英文原文:
Gill: But this place doesn't feel like a forty-ping apartment.
LL: Well, it's forty pings including the balcony. See. It's huge.
Gill: Oh! The view is great! Mountains, fresh air! Stars?
LL: This balcony is perfect for barbecuing.
Gill: And we could get a dog!
LL: I'm sorry. No pets are allowed in this apartment building, except fish.
Gill: Well, fish it will be then.
参考译文:
吉尔：不过这间公寓不像有四十坪大。
房东：嗯，四十坪还包括阳台在内。看。很大吧。
吉尔：噢！视野真好！有山，有新鲜空气！还看 得到星星？
房东：这个阳台最适合烤肉了。
吉尔：我们可以养只狗！
房东：对不起。这栋公寓大楼不准养宠物，鱼除 外。
吉尔：嗯，那就养鱼吧。
重点词汇:
barbecue (v.)
= BBQ 烤肉，也拼做barbeque或Bar-B-Q。而此处的barbecuing是动名词用法
Is it true that Koreans barbecue dogs?
韩国人会烤狗肉吃是真的吗？
balcony (n.)
阳台
Our upstairs neighbors keep tossing cigarettes off the balcony.
我们楼上的邻居老是把香烟丢到阳台来。
