地道美语听力播客550:比较好的礼物

Fae: Help! I still need to buy a gift for my motherand I can’t seem to think of the perfect present,something that’ll really knock her socks off.

Pablo: Why don’t you just get her a gift certificateor a gift card? That way, she can pick out her owngift.

Fae: Oh, she would hate that. She would think that Ididn’t put any thought into buying her a present atall, while I’ve been racking my brain to think ofsomething she’ll like. Maybe I should buy her a car!

Pablo: Now, don’t get carried away. You get like thisevery year. I know you want to please your mother, but remember, it’s the thought thatcounts.

Fae: I wish that were true. If I get her the wrong gift, I’m afraid she’ll be disappointed, orworse, she’ll hold it against me for the rest of my life.

Pablo: It boggles my mind how you can work yourself up like this every year.

Fae: How can I not? You know my mother.

Pablo: Yes, I do, and I have one piece of advice for you: Buy her a gift she can return.