Bobby: Kelly! guess what I got for Xmas from my folks?

Kelly: How can I possibly guess what your parents gave you for Christmas?

Bobby: Just try to guess.

Kelly: Did they give you clothes?

Bobby: No! You are really cold. Have another try.

Kelly: Maybe a video game?

Bobby: No, no, no! It was way cooler than that!

Kelly: Bobby, I am bored. How can I possibly guess what your parents gave you?

Bobby: They got me an electric guitar!

Kelly: I feel so sorry for your neighbors!

鮑比：凱莉，你猜我從我父母那得到了什么圣誕禮物?

凱莉：我怎么可能猜得到你父母給了你什么圣誕禮物?

鮑比：試著猜猜看。

凱莉：他們給你的是衣服嗎?

鮑比：不是!再猜猜看。

凱莉：也許是電子游戲?

鮑比：錯(cuò)、錯(cuò)、錯(cuò)!比電子游戲要酷多了!

凱莉：鮑比，我覺得很無聊。我怎么可能猜得到你父母給了你什么?

鮑比：他們給了我一個(gè)電吉他!

凱莉：我真同情你的鄰居!

NEW WORDS (生詞)

1) Folks: parents

父母

My folks were very strict and said that I had to come home before midnight even if I was at a party.

我的父母很嚴(yán)厲，他們說即便我去參加晚會(huì)也必須在午夜前回家。

2) Video game: a game played on a computer or console like Play Station

電子游戲：在電腦上或諸如游戲站的控制臺(tái)上玩的游戲

I have wasted so many hours playing video games instead of studying.

我已經(jīng)浪費(fèi)了太多的時(shí)間玩游戲，而沒有學(xué)習(xí)。

3) Electric guitar: a musical instrument, a guitar that uses electricity to make it loud

電吉他：一種樂器，用電來發(fā)出響聲的吉他

Most teenage boys dream of having an electric guitar and of becoming a rock star one day.

十幾歲的男孩子大多都?jí)粝胗幸粋€(gè)電吉他，并且某一天能成為搖滾明星。

Dialogue (對(duì)話)

Jessie: Did your parents ever make you learn a musical instrument when you were younger?

Tina: I went to piano lessons every Saturday morning for five years.

Jessie: Did you like going or did you parents force you?

Tina: They forced me to go. I really hated it.

Jessie: I used to wait until my brother went out with his friends and then borrowed his guitar.

Tina: Can you play any songs on the guitar?

Jessie: I can still remember some of them, I suppose.

Tina: I have a guitar in the closet. Maybe you could play something for me?

Jessie: No problem! It will be like re-visiting my childhood.

杰茜：你小的時(shí)候你父母讓你學(xué)過樂器嗎?

蒂娜：有五年的時(shí)間我每個(gè)星期六早晨去上鋼琴課。

杰茜：你自己愿意去的還是你父母強(qiáng)迫你去的?

蒂娜：他們強(qiáng)迫我去的。我真的很討厭去。

杰茜：我曾經(jīng)等到哥哥跟朋友出門的時(shí)候借他的吉他。

蒂娜：你能用吉他演奏歌曲嗎?

杰茜：我想我還能記得一些。

蒂娜：我的壁櫥里有一個(gè)吉他，也許你能給我彈一首?

杰茜：沒問題!就好象重返童年一樣。