地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客657: 籌劃孩子派對(duì)（雙語(yǔ)）

Sara: Come on! We need to buy all of the things we need for Gabriel’s party before the store closes.

薩拉：快點(diǎn)呀!商店關(guān)門(mén)前，我們還要為加百利的派對(duì)買(mǎi)很多東西呢。

Paul: Are you sure we need a party? Maybe we can just have a cake and some party hats.

保羅：你確定我們需要開(kāi)派對(duì)?或許我們只需要買(mǎi)個(gè)蛋糕和一些派對(duì)帽就行了。

Sara: Are you kidding?! We are going to pull out all the stops. We’ll have streamers, balloons,noisemakers, and party favors. This is going to be really fun.

薩拉：開(kāi)什么玩笑!我們要全力以赴完成。我們需要買(mǎi)彩帶、氣球、聲音發(fā)生器(如：小喇叭、銅鑼等)還有一些小禮物。這樣派對(duì)將會(huì)很有意思。

Paul: I don’t even know if he’d like all that. What are you doing?

保羅：不知道他是否會(huì)喜歡那些東西呢。你在做什么?

Sara: I’m getting lots of confetti to throw when we sing “Happy Birthday.”

薩拉：我正在弄一些彩屑，等我們唱生日歌的時(shí)候要撒。

Paul: The confetti is going to get all over the ice cream and the icing on the cake. And it’ll be a nightmare to clean up.

保羅：彩屑會(huì)落在冰淇淋和蛋糕的糖霜上，而清理這些很困難。

Sara: Don’t worry about the clean up. I’ll take care of that. Now, where are the goodie bags...

薩拉：不用擔(dān)心清理工作，我會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)的。禮包現(xiàn)在在哪兒呢?

Paul: Are you sure all of this is necessary?

保羅：你確定這些都有用?

Sara: Of course, it is. Ooo...What do you think of hiring a clown and renting an inflatable castle for the party?

薩拉：當(dāng)然。哇…你覺(jué)得為派對(duì)請(qǐng)一個(gè)小丑，租用一個(gè)充氣式的城堡怎么樣?

Paul: You do remember that Gabriel is turning one, don’t you?

保羅：加百利已經(jīng)有過(guò)類(lèi)似的派對(duì)了，難道你不記得了?

Sara: So?

那又怎么樣?

...

It’s just as I suspected. Some birthday parties aren’t for the children. They’re for the adults who never grew up!

我懷疑：一些生日派對(duì)到底不像是為孩子舉辦的。那些派對(duì)更像是為一些沒(méi)有長(zhǎng)大的成人而辦?！　?/p>