你在看的那本是什么書?
This? Oh, it's the latest novel by Pam Wheeler.
這本嗎?哦,這是帕姆.惠勒最新的小說。
Oh, right. Any good?
原來如此。好看嗎?
Yes, it's not bad. It got a gripping plot, and thedialogue is quite witty.
嗯,還不錯。它的情節(jié)不賴,對白也寫得很好。
What's it about?
它在講什么?
It's about sex and shopping, really. It really gets across the mood of the 1980s.
它其實是在談兩性與購物。很能反映出19世紀80年代的心情。
Yes, I read her first book.
的確,我看過她的第一本書。
Oh, yes, that's a classic of its kind. Did you like it?
對啊,它可說是同類的經(jīng)典之作。你喜歡嗎?
It was certainly a page-turner.
它絕對是一本引人入勝的書。
So what are you reading?
那你在看什么?
I'm reading this travel book, about a train journey across Mongolia.
我在看這本旅游書,它談的是橫穿蒙古的火車之旅。
Wow, sounds good.
哇,聽起來不錯。
Yes, it's really interesting, full of wonderfully vivid descriptions of landscapes.
是啊,有趣得很,里面充滿了對景色極為生動的描述。
The only trouble is it's taking me ages to read.
唯一的麻煩是,
Oh, why's that?
我得花很長的時間來看完。
Well, it's a really heavy book, and the binding's broken, so I can't carry it around with me.
哦,為什么會這樣?