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2024.12.04 10:13
第一部 第18課: 請重複跟讀 - 於留空之間可以順暢唸完為止‧
- My boss is a stuffed shirt:
- 我的老闆老是愛擺架子，吹噓自己；...
- all he talks about is how important his ancestors are,
- 他開口閉口就是說他的祖先多麼有地位，...
- how he was number one in his class at his university,
- 他在大學唸書的時候又如何成為他們班上的第一名，...
- and the wonderful things he thinks he's done for our company.
- 還自稱對我們的公司做出了多的大貢獻等等。
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- I think I'll vote for Jimmy Brown instead of the other guy James Leland Elegant the third.
- 我想我會投吉米‧布朗的票，而不投那個看來很高雅的利蘭‧艾立根．...
- Jimmy isn't a stuffed shirt like Elegant --
- 吉米不像艾立根那樣神氣活現，...
- he's a friendly, informal guy like us ordinary people.
- 他很友好、隨和，就像我們普通老百姓一樣。
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- Of course Dad gets mad at me sometimes for no good reason.
- 當然，我父親有時候會對無厘頭地發火．...
- But if I ever need it,
- 但是只要我有需要，...
- I know that he would give me the shirt off his back.
- 我知道他總是會盡一切力量來幫助我。
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- Pete never says very much.
- 皮特這個人平時話不多．...
- But when he hears about somebody who's sick in the hospital or lost his job,...
- 但是，每當他聽說某人有病進了醫院，或者是失去了工作時，...
- he's always the first to put his hand in his pocket and bring out money to help.
- 他總是第一個就拿錢出來幫忙的人．
- Yes, sir, he's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back.
- 是的，他就是這種會儘力幫助別人的人。
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