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Beth is in a cafe,waiting for Alex to finish his Christmas shopping.Eventually he arrives.貝絲在咖啡屋里等待去采購(gòu)圣誕商品的阿力。終于，阿力來(lái)了。

Beth:Did you get everything?

Alex:Hardly.I haven’t even got half my presents.

Beth:I told you it would be busy.

Alex:OK,you’re always right!

Beth:People go completely round the bend,don’t they?You’d think the shops were going to close for a whole month.

Alex:To be honest,I wish they would.

貝絲：要買(mǎi)的都買(mǎi)了嗎？

阿力：沒(méi)有啊，我連一半的禮物都沒(méi)買(mǎi)到。

貝絲：我就說(shuō)現(xiàn)在購(gòu)物會(huì)很擠嘛。

阿力：好吧，你總是對(duì)的。

貝絲：人們完全瘋了，難道不是嗎？你以為商店整個(gè)月都要關(guān)門(mén)吧。

阿力：說(shuō)實(shí)話，我真希望如此。

Alice and her boyfriend Scott are in a sports shop.愛(ài)麗絲和男友斯科特在一家體育用品商店里購(gòu)物。

Alice:Got any ideas what you’re getting Craig for Christmas?

Scott:Christmas?That’s three weeks away.

Alice:Exactly.You know how much you hate the last-minute panic.

Scott:What did you have in mind?

Alice:This croquet set.It’s right up Craig’s street,isn’t it?

Scott:It looks great,but the price is a bit steep.

Alice:Yeah,but he’s your brother,and he deserves it.

愛(ài)麗絲：想好給克雷格買(mǎi)什么圣誕禮物了嗎？

斯科特：圣誕？還有三個(gè)星期呢。

愛(ài)麗絲：是啊，可你清楚你是多么憎恨最后一分鐘的恐慌。

斯科特：你想到買(mǎi)什么了？

愛(ài)麗絲：買(mǎi)一套槌球游戲吧，這是克雷格喜歡的，沒(méi)錯(cuò)吧。

斯科特：看起來(lái)不錯(cuò)，但是價(jià)格太高了。

愛(ài)麗絲：嗯，可他是你兄弟，他該得到的。

Sidney and Esther are planning a Christmas lunch for 12 people.西德尼和以斯帖正在規(guī)劃一頓12個(gè)人的圣誕大餐。

Esther:We’ll need a big bird.I’d better order it this week.

Sidney:I just hope it fits in the oven this year.Do you remember...?

Esther:Don’t remind me!Will you do the stuffing?

Sidney:Of course.That’s my specialty.

Esther:And I need you to serve the drink,too.

Sidney:Ah,yes.We need some booze.What will people be drinking?

Esther:Everything.And don’t forget the port for Uncle Maurice.

以斯帖：我們需要只大火雞。這周我最好就訂一只。

西德尼：我只是希望今年它能塞進(jìn)烤箱。你還記得……？

以斯帖：別說(shuō)這個(gè)，你還負(fù)責(zé)往火雞里填料嗎？

西德尼：當(dāng)然，這是我的特長(zhǎng)。

以斯帖：我也需要你幫著端茶倒水。

西德尼：是啊，我們需要備些酒水。大家想喝些什么呢？

以斯帖：每樣都備點(diǎn)，別忘了墨里斯叔叔愛(ài)喝的葡萄牙葡萄酒。

Jenny is showing her sister Susan what she’s bought for Amelia.珍妮向蘇珊顯擺她買(mǎi)給艾米莉亞的禮物。

Jenny:I’ve got her these earrings.I hope she’ll like them.

Susan:Oh,she’ll love them.

Jenny:They go in this little box.

Susan:She’s been going on about getting jewellery for weeks.She’ll be over the moon.They’ll be her favourite present,I’m sure.

Jenny:Well,it’s nothing special.

Susan:No,they’re lovely.There isn’t a necklace that goes with them,is there?

珍妮：我給她買(mǎi)了一副耳環(huán)，希望她能喜歡。

蘇珊：她會(huì)喜歡的。

珍妮：它們裝進(jìn)了這么一個(gè)小盒子里。

蘇珊：她念叨這個(gè)念叨了幾個(gè)星期了。她這下可要樂(lè)瘋了。我想這一定是她最喜歡的禮物。

珍妮：其實(shí)這也沒(méi)什么特別的。

蘇珊：它們確實(shí)很漂亮啊。就是缺條項(xiàng)鏈搭配，是不是？