地道美語聽力播客:談論所讀的書

Maggie: What did you think of the book you startedlast week?

Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough.

Maggie: Wow, that’s a glowing recommendation.

Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and thesuspense in the first half was great. I couldn’t put itdown. Then, the pace changed in the second half and it was an effort to finish it.

Maggie: Really? I read it a few months ago and I loved it. I thought the characterization wasreally good. I could really relate to the two main characters.

Kurt: Yeah, that’s true enough, but the plot dragged, don’t you think? The author justcouldn’t pull it off and the ending was laughable.

Maggie: I really liked the ending! I can’t wait for the sequel.

Kurt: Well, that makes one of us.

【詞匯注釋】

well enough 還好, 還可以

glowing adj.熱情的, 強烈的

recommendation n. 推薦

start off 開始

bang n.巨響, 重擊

suspense n.懸疑, 懸念

couldn’t put it down無法放下，表示十分喜歡

pace n.步調(diào)

characterization 性格描述

relate to 聯(lián)系到

plot dragged 情節(jié)拖沓

pull off (成功地)完成

laughable adj. 可笑的

sequel n.續(xù)篇