F = Florist C = Customer
F: Welcome to Flower Power, sir. What can I get for you?
花商:先生,歡迎光臨動力花店。您要些什么嗎?
C: I'd like a dozen long-stemmed roses.
顧客:我想要一打長梗玫瑰。
F: Would you like them delivered?
花商:需要幫您外送嗎?
C: Yes, I'd like them sent to this address.
顧客:要,我想送到這個地址。
F: Do you want to sign the card?
花商:您想要寫張卡片嗎?
C: No, could you just write "your secret admirer" on it for me? I don't want her to recognize my handwriting.
顧客:不用,可以只幫我寫上『你的神秘仰慕者』嗎?我不想讓她認出我的筆跡。
F: Ah...very well, sir. I'll have them delivered this afternoon.
花商:哦……非常好,先生。今天中午花就會送出去了。
智慧補給站:
1.a dozen N 一打的……
dozens of N 很多的……
例:Mrs. White bought a dozen eggs at the supermarket.
(懷特太太在超市買了一打蛋。)
Our library has dozens of books on that subject.
(我們圖書館有好幾本和那主題有關的書。)
2.stem n.(植物的) 莖; (樹木的) 干
long-stemmed a.長梗的
3.deliver vt.遞送, 傳送
例:Can you deliver this package for me?
(你可以幫我送這份包裹嗎?)
4.admirer n.愛慕者
5.recognize vt.認出
例:She had changed so much that I couldn't recognize her.
(她改變很多以致我認不出她來。)
6.handwriting n.筆跡