Ez talk美语会话志:第40期 I'm beat! 我累瘫了！

Jennifer: Ahhh! I'm beat!
Billy: What happened to you? You look like you got hit by a tornado!
Jennifer: I just got back from fighting the crowds.
Billy: You mean at the mall? Was there a sale?
Jennifer: Yeah. For five minutes, everything was half off. It was total chaos...
Billy: Cool!
Jennifer: Grabbing, pushing and shoving...

beat (a.) 　 累摊了的
tornado (n.) 　 龙卷风
crowds (n.) 　 群众
half-off (a.) 　 打对折的
chaos (n.) 　 混乱

A: What happened after the electricity went off?
停电之后发生了什么事？

B: The streets turned into chaos.
街头一片混乱。

shove (v.) 　 推挤

珍妮花：啊！我累摊了！
比 利：你怎么了？一副被龙卷风扫到的样子！
珍妮花：我刚跟群众打完仗回来。
比 利：你是说在购物中心里啊？那里有拍卖吗？
珍妮花：有啊。限时五分钟之内，所有东西都是半价。全场大混乱……
比 利：酷！
珍妮花：大家胡乱抢，推来挤去的……