Bobby: Kelly! guess what I got for Xmas from my folks?

Kelly: How can I possibly guess what your parents gave you for Christmas?

Bobby: Just try to guess.

Kelly: Did they give you clothes?

Bobby: No! You are really cold. Have another try.

Kelly: Maybe a video game?

Bobby: No, no, no! It was way cooler than that!

Kelly: Bobby, I am bored. How can I possibly guess what your parents gave you?

Bobby: They got me an electric guitar!

Kelly: I feel so sorry for your neighbors!

鲍比：凯莉，你猜我从我父母那得到了什么圣诞礼物?

凯莉：我怎么可能猜得到你父母给了你什么圣诞礼物?

鲍比：试着猜猜看。

凯莉：他们给你的是衣服吗?

鲍比：不是!再猜猜看。

凯莉：也许是电子游戏?

鲍比：错、错、错!比电子游戏要酷多了!

凯莉：鲍比，我觉得很无聊。我怎么可能猜得到你父母给了你什么?

鲍比：他们给了我一个电吉他!

凯莉：我真同情你的邻居!

NEW WORDS (生词)

1) Folks: parents

父母

My folks were very strict and said that I had to come home before midnight even if I was at a party.

我的父母很严厉，他们说即便我去参加晚会也必须在午夜前回家。

2) Video game: a game played on a computer or console like Play Station

电子游戏：在电脑上或诸如游戏站的控制台上玩的游戏

I have wasted so many hours playing video games instead of studying.

我已经浪费了太多的时间玩游戏，而没有学习。

3) Electric guitar: a musical instrument, a guitar that uses electricity to make it loud

电吉他：一种乐器，用电来发出响声的吉他

Most teenage boys dream of having an electric guitar and of becoming a rock star one day.

十几岁的男孩子大多都梦想有一个电吉他，并且某一天能成为摇滚明星。

Dialogue (对话)

Jessie: Did your parents ever make you learn a musical instrument when you were younger?

Tina: I went to piano lessons every Saturday morning for five years.

Jessie: Did you like going or did you parents force you?

Tina: They forced me to go. I really hated it.

Jessie: I used to wait until my brother went out with his friends and then borrowed his guitar.

Tina: Can you play any songs on the guitar?

Jessie: I can still remember some of them, I suppose.

Tina: I have a guitar in the closet. Maybe you could play something for me?

Jessie: No problem! It will be like re-visiting my childhood.

杰茜：你小的时候你父母让你学过乐器吗?

蒂娜：有五年的时间我每个星期六早晨去上钢琴课。

杰茜：你自己愿意去的还是你父母强迫你去的?

蒂娜：他们强迫我去的。我真的很讨厌去。

杰茜：我曾经等到哥哥跟朋友出门的时候借他的吉他。

蒂娜：你能用吉他演奏歌曲吗?

杰茜：我想我还能记得一些。

蒂娜：我的壁橱里有一个吉他，也许你能给我弹一首?

杰茜：没问题!就好象重返童年一样。