【在生活中學習語言】Wrapping up a Gift 包裝禮物
【在生活中學習語言】Wrapping up a Gift 包裝禮物
2008年08月22日蘋果日報
對話
Clerk:Do you need any of your purchases gift-wrapped today?
店員︰您今天購買的物品中有任何需要用包裝紙包裝的嗎?
Customer:Actually, I do. That novel and the CD are gifts.
顧客︰是的,需要。那本小說和這張 CD 是禮物。
Clerk:On the shelf behind me you can see the different styles of gift-wrap we have. Which do you prefer?
店員︰在我後面的架子上,您可以看到我們有各種不同的包裝用品。您比較喜歡哪一種?
Customer:I like the pink wrapping paper and the blue bow.
顧客︰我喜歡粉紅色包裝紙和那個藍色蝴蝶結。
Clerk:That will look lovely. Please wait a moment while I wrap them up for you.
店員︰那樣看起來會很棒。我來幫您包裝,請稍等一會兒。
「句」細靡遺
Do you need any of your purchases gift-wrapped today?
您今天購買的物品中有任何需要用包裝紙包裝的嗎?
包裝禮物可是門大學問,不同的包裝方式該怎麼用英文表達才好呢?以下就為您介紹相關說法:
.Do you need me to take off the price tag for you before I gift-wrap it?
需要在包裝前幫您撕掉價格的標籤嗎?
* gift-wrap vt.用包裝紙包裝
* price tag 價格的標籤
.Do you need a gift bag to put your gift in?
您需要禮品袋裝您的禮物嗎?
.Would you like this wrapped up with wrapping paper/a bow/a ribbon?
您想用包裝紙∕蝴蝶結∕緞帶包裝這件物品嗎?
字字珠璣
.wrap up.../wrap...up
(用包裝紙)將……包起來
*wrap vt. 包(裝)
例:Stacey wrapped up her boyfriend’s birthday gift in colorful paper.(史黛西用彩色包裝紙把她男友的生日禮物包起來。)
.gift n.禮物
gift 也表「天賦」,有下列用法:
*have a gift for...有……的天賦
例:This little girl has a gift for dancing. She will definitely be a great dancer in the future.(這小女孩有跳舞的天賦。她以後定會成很棒的舞者。)
常春藤解析英語
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