英文原版对话1000个:842 Fred's Gifts

Anja: So, Fred, tell me, how is it on Christmas? Who do you give gifts to in Canada?

Fred: Well, Anja, personally¹ I prefer to receive gifts. That's always funner. Yeah, well, of course, we give gifts and we receive gifts.

Anja: Oh, yeah. So the gifts, how are they? Are they really expensive or...?

Fred: Good question. Well, I don't know. It depends on who you're giving the gift to, and it also depends on, you know, how many gifts you have to buy.

Anja: Oh, so, who exactly are you buying gifts for? Only the really.... people that are really close to you?

Fred: Well, yes, I would say that in my case I have a large family.

Anja: How many are you?

Fred: We are six siblings²: six brothers and sisters and plus my parents and both my grandparents are still alive, and aunts and cousins and so a very big family, and so what we do is we exchange gifts. So we buy a small gift, 45 dollars, and then we play a small game where we exchange that gift amongst³ each other, so we don't have to buy gifts to everybody.

Anja: Oh, that's quite nice, so it won't get too expensive, right?

Fred: It won't but, personally, I like to buy gifts for my mother or my father and especially my grandmother and grandfather. It's very important, and so I enjoy doing the shopping for it.

Anja: Oh, you do like shopping?

Fred: For Christmas it's something different.

Anja: It's really difficult on Christmas, right? Usually, the shops are really packed and there's so many people. It's really stressful⁵, isn't it?

Fred: Yeah, but I like that stress⁴.

Anja: Oh, you do?

Fred: Yeah, I love it.

Anja: Oh, wow. I think you are the only one.
 

1 personally   

adv.亲自，直接，个人，就我个人来说

参考例句：

• I handed the book to him personally.书是我亲自交给他的。
• Personally,I prefer fall weather.我个人比较喜欢秋天的天气。

2 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

3 amongst   

prep.在…之中，在...之间(=among)

参考例句：

• He was sitting amongst a group of children,telling them a story.他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。
• You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.你们必须彼此商量，自行解决这些问题。

4 stress   

n.压力，紧迫，强调，重音，重点，应力&vt.加压力于，着重，重读

参考例句：

• The roof couldn't bear the stress of the snow.屋顶受不了积雪的压力。
• My parents lay great stress on honesty.我的父母十分注重诚实。

5 stressful   

adj.紧张的，压力重的

参考例句：

• My job isn't stressful,and I enjoy the work.我的工作没有压力，我很喜欢这份工作。
• It usually just makes situations more stressful.它通常会使情况更加紧迫。