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第 92 课:It's somebody's birthday. 是某人的生日。

Jeff: St Valentine's Day was last week.情人节是在上星期。

Elizabeth: Yes. 是的。

Jeff: So what's special about today?所以今天到底是什么特别的日子?

Elizabeth: It's somebody's birthday. 是某人的生日。

Jeff: Yours?你的?

Elizabeth: No. Not mine. 不。不是我的。

Jeff: Whose birthday is it?是谁的生日?

Elizabeth: Jeff ... You're American,and you don't know whose birthday it is ... 杰夫……你是美国人,难道你不知道是谁的生日……

Jeff: February ... Abraham Lincoln's?二月……亚伯拉罕·林肯的?

Elizabeth: Not today. 不在今天。

Jeff: George Washington's?乔治·华盛顿的?

Elizabeth: Ah. Right. It's Washington's Birthday. 噢。对了。今天是华盛顿的生日。

Jeff: Elizabeth...In the States, we don't usually send cards on Washington's Birthday. 伊丽莎白……在美国,我们通常不在华盛顿的生日寄贺卡。

Elizabeth: I know. It's an old English tradition. 我知道。这只是一项古老的英国习俗。

Jeff: What?什么?

Elizabeth: I'm joking. I just like sending cards. Have a nice day! 我在开玩笑。我只不过喜欢寄贺卡而已。祝你愉快。