【话匣子英语】话匣子信箱
哈皮昨天为一个朋友举办了派对，要自己为22个人做晚饭，累得不轻。今天他们的话题是解答粉丝问题，这个粉丝的问题是什么呢
Andrew: So, Harp 1, how’s it going? What’s new with you?
Harp: It’s pretty good. I had a very, very busy weekend. I hosted a dinner party slash 2 birthday party for a really good friend. And it was pretty exhausting 3 because I had to cook dinner for 22 people.
Andrew: Wow. Twenty-two people? Harp: Yup.
Andrew: And you hosted them all in your apartment?
Harp: Yup.
Andrew: Wow! That is a lot of work.
Harp: Yeah. So obviously 4, I don’t have an apartment big enough to seat 22 people. So, we did kind of a buffet 5 style. I did Mexican taco night. So, it was pretty cool.
Andrew: That sounds really good.
Harp: Yup. It was pretty good. Thank God one of my best friends is a chef, so he helped me out a lot. I’ll be honest.
Andrew: Yeah. Well, you need it when you have that many people over.
Harp: Yup.
Andrew: Were you able to hang out with your guests and chat with them a bit?
Harp: Yes. I was. ’Cause that’s the good thing about tacos, is that you can do most of the prep before, so when people are there, it’s just a matter of quickly reheating things.
Andrew: For sure. Very cool.
Harp: Yes. So should we get started with today’s episode 6?
Andrew: Yeah. Today, we have a Chatterbox episode. And this is where we discuss current events or interesting things. We just chat.
Harp: Yup. And today we’re doing a very interesting episode that we’ve called The Culips mailbox.
Andrew: Yeah. So, you know how every episode, we encourage you to send us emails and messages on Facebook? Well, a lot of you have. And we are going to respond to some of these messages in this podcast.
Harp: Yes. I think we should get started. So the first question is from Ji Sun in Korea. And she asked us, “I was just awarded a working holiday visa, which will allow me to work in Canada for a year. I want to go to either Vancouver or Calgary. Which city do you recommend?” Oh, good question, Ji Sun. What do you think, Andrew?
Andrew: Well, this… You know, I’m a person that can talk about this with some authority 7 ’cause I’ve lived in Vancouver and in Calgary. But I think it depends on what your goals are, right? Do you wanna come to work and just to experience living abroad? Or do you really, really wanna learn English? Because I think if you’re from Korea, and you go to Vancouver, you will probably just end up hanging with a lot of Koreans and speaking a lot of Korean. But if you go to Calgary, you might, you know, speak a little more English.
- She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
- He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。
- The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
- Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
- an exhausting day at work 工作得筋疲力尽的一天
- This exhausting work is enough to run everyone down. 这项费力的工作足以使人精疲力竭。
- Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
- Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。
- Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
- Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？