七、
A: Really, gentlemen, you can't take me to jail! Don't you know who I am?
I’m Santa Claus.
B: Yeah, Yeah, we've heard that one before, haven't we Joe?
C: Yeah, last week we booked this guy who claimed to be the tooth fairy! Can you believe that?
A: It's Christmas Eve and I have all these presents to deliver! Where is your Christmas spirit? What will happen when all the children wake up tomorrow and don't find any gifts in their stockings?
B: Sorry buddy, you were parked in a no-parking zone, you were speeding, and you have no ID!
C: Besides that, even if we let you go now, your sleigh has been impounded and
those reindeer were taken to the city zoo.
A: What! This is unbelievable! What’s this world coming to? Christmas is ruined!
C: What's that up ahead? It looks like... elves!! Elves!! Whoa, they're shooting candy canes! Mayday, Mayday, we are under heavy attack! We need backup!
1. booked: 拘留
2. claimed to be: 自称是..
3. tooth fairy: 牙仙子
4. speeding: 超速行驶
5. impounded: 没收
6. elves: 侏儒
7. candy canes: 圣诞节的一种糖
8. under heavy: we are under heavy attack .
we are under heavy a fire.
president under heavy a security.
9. backup: 支援
八、
A: Oh, look, there's Veronica and her boyfriend. She's always going on about him at the office. Oh, great, they saw us. They're coming this way.
B: Oh, man...
C: Jessica! Arthur! Hi! I'd like you to meet my boy friend Greg, he’s the V. P. of quality and safety for a top Fortune 500 food company.
A: Nice to meet you. This is my husband, Arthur.
B: Hey, how's it going?
D: Hello.
A: Veronica talks about you all the time. I guess you must be pretty busy at work.
D: Well, yeah, a V. P. position is not easy, you know! I implement policies and procedures nationwide. of various departments, as well as train junior managers in FDA and EPA regulations. I also have to oversee daily ...
B: oh, yeah... that sounds exciting.
D: And what about you, Arthur? What do you do for a living?
B: Oh, I'm a Top Gun pilot!
1. going on about: eg: my boss is always going on about how we need to save money.
she always going on about her husband, talking about how smart he is .
my mum us always going on about how i should marry .
2. v.p : vice president of a company
3. fortune 500 company: 财富500强
4. implement: 实施, 落实
5. policies: 政策
6. oversee: 监督
7. What do you do for a living?: 你是做什么工作的?
8. top gun fight: 电影(壮志凌云) 的飞行员, 意思是 很厉害的飞行员