Dario: Don't open that umbrella inside, Brian!

Brian: Why not? It's wet and needs to dry out.

Dario: You will have seven years' bad luck if you open an umbrella inside.

Brian: No way - you get seven years' bad luck if you break a mirror.

Dario: Trust me friend. I opened an umbrella inside once and I have been single ever since.

Brian: But that's because you treated your girlfriends poorly - it has nothing to do with the umbrella.

Dario: I am just very superstitious, that's all.

Brian: You are a modern guy, not some old fashioned fossil!

Dario: I just don't want any more bad luck in my life.

Brian: OK, I won't open the umbrella if you promise to stop believing in all this superstition stuff.

Dario: I will when my luck changes and I win the lottery!

Brian: I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

戴瑞奧：別在屋里打開傘布萊恩!

布萊恩：為什么不行?傘是濕的，需要晾干。

戴瑞奧：在屋里打傘會給你帶來七年的背運。

布萊恩：不可能，打破鏡子才會帶來七年背運。

戴瑞奧：相信我，朋友。我在屋里打開過一次傘，從那以后一直打光棍兒。

布萊恩：那是因為你對你的女朋友不好，跟傘一點兒關系都沒有。

戴瑞奧：我就是很迷信。

布萊恩：你生活在現代，不是一個守舊的老古板。

戴瑞奧：我只是不想再碰上壞運氣了。

布萊恩：好吧，如果你不再相信這些迷信的玩意兒我就不打開傘。

戴瑞奧：除非我的運氣轉變，中上彩票。

布萊恩：如果我是你，就不白費工夫。

NEW WORDS (生詞)

1) Wild: fun and exciting

有趣而刺激

The rides at the amusement park are always wild and make my stomach flip.

在游樂園里坐車永遠是那么刺激，我的胃都要翻倒了。

2) Action packed: very busy, lots of things to do

很忙，有很多是要做

I love visiting big cities because they are always action packed!

我喜歡到大城市觀光因為總是有很多事要做。

3) Dullsville: very boring, nothing to do

無聊、無事可做

I grew up in a small town with no cinema and no bowling - it was a real dullsville.

我在一個小城長大，沒有電影沒有保齡球，真實無聊透了。

4) Psyched: excited, thrilled

興奮、沸騰

Before I hit the court to play some one-on-one, I listen to some loud music to get really psyched.

上場打單對單比賽前我要聽一些節奏強烈的音樂讓自己真正興奮起來。

Present Tense Dialogue:現在時對話

Jessie: Music is changing all the time. Don't you think?

Tina: Sure. The music from the 1990s is very different compared with the music from the 1980s.

Jessie: I really like some of the music from the 1970s. Music was wild back then.

Tina: Some people say that music today is too commercial - that the singer just wants to make money.

Jessie: I agree with that. Music has lost its honesty.

Tina: Let's see if we can remember a wild 1970s song about feeling the wind in your hair?

Jessie: Oh, I know a great song just like that by Steppenwolf.

Tina: Sing it out loud!

杰西：音樂永遠在變，你不這樣認為嗎?

蒂娜：沒錯。九十年代的音樂和八十年代的音樂相比有很大的不同。

杰西：我真的很喜歡一些七十年代的音樂。那時的音樂很刺激。

蒂娜：有些人說現在的音樂太商業化了，歌手們只想賺錢。

杰西：我同意。音樂已經失去了它的風格。

蒂娜：看看我們能不能想起來一首七十年代的勁歌。

杰西：噢，我知道史蒂夫沃爾夫有一首很棒的歌。

蒂娜：那么大聲唱出來吧!

New Words (生詞)

1) Flat-out: very busy

很忙

I prefer to be flat-out at work because I get bored when it's quiet.

我喜歡工作時忙一點兒，因為太安靜了我會覺得很無聊。

2) Mall: large building with many small shops

購物中心，有許多小商店的大型建筑物

Whenever I go to the mall, I always spend too much money.

我每次去購物中心都會花很多錢。

3) Second home: a place that you spend a lot of time

花很多時間光顧的地方

The coffee shop close to my house is my second home!

我經常光顧家附近的咖啡店。

4) Gift: present

禮物

Gifts are a nice way of showing how much you like or appreciate someone.

送禮物是向別人表示好感和感謝的好方式。

5) Jive: empty talk

空話

Brian is some full of jive talk, but he never takes any action.

布萊恩是個光說不做的人。

Lesson:課文

Anniversaries are the celebration of an important event, such as your first date, first kiss or wedding. If you were married on June 1, every year after that, your wedding anniversary is June 1.

周年紀念是指慶祝某個重要事件，比如你的第一次約會，初吻或婚禮。如果你的結婚日期是六月一日，以后每年你的結婚周年紀念就是六月一日。

Birthdays are the anniversary of your birth, but most people just call them birthdays instead of anniversaries.

生日是你出生日的周年紀念，可大多數人都稱它為生日而不是周年紀念。

When you are married, it is very important to remember the important anniversaries. If you forget your wedding anniversary, your husband or wife could get very upset and not talk to you for weeks!

結婚后記住周年紀念日是很重要的。如果你忘了結婚紀念日，你的丈夫或妻子可能會很不開心，幾個星期都不跟你說話。

Anniversaries are usually celebrated with a romantic dinner and gifts such as flowers, chocolates and jewellery. Some people think that the more expensive the gift, the more you love the person while others say that it is the thought that counts.

周年紀念的時候通常都以浪漫晚餐的形式來慶祝，并送一些諸如鮮花、巧克力和珠寶之類的禮物。有人說禮物越貴就表示你愛對方越深，但有的人認為心意最重要。

There are some many types of anniversaries including personal and national. Get a diary and out all of the important anniversaries in it so that you will never forget!

包括個人和國家在內有很多種不同的周年紀念日。找一個日記本把所有重要的紀念日記在上面你就不會忘了!

Past Tense Dialogue：過去時對話

Jeff: Did your husband like the tie that you gave him for your wedding anniversary?

Joan: He loved the tie but we are not married yet.

Jeff: So what was the anniversary for?

Joan: It was the anniversary of our first ever date.

Jeff: You must be a very romantic person to remember your first date.

Joan: I think that my boyfriend would be upset if I forgot.

Jeff: I can never remember the important anniversaries - I even forgot my girlfriend's birthday!

Joan: Was she upset or angry?

Jeff: Both! She made me buy her gifts and flowers for two weeks after I forgot.

Joan: It's easier to remember in the first place Jeff.

Jeff: I'll be sure never to forget again.

杰夫：你丈夫喜歡你結婚紀念日送他的領帶嗎?

瓊：他很喜歡這條領帶，可我們還沒結婚。

杰夫：那這是什么紀念日呀?

瓊：是我們初次約會的紀念。

杰夫：你一定很浪漫，連初次約會的日子都記著。

瓊：我想如果我忘了我的男朋友會不高興的。

杰夫：我永遠記不住這些重要的紀念日，我甚至連我女朋友的生日都忘了。

瓊：她傷心嗎?還是生氣了?

杰夫：又傷心又生氣。我忘了她的生日以后整兩個星期她都讓我給她買禮物和花。

瓊：事先把它記住就簡單多了，杰夫。

杰夫：我肯定不會再忘了。