Bobby: Kelly, do you have any spare batteries that I can borrow?
Kelly: More? You borrowed fifteen batteries from me last week.
Bobby: I know but they have run flat already.
Kelly: What are you doing with all of these batteries?
Bobby: They are for my new boom-box!
Kelly: Your boom-box! You must have the volume turned all the way to ten.
Bobby: Actually my boom-box volume goes to eleven!
Kelly: You'll go deaf if you're not careful.
Bobby: Maybe, but I'll have a great time doing it.
鲍比:凯莉,你有备用电池可以借给我吗?
凯莉:还要借?上周你从我这借了十五节电池。
鲍比:我知道,不过它们已经用光了。
凯莉:你用那些电池来做什么?
鲍比:用在我新的便携式立体声录放机上!
凯莉:你的便携式立体声录放机!你肯定把音量一放就放到10。
鲍比:实际上我的便携式立体声录放机的最高音量为11。
凯莉:如果你不小心你会聋的。
鲍比:也许吧,不过这么做我很高兴。
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NEW WORDS(生词)
1) Boom-box: a CD, radio and cassette player with speakers that you can take wherever you go
便携式立体声录放机:带有喇叭、可播放CD或盒带和接收广播的录放机,可随身携带
My school had a 'no boom-box' policy and teachers would take them off you if you did bring one.
我的学校有一条“不许带便携式立体声录放机”的规定。如果你带了,老师就会没收掉。
2) Deaf: not able to hear
聋:失去听觉
The concert that I went to last night was so loud that I had to wear earplugs so I would not become deaf.
昨晚我去的音乐会声音太大了,我不得不带上耳塞,要不然我会变聋的。
3) Punks: people who listen to punk music, wear leather clothes and believe in anarchy
蓬克摇滚乐迷:听蓬克摇滚音乐、穿着皮衣并且喜欢骚乱的人
The punk club that I went to was so tough that you had to cut yourself with a razor just to get in the door.
我去的蓬克摇滚乐俱乐部可真狠,光进门你就得扒层皮。
4) Sucks: a slang way for saying that something is not good (be careful how you use this one when you speak or write English)
不好:说某事不好的俚语(口头或书面用此说法时你要注意怎么用)
I wanted to see a movie last night with my girlfriend but she had already seen it and said that it really sucks!
昨晚我想和女朋友去看场电影,可是她已经看过了,而且还说那片子很烂!
Dialogue(对话)
Jessie: I really feel like dancing, Tina.
Tina: I love to dance. What type of music is your favorite for dancing to?
Jessie: Disco! Anything from the 1970s is just fine by me.
Tina: Oh. I hate disco music. Punks say that disco sucks.
Jessie: But the music that punks listen to is the worst type of music!
Tina: I think I have an old cassette with some disco music on it.
Jessie: See if you can find it and we can dance together in your room.
Tina: Here it is. I bet you don't know this song!
杰西:我真的很想跳舞,蒂娜。
蒂娜:我喜欢跳舞。你最喜欢的舞曲是哪种音乐?
杰西:迪斯科!只要是70年代的我都喜欢。
蒂娜:哦,我讨厌迪斯科音乐。蓬克摇滚乐迷说迪斯科不好。
杰西:可是蓬克摇滚乐迷听的可是最糟糕的一种音乐!
蒂娜:我好像有一盒老带子,里面有一些迪斯科音乐。
杰西:看看你能不能找到它,我们可以在你的房里一起跳舞。
蒂娜:给,我打赌你不知道这首歌!