太极英语微课堂-16

【太極英語微課堂-15】如何用地道的美語介紹母親節

Joe:  Shifu, where is Shimu? I have these flowersfor her.

Shifu:She is in the kitchen cooking. What are these flowers for?

Joe:Well, it’s Mother’s Day today. These flowers and this small gift are for her tothank her for cooking and taking care of me. This bottle of wine is for you.

Shifu:Oh, you don’t need to do that.

Joe: Iwould love to. Shimu is so kind to me. I really appreciate it.

Shifu: Welike you, Joe, because you are not only very dedicated to learning Taichi, butalso very humble and polite. 

Joe:Thank you, Shifu. 

Shifu:Ok, come in. Your Shimu is making Jiaozi for us today. 

Joe:Really? That’s fantastic, I love Jiaozi!

Joe:  師父，師母在哪兒呢？我給她買了把花。

師父: 她在廚房做飯呢！買這花是幹啥呢？

Joe: 今天不是母親節嘛！ 這些花兒和這個小禮物是為了謝謝她給我做飯和照顧我。這瓶酒是給您的！

Shifu: 沒必要這樣做昂。

Joe: 我願意。師母對我這麼好，我很感激。

Shifu: 我們很喜歡你，Joe，因為你不僅僅練太極很下功夫，還很謙遜有禮。

Joe: 謝謝師父誇獎。 

Shifu: 好了，進來吧！你師母今天給我們包餃子。

Joe: 真的？太好了！我喜歡餃子！

＊ kitchen ['kɪtʃɪn] n. 廚房

＊ flower ['flaʊɚ] n. 花

＊ gift [ɡɪft] n. 禮物

＊ bottle ['bɑtl] n. 瓶子

＊ wine [waɪn] n. 酒

＊ appreciate [ə'priʃɪet] v. 欣賞；感激

＊ be dedicated to ['dɛdə'ketɪd] 献身于

＊ humble ['hʌmbl]adj. 谦虚的

＊ polite [pə'laɪt] adj. 有礼貌的；客气的