美语会话实录第199期(MP3+文本):Barbecue season!

英文原文:

Friday afternoon
Holly: The weekend's finally here!
Yi-jun: And it's a long one. I have Monday off. It's Memorial Day or something like that.
Holly: Yep. It's the kickoff of the barbecue season. We're invited to a grill party in the park tomorrow.
Yi-jun: Sounds good. What do we need to bring?
Holly: We need to buy some buns for the hot dogs and hamburgers, and I'm making potato salad.
Yi-jun: I'll dig out the Frisbee and my kite from Taiwan.

参考译文:

星期五下午
荷莉：周末总算到了！
怡君：而且是个长长的周末。我星期一放假。好象是阵亡将士纪念日还是什幺的。
荷莉：没错。这是烤肉季的开始。我们明天受邀到公园参加烤肉派对。
怡君：听来不错。我们要带什幺去？
荷莉：我们得买一些包热狗和汉堡用的圆面包，还有我要做马铃薯沙拉。
怡君：我会找出飞盘和我从台湾带来的风筝

重点词汇:

kickoff (n.)
（口）开始，序幕
Hurry up, or you're going to miss the kickoff.
快点，不然你会错过开头。
grill (v.,n.)
烤肉架，烤肉炉，烤架中的木炭、火候；烤肉。grill party则是“烤肉聚餐派对”
A: How do you like to cook your steaks?
你想怎幺处理你的牛排？
B: I love to throw them on the grill.
我想把他们放在烤架上。
bun (n.)
（一般用来夹汉堡肉或热狗用的）圆面包
Do you want your bun toasted?
你的圆面包要烤过吗?
dig out
找出
You should go dig out the Frisbee.
你应该把飞盘找出来。