地道美语听力播客657: 筹划孩子派对（双语）

Sara: Come on! We need to buy all of the things we need for Gabriel’s party before the store closes.

萨拉：快点呀!商店关门前，我们还要为加百利的派对买很多东西呢。

Paul: Are you sure we need a party? Maybe we can just have a cake and some party hats.

保罗：你确定我们需要开派对?或许我们只需要买个蛋糕和一些派对帽就行了。

Sara: Are you kidding?! We are going to pull out all the stops. We’ll have streamers, balloons,noisemakers, and party favors. This is going to be really fun.

萨拉：开什么玩笑!我们要全力以赴完成。我们需要买彩带、气球、声音发生器(如：小喇叭、铜锣等)还有一些小礼物。这样派对将会很有意思。

Paul: I don’t even know if he’d like all that. What are you doing?

保罗：不知道他是否会喜欢那些东西呢。你在做什么?

Sara: I’m getting lots of confetti to throw when we sing “Happy Birthday.”

萨拉：我正在弄一些彩屑，等我们唱生日歌的时候要撒。

Paul: The confetti is going to get all over the ice cream and the icing on the cake. And it’ll be a nightmare to clean up.

保罗：彩屑会落在冰淇淋和蛋糕的糖霜上，而清理这些很困难。

Sara: Don’t worry about the clean up. I’ll take care of that. Now, where are the goodie bags...

萨拉：不用担心清理工作，我会负责的。礼包现在在哪儿呢?

Paul: Are you sure all of this is necessary?

保罗：你确定这些都有用?

Sara: Of course, it is. Ooo...What do you think of hiring a clown and renting an inflatable castle for the party?

萨拉：当然。哇…你觉得为派对请一个小丑，租用一个充气式的城堡怎么样?

Paul: You do remember that Gabriel is turning one, don’t you?

保罗：加百利已经有过类似的派对了，难道你不记得了?

Sara: So?

那又怎么样?

...

It’s just as I suspected. Some birthday parties aren’t for the children. They’re for the adults who never grew up!

我怀疑：一些生日派对到底不像是为孩子举办的。那些派对更像是为一些没有长大的成人而办。