密苏里英语口语 第 106 课：That''s the trouble.这真麻烦。

JOANA: Anyway, you were about to mention the gifts you had to buy.您应该去给家里人买小礼品了。

MRS. FARIAS: Yes. What do you think I ought to get for your father?知道，你看我给你爸爸买件什么礼物好呢？

JOANA: He has just about everything, doesn''t he?他什么都不缺，对吗？

MRS. FARIAS: That''s the trouble.这真麻烦。

PAUL Hi, Mama. Hi, Joana.你好妈妈，你好乔安娜！

MRS. FAmAS: I''m glad you''re home early. Do you know how to fix the lock on that suitcase?It''s stuck.今天你回来的这么早，我真高兴。你知道这提箱的锁怎么锁吗？真难弄。

PAUL It probably needs a little oil.该上点油了。

MRS. FAmAS: Paulo, I don''t know what to get for your father. Do you have any suggestions?鲍罗，给你爸爸买点什么礼物好？你有什么好主意吗？

PAUL Why don''t you get him a pocket calculator?买个袖珍计算器好吗？

MRS. FAmAS: That''s a wonderful ideal I hope he doesn''t already have one.太好了，但愿现在他还没有这玩意儿。

PAUL I doubt it. There, the lock''s okay now.我想他还没有。呶，锁好了。

MRS. FAmAS: Good. Thank you, dear. Where should I look for a calculator?太好了，谢谢你，亲爱的。你让我去哪儿买计算器？

PAUL I know a place where I can get one on sale. I''U pick one up for you tomorrow.我知道一个地方卖计算器，明天我给您买回来吧。

MRS. FAmAS: Thank you, dear. You know, when I get home. I''m going to wish I were back here. I wish there were some way for all of us to be in the same city, or at least, the same country.好吧，亲爱的，你知道，我一到家，就总想回到这里来，真想我们大家都在一个城市里，哪怕在一个国家里也好呀。