英语听力精选进阶版 6759

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Li: Neil, can we get this programme done now? I need to get some stuff for my Sunday roast dinner.

Neil: I am stuffed, totally (burp), sorry, stuffed!

Li: Well, since today's words are stuff and stuffed, I think you will be just perfect to explain them.

Neil: Oh that's easy. I knew I was going to a launch party this lunch time, so I skipped breakfast.

Li: Neil 说为了去中午的自助餐，他的早饭没吃。That's not good.

Neil: Anyway, I got there and a lovely buffet¹ was set up. The stuff on offer looked great.

Li: Stuff? You mean the food?

Neil: Yes. The word 'stuff' can mean literally² anything. It almost has the same meaning as 'things'.

Li: Stuff 可以用来泛指任何东西。Let's hear these people:

Examples

We need to clear the lockers³. Can you get all your stuff out by 7pm tonight.

The amount of stuff she's got in her bathroom is unbelievable. She's got enough to open a beauty shop.

Woman: What's that stuff on your jacket?

Man: Er, it's pigeon dropping. Yuck.

Li: 刚才的对话中我们听到英国人在不同的情况下都可以使用 stuff 这个词。People say it all the time. 我的什么东西，你的什么东西，他的什么东西。All referring to things.

Neil: Yes. You can also use it as a verb. To stuff something. Like, I ate a lot this lunchtime. I stuffed myself with food.

Li: 吃瞠了就是 stuffed, completely full?

Neil: Yes, I am completely stuffed, I can barely move.

Li: What about stuffed toys? 那些软塞绒毛玩具 I see them a lot in toyshops. Look at you now; you look just like one of them.

Neil: I can't stand them. They are stuffed full of wool or cotton or something. They are for girls. I much prefer proper wooden toys.

Li: 不喜欢软的，难道你喜欢木头做的枕头吗？Maybe you'd prefer a wooden pillow too?

Neil: Are you joking! I've got to have a nice and soft pillow. But I must make sure it has the right stuffing in it.

Li: Stuffing 就是塞到枕头里的材料。What's the right stuffing?

Neil: Anything but feather or duck down.

Li: Why?

Neil: Allergies⁴.

Li: Neil 说他对鸭绒过敏。

Neil: I can't stand anything stuffed with feathers.

Li: I think we've talked long enough about stuff you eat for lunch, stuff that you liked and stuff that gives you allergies.

Neil: Oh yes, it's time for you to get your stuff ready for Sunday Roast.

Li: Of course. Join us next time. Bye bye!

Neil: Bye!