2009-01-01&01-03 节前的最后一次购物

You here at the mall the day before Christmas Eve. You're not finished yet?

No! No, I'm not!

I still have my mom left to give for?

Is she difficult? Tell us the truth.

Yeah. She is.

 Now are those gifts for other people?

Yeah, yes. Mostly my mom(Yeah, mostly it is.) and, and my dad a little bit.

Mostly my mom now.

Ted¹, you’ve got the Victory² Secret package there. That's for the wife. (who's that for?)

That's for the wife. Alright, not the girlfriend?

Not girlfriend. Haaa..

There is no girlfriend.

What is that?

Um, not really sure, either a dog, or a pig, or something of that sort.

What, what do you have in the bag there?

I have jeans for me.

So, that's not Christmas session³. Maybe this is why you are not done yet, Christine. Because you keep stopping and getting things for yourself.

What else you're getting to your girlfriend? Cuz that's not, that's not gonna fly, just as that.

Oh, yeah, that’s why I have to find something else for sure but…

KayJewlers is over there, you wanna think about that.

It's a good recommendation⁴.

When did you start shopping?

About an hour ago, haha...

So you're kind of last minutes type, what, what cause...

The pressure, a little bit under pressure.

I kinda feel the pressure is on. because you work all day and then after you leave work, then you have to get everything done.

So you're shopping for Hanukkah.

Well, I guess, both.

Okay, you know Hanukkah started at Sunday, right?

I do.

Okay, so, do you think maybe you are a little late?  

I get a few more days left, so I figure out I'm all right.

My wife’s done most of the shopping, so now I am just shopping for her, I'm doing fine.

No pressure. You seem like you're pretty at ease⁵.

Um, I've been through a few Christmases, yeah, pretty much so.

How many people are buying the ones that you're wearing now?

A lot. This is like the hot item⁶ right now. They, they are flying off the shelves. Everybody is coming up for them. 

All right. These are cool.

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

3 session   

n.会议，开庭期，市盘，学期；adj.短期的

参考例句：

• This matter will go over until the next session.这件事将留待下次会议讨论。
• Congress is now in session.国会现在正在开会。

4 recommendation   

n.推荐（信）建议，优点，长处

参考例句：

• I wrote him a good recommendation.我为他写了一封很好的推荐信。
• This method deserves recommendation.这种做法值得提倡。

5 ease   

n. 安乐,安逸,悠闲; v. 使...安乐,使...安心,减轻,放松

参考例句：

• His mind was at ease and he felt confident in the future. 他心情舒畅,对前途很有信心。
• You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her. 你应该对那个孩子宽松些,不要再骂她了。

6 item   

n.项目；条款；（消息，情报等的）一条

参考例句：

• We should go on to the next item for time is short.时间不多了，我们应该谈下一项内容。
• Put this item on our daily work schedule.把这项工作提到议事日程上来。