大家过生日的时候喜欢做什么事情呢？还记得小时候过生日最开心的就是吃上一块蛋糕，如果还能收到想要的玩具，那就完美了。上学的时候经常会和父母约定考试考到班上或者年级第几名，就会得到某一个电子产品。

 

到了开始工作，每年生日，都会用自己的工资奖励一个心里惦记很久却舍不得买的东西。再过一过，也许就不是很期盼生日了，生日可能会带来一些年龄和事业的焦虑。大家都在什么阶段呢？是期盼着每年的生日，是过不过都没所谓，还是有些害怕过生日呢？

 

 

在今天的音频中，Aileen和James聊起了生日的时候会做什么事情，很明显两人对生日有着不同看法，喜欢过生日的Aileen问：Are you prepared? 你准备好了吗？并表明生日意味着更多：It's about the things you could do to make you happy.而不喜欢过生日的James则很明确地说：I don't like birthdays.

 

下面让我们一起练习一下～

 

 

聊收到的礼物

（双人完整版）

 

JAMES版

 

AILEEN: Your birthday is coming?

AILEEN: 你生日快到了？

 

JAMES: Yes.

JAMES: 是的。

 

AILEEN: Are you prepared?

AILEEN: 你准备好了吗？

 

JAMES: I'm thirty-four years old.

JAMES: 我34岁了。

 

JAMES: Thirty-four!

JAMES: 34岁！

 

AILEEN: Well, birthday is not only about the age. It's about the things you could do to make you happy.

AILEEN: 生日又不止是年龄，生日还有那些可以做的开心事。

 

JAMES: I don't like birthdays.

JAMES: 我不喜欢生日。

 

AILEEN: Then, what do you usually do on your birthday?

AILEEN: 那你通常生日时做什么？

 

JAMES: What do I usually do?

JAMES: 我通常做什么？

 

JAMES: I go to the office.

JAMES: 我去办公室。

 

JAMES: I work and then I go home.

JAMES: 我上班，然后回家。

 

AILEEN: Really? Do you have a birthday cake?

AILEEN: 啊？你吃蛋糕吗？

 

JAMES: I don't eat cake.

JAMES: 我不吃蛋糕。

 

AILEEN: Do you a have party?

AILEEN: 你开派对吗？

 

JAMES: I don't dance.

JAMES: 我不跳舞。

 

AILEEN: What about Karaoke?

AILEEN: KTV呢？

 

JAMES: And I don't sing.

JAMES: 我也不唱歌。

 

JAMES: Birthdays!

JAMES: 生日！

 

JAMES: Well?

JAMES: 嗯？

 

JAMES: What do you do?

JAMES: 那你做什么呢？

 

AILEEN: I normally have a big party with friends and family. We dance and sing KTV at home. Oh, and we usually have a big cake and lots of delicious food.

AILEEN: 我通常会和朋友家人开派对，跳舞唱歌。哦，我们还会吃蛋糕和很多好吃的食物。

 

 

AILEEN版

AILEEN: Your birthday is coming?

AILEEN: 你生日快到了？

 

JAMES: Yes.

JAMES: 是的。

 

AILEEN: Are you prepared?

AILEEN: 你准备好了吗？

 

JAMES: I'm thirty-four years old.

JAMES: 我34岁了。

 

JAMES: Thirty-four!

JAMES: 34岁！

 

AILEEN: Well, birthday is not only about the age. It's about the things you could do to make you happy.

AILEEN: 生日又不止是年龄，生日还有那些可以做的开心事。

 

JAMES: I don't like birthdays.

JAMES: 我不喜欢生日。

 

AILEEN: Then, what do you usually do on your birthday?

AILEEN: 那你通常生日时做什么？

 

JAMES: What do I usually do?

JAMES: 我通常做什么？

 

JAMES: I go to the office.

JAMES: 我去办公室。

 

JAMES: I work and then I go home.

JAMES: 我上班，然后回家。

 

AILEEN: Really? Do you have a birthday cake?

AILEEN: 啊？你吃蛋糕吗？

 

JAMES: I don't eat cake.

JAMES: 我不吃蛋糕。

 

AILEEN: Do you a have party?

AILEEN: 你开派对吗？

 

JAMES: I don't dance.

JAMES: 我不跳舞。

 

AILEEN: What about Karaoke?

AILEEN: KTV呢？

 

JAMES: And I don't sing.

JAMES: 我也不唱歌。

 

JAMES: Birthdays!

JAMES: 生日！

 

JAMES: Well?

JAMES: 嗯？

 

JAMES: What do you do?

JAMES: 那你做什么呢？

 

AILEEN: I normally have a big party with friends and family. We dance and sing KTV at home. Oh, and we usually have a big cake and lots of delicious food.

AILEEN: 我通常会和朋友家人开派对，跳舞唱歌。哦，我们还会吃蛋糕和很多好吃的食物。