获得了“最佳地方历史书”奖感觉怎么样？送给朋友什么生日礼物

今天的这段对话，在讨论获奖，

获得了“最佳地方历史书”奖感觉怎么样？送给朋友什么生日礼物

来听今天的讲解:

beginner

A: I heard you received a prize for you book.

我听说你的书获奖了。

B: yes, I did. I won a prize for “best local history book” at the annual book award.

是的，我做到了。我在年度图书奖上获得了“最佳地方历史书”奖。

A: congratulations! You must be very proud of your achievement.

恭喜！你一定为自己的成就感到骄傲。

B: actually, I was happy just to get the book published. Winning the prize was an added bonus.

事实上，我很高兴能出版这本书。获奖是额外的奖励。

A: what was the prize?

奖品是什么？

B: I won $200 to spend on any books of my choice.

我赢得了200美元，可以花在我选择的任何一本书上。

A: that’s a great prize for a person who writes books! Have you every won a prize before?

对于一个写书的人来说，这是一个巨大的奖励！你们以前都获奖过吗？

B: I shared a prize with some friends last week. We won a bottle of whisky at a pub quiz.

上周，我和一些朋友分享了一个奖品。我们在一次酒吧小测验中赢得了一瓶威士忌。

A: I won $10 in the lottery last month. Perhaps next time, I’ll be luckier and win the jackpot!

上个月我中了10美元的彩票。也许下次我会更幸运，中了头奖！

Intermediate

A: have you bought a present for jim’s birthday yet?

你给吉姆的生日买礼物了吗？

B: no, I haven’t. I can’t think of anything to get him.

不，我没有。我想不出什么办法给他。

A: I’m having the same problem. I want to get something really special. Jim always seem to know exactly what to get people as gift.

我也有同样的问题。我想得到一些特别的东西。吉姆似乎总是很清楚该给别人什么礼物。

B: I know. He bought me that beautiful sweater for my birthday. It was exactly what I wanted. And it fit me perfectly!

我知道。他给我买了那件漂亮的毛衣作为生日礼物。这正是我想要的。而且它非常适合我！

A: he bought me an iron.

他给我买了一个熨斗。

B: that doesn’t sound like a great present.

这听起来不是一份好礼物。

A: maybe not, but my iron was getting old. In fact, it stopped working the week after jim bought me the new one. It’s as if he knew that my old iron would soon stop working!

也许不是，但我的熨斗越来越旧了。事实上，在吉姆给我买新熨斗的那一周后，它就停止工作了。就好像他知道我的旧熨斗很快就会停止工作一样！

B: let’s think. He loves football, doesn’t he? I saw signed photographs of famous footballers in a shop near hear. Let’s go and have a look. You know which team he supports, don’t you?

让我们想想。他喜欢足球，不是吗？我在希尔附近的一家商店里看到了著名足球运动员的签名照片。我们去看看吧。你知道他支持哪支球队吗？

A: yes, I do. Let’s go. We should be able to find something suitable. We should get him something old…something historic.

是的。走吧。我们应该能找到合适的东西。我们应该给他买一些旧的……历史性的东西。

B: it’ll be an expensive present, but we can share the cost.

这将是一份昂贵的礼物，但我们可以分担费用。

A: I’ll be happy to get him something special, even if it coasts a little extra.

我会很乐意给他一些特别的东西，即使它有点多余。

B: yes. He always get us special gift. We should repay his kindness.

是的。他总是给我们送特别的礼物。我们应该报答他的好意。