda.
She 1)knocks on the door.]
Sound from inside: What? What do you want?
Sally: [To herself] Maybe I should come back later?
Sound from inside: Who’s there?
Sally: Hello? [She knocks on door again.]
Sound from inside: Hold your horses! I’m coming!
Tony: What? Whatever you’re selling, I don’t want any!
Sally: Oh, no. I’m your new neighbor, Sally Jameson.
Tony: Neighbor? Oh, right. [2)Offers hand to shake] Tony Almeda.
（莎莉傑米森拜訪另一位鄰居東尼艾梅達。她敲敲門。）
屋內：幹嘛？妳要幹嘛？
莎莉：（對自己說）或許我該等會兒再來？
屋內：誰啊？
莎莉：哈囉？（又敲了一次門。）
屋內：急什麼急！來了來了！
東尼：幹嘛？不管妳要賣什麼，我都不要！
莎莉：噢，不是啦，我是你的新鄰居，莎莉傑米森。
東尼：鄰居？這樣啊。（伸手跟她握手）東尼艾梅達。
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1) knock (v.) 敲打
She knocked loudly on the door, but nobody answered.
她大聲敲門，但無人回應。
2) offer (v.) 拿出，給予
He offered his hand for me to shake.
他伸出手要跟我握手。
(詳細精彩後續內容盡在最新一期EZ BASIC！)
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Hold your horses! 不要急！慢慢來！
A: Hurry up! We’ll be late! Hurry up!
快點！我們要遲到了！快啦！
B: Hold your horses! We still have plenty of time.
慢慢來！我們還有充裕的時間。
Whatever ….,（I）don’t… ! 不論……我都不……！
A: What is the square root of the third power of Pi?
圓周率三次方的平方根是什麼？
B: Whatever you’re trying to ask, I don’t know!
不管你是在問什麼啦，我不知道！
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