Jennifer: What's that hunk of steel you're carrying? Billy: It's my kickboard. Jennifer: You'll drown if you think that's a kickboard. Billy: Jen, get with the show, OK? This is the latest mode of transportation. Jennifer: OK, so you've graduated from your tricycle and moved onto the kickboard... Billy: Nice joke, Jen, but not every kickboard has three wheels. Some only have two wheels.
★ kickboard (n.) 练习游泳用的浮板;时下最流行的‘滑板车’也是这个字。对话中珍妮花利用这一语双关开了个玩笑 ★ get with the show (俚)跟上流行,赶上时髦 ★ transportation (n.) 运输,交通 ★ hunk (n.) (口语)大 ★ drown (v.) 淹死,溺死 ★ mode (n.) 方式,样式 ★ tricycle (n.) 后轮装有辅助轮的脚踏车
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Bobby: If it takes five men fifteen hours to build a brick wall, how long would it take ten men to build it? Mary: Why should they build it at all? The five men just did it!
Frank, that man over there wants to buy everything we are selling in the yard sale. What do you think the whole kit and caboodle should go for? 法兰克,那边的那个人要买我们在家庭旧货大甩卖中的每样东西。你想这所有的东西值多少?
I want to get rid of the whole kit and caboodle. I want to sell the whole kit and caboodle. I want to buy the whole kit and caboodle. I want to make an offer for the whole kit and caboodle. I want to know the price for the whole kit and caboodle. I want to know how much you paid for the whole kit and caboodle.