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just called me to tell me what he found out about the band.

刚刚打电话给我 告诉我一些乐队的内幕

Oh, really?

哦，真的吗？

What he told me isn't available to the public yet.

他说的那些目前还不能公开

Sidarthur's having a farewell concert in New York next month. Sidarthur

乐队下个月 将在纽约举办一场告别演出

Daddy already has V.I.P. Seats, but that's not the best part.

我爸爸已经拿到了VIP座位 但这还不是最吸引人的

I didn't think it would be.

我不认为是这样的

for all of Sidarthur's closest friends.

只对Sidarthur的最亲密的 朋友开放

There's gonna be a party afterwards at Stu's loft

演出后斯图会在他的阁楼 举办一个聚会

So I've heard.

我已经听说过了

And guess who already has an invitation?

你知道谁得到邀请了吗？

It just so happens that Ella and I do.

正巧我和埃拉收到了邀请

Oh, really? Yeah, really.

哦，真的？ 对，没错

How'd you manage that?

你是怎么得到邀请的？

Same way you did. Through parental connections.

跟你一样 通过家里的关系

What connections do you have other than the phone?

除了电话我想不出 你还有什么联系了

Winner.

获胜

Me again.

我又赢了

Loser.

失败者！

Round two.

第二关

Game's not over yet.

游戏还没结束呢

Actually, my mother has the connections.

事实上， 是我妈妈用了关系

Marsh Warner bought a piece from her last summer.

马什?华纳去年夏天 从我妈妈那里买了把来福枪

And Marshie, as I call him, is their manager.

马什尔，我通常都这么称呼的 是他们的经理

I know who he is.

我知道他

He remembered I was crazy about Sidarthur, so he got us invited.

他记得我痴迷于Sidathur 所以他邀请了我们

Wow, your mom must be some potter.

哇，那你妈妈 一定很闲啊

重点讲解

重点单词：

1、available

adj. 有效的，可得的；可利用的；空闲的

Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%.

自1978年以来，可供买书的钱已减少了17%。

2、parental

adj. 父母亲的，父母的；亲代的，亲本的

Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent.

有时候没有征得父母的同意就对孩子进行了医疗救治。

3、invitation

n. 邀请；引诱

The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend.

那些叙利亚人还没有接受邀请。

4、potter

n. 陶艺家，制陶工人

vt. 闲混，虚度

vi. 闲逛；慢条斯理地做事

She liked to potter in the kitchen.

她喜欢在厨房中磨蹭度日。

5、afterward

adv. 以后，后来

Shortly afterward, police arrested four suspects.

之后不久，警方逮捕了４名嫌疑犯。

重点短语：

1、这家书店有大约500本该书的签名版本可供购买。

2、利奇先生在休假，没空作评论。

3、本周数百张请贴正在发出。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、The opposition now seems too weak to stage any serious protests against the government.

2、Kasparov became world champion.

3、He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window.