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Lesson 137 A pleasant dream
美好的梦

JULIE: Are you doing the football pools, Brain? 布赖恩,你正在下足球赛的赌注吗?

BRIAN: Yes, I've nearly finished, Julie. I'm sure we'll win something this week. 是的。我这就做完了。朱莉。 我敢肯定这星期我们会赢一点的。

JULIE: You always say that, but we never win anything! What will you do if you win a lot of money? 你老是那样说,但是我们从来没赢过!要是你赢了许多钱,你打算做什么呢?

BRIAN: If I win a lot of money I'll buy you a mink coat. 要是我赢了许多钱,我给你买件貂皮大衣。

JULIE: I don't want a mink coat! I want to see the world. 我不要貂皮大衣。我要去见世面。

BRIAN: All right. If we win a lot of money ,We'll travel round the world and we'll stay at the best hotels. Then we'll return home and buy a big house in the country. We'll have a beautiful garden and … 好吧。要是我们赢了很多钱,我们就去周游世界,并且往最好的旅馆。然后我们返回家园,在乡下买幢大房子。我们将有一个漂亮的花园和……

JULIE: But if we spend all that money we'll be poor again. What'll we do then? 但是如果我们把所有钱都花光了,我们又会变穷的。那时我们怎么办呢?

BRIAN: If we spend all the money we'll try and win the football pools again. 如果我们花光了所有钱,我们设法在足球赛赌注上再赢一次。

JULIE: It's a pleasant dream but everything depends on 'if'! 这是个美好的梦,但一切都取决于“如果”!


New Word and expressions 生词和短语

football n. 足球

pool n. 赌注

win (won, won) v. 赢

world n. 世界

poor adj. 贫穷的

depend v. 依靠(on)