美語咖啡屋 Lesson 19: Pfeiffer's Hardware

Y: 各位聽眾好，歡迎您到美語咖啡屋。我是楊晨

J: Hello, I'm Jody. Welcome to American Cafe. Hey, Yang Chen, how's it going?

Y: 很好啊！

(Sound of table rocking, coffee cup spilling over)

Y: Jody，小心點，你不要晃桌子。 看我的咖啡都灑了。

J: It's not my fault. Look, it's the table. See how crooked it is?

(Sound of table rocking)

Y: Oh, 你說的沒錯，這桌子好奇怪，一個腿長，一個腿短。 得找人修一修才行啊。

J: No problem! Luckily, I've just come from visiting my favorite hardware store. Here let me...

(Sound of a saw cutting wood)

Y: Jody，你在干什么?

(Sound of a saw cutting wood)

J: I'm fixing ... (grunt) the (grunt) table leg.

Y: 不要再鋸了，哎呀，你看別人都在看我們呢!

J: Just ignore (th)'em ... (sawing) just a little bit more (sawing) ... there!

(Piece of wood falling)

Y: 哎呀，現(xiàn)在這桌子更是高低不平了。

J: Oops.

Y: 你現(xiàn)在知道闖禍了。 中國有句成語“班門弄斧”，我看說的就是你。不過你這把鋸子到是挺漂亮的。 從那里弄來的？

J: I told you, my favorite hardware store.

Y: 你最喜歡的hardware store ? 什么意思啊？

J: A hardware store. You know, a store that has hardware for fastening things, for fixing things, for...

Y: 我當然知道什么是五金店， 我是覺得奇怪的是，五金店不就是賣工具嗎，還分什么喜歡不喜歡的。

J: Well, there is no reason to yell. Maybe some of our listeners don't know. I got an idea. Let's go visit Pfeiffer's Hardware, my favorite hardware store.

Y: 好吧，我們就看看這個五金店有什么特別之處，讓你這么激動。

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