情景对话

Todd: Hey, Lois, why don't you have a plum!
托德：嗨，洛伊丝，来个李子吃吧！
Lois: Oh, thank you very much. Lovely!
洛伊丝：哦，非常谢谢你vxmb@RAbT9uBwV_0)l。好吃！
Todd: You like plums?
托德：你喜欢吃李子？
Lois: I love all fruits, but plums especially.
洛伊丝：所有的水果我都爱吃，不过特别喜欢李子[&=p(W)evEsB*。
Todd: Oh, there goes the water.
托德：哦，它们富含水分y_P!zPVHj(。
Lois: It's very juicy.
洛伊丝：有很多果汁nRv[x,HoW1(Y。
Todd: It is juicy. How does it taste?
托德：有很多果汁qOOfQ~JyL_PwY。味道怎么样？
Lois: Mm, it tastes sweet, very refreshing.
洛伊丝：嗯，是甜的，非常清新的味道ZnSM4msRiu.r~nGs^wW,。
Todd: Mm, I love plums.
托德：嗯，我喜欢李子yzh]T%![UVi2=Jm*x%[。
Lois: Yeah, me too.
洛伊丝：我也喜欢-,+[+SJ,yDhP8lBg6Hx。
Todd: Guess how much this box cost?
托德：你猜这盒李子要多少钱？
Lois: I'm thinking it's probably quite expensive, so in yen, maybe 1,000 yen.
洛伊丝：我想可能会非常贵，大概1000日元吧tEiIWO5HA8gTAb]8QNgu。
Todd: Ah, yeah, pretty close. It cost 900 yen for 8 plums.
托德：对，差不多MP8~V371Zc3Y。这8个李子就要900日元MO_8CV~lL1wil。
Lois: Very expensive in Japan.
洛伊丝：日本的价格真的很贵0K(BPI,lSrvz7|Vn。
Todd: I know it's crazy. In America you can get this for like maybe 200 yen. Not even that, maybe 100 yen.
托德：我知道，这很让人抓狂y)&3YE~wA=tCFBlV#5|。在美国的话，这些大概200日元就能买到vz=S#[y3ggKr4G5Y*B。可能都不用，100日元就能买到6#8HB#q;tKf)-THVn~#。
Lois: In England it's cheap but probably not as cheap as in America. I think maybe because we have to import everything. It's slightly more expensive.
洛伊丝：在英国李子很便宜，不过不像美国那么便宜Z5eGHD+y&la6aDZ。我想，可能是因为我们所有的东西都要靠进口sy8g~fNExEk_W_ow。所以会有些贵OLIw6qumsT3LW。
Todd: Actually, that's a good question. What fruits do you grow in England?
托德：实际上，这是个很好的问题2llwlg2Fw@E;U#;。英国种植什么水果？
Lois: Apples and Apples and maybe pears and...
洛伊丝：苹果，可能还有梨……
Todd: No coconuts?
托德：没有椰子吗？
Lois: No coconuts. No bananas. and maybe we grow plums. I don't know.
洛伊丝：没有椰子a^GY)Lc=Of,To9。没有香蕉.tCVomQx3yZ%A|3Ul。可能我们种李子，我不清楚~+zCta&c*L。
Todd: It looks like a very English fruit.
托德：那看上去像英国的代表水果e3@JMzUl9T~。
Lois: But definitely apples.
洛伊丝：那绝对是苹果Wca(yL(NMMI%。
Todd: Or strawberries?
托德：或者草莓？
Lois: Strawberries, oh yeah. Lots of strawberries and tomatoes but maybe they're a vegetable some people say fruit. Some people say vegetable. But lots of tomatoes. And I'm sure lots of other things but, I just know about apples.
洛伊丝：草莓，对，没错Ty1jU0t!rhK。英国种植很多草莓和土豆，不过可能它们属于蔬菜，有些人说它们是水果，有些人说是蔬菜YTbxOH3T1U&JjpmY,LAu。不过英国种植大量的土豆Cszn7i=Rrm)。我确定还种植大量的其他作物，不过我只知道苹果SgPsdp.DjrO。
Todd: What's your favorite fruit?
托德：你最喜欢的水果是什么？
Lois: My favorite fruit! I really like pineapples, and I also like strawberries. Strawberries and cream. It's one of my favorite desserts.
洛伊丝：我最喜欢的水果！我非常喜欢菠萝，我还喜欢草莓),N@^oJ.~TKwB_s。草莓奶油是我最喜欢的甜点之一F&gHda.Ee#S]4。
Todd: Yeah, so have you ever been to Wimbleton and had strawberries and cream?
托德：嗯，你去温布登吃过草莓奶油吗？
Lois: I haven't. I'd love to go. But strawberries and cream at Wimbleton are so expensive. I don't know how much but really, really expensive.
洛伊丝：没有RyzsM,IZ@c#V!+&.xe。我很想去p,.j1El7f=X。不过温布登的草莓奶油非常贵;D(_)yWKN|gb2z+lHs=O。我不清楚具体的价格，不过真的很贵IYDp+KA2sOj0Xhi;6。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. Why
问句中与 not 连用表示建议，为什么不……
eg. Why not give Claire a call?
为什么不给克莱尔打个电话？
eg. Why don't you come home with me until you sort things out?
你何不先和我一起回家，等事情解决了再走？
eg. Why don't we talk it through?
为什么我们不把这事谈开呢？
2. as...as
像…一样；
eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one.
我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试k3XrtejMt]d*。
eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original.
找不出明显的理由来解释为什么这部片子拍得不如原先的好@Gc1=*|(#Ws*(Y。
3. would love to do sth.
乐于；很愿意做某事；
eg. I would love to play for England again.
我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力u.#9CPLC5Napm=P%。
eg. His wife would love him to give up his job.
他妻子很乐意他辞去工作B^~CgOQ-[b)。