阿嬤的生日願望
Miles and Callie are cousins. They are planning a birthday party for their grandmother.
邁爾斯和卡莉是表親。他們正計劃幫阿嬤辦生日派對。
cousin(n.)堂表親plan(v.)規劃
Miles: Have you ordered the cake yet?
邁爾斯：你訂好蛋糕了嗎？
Callie: I haven’t decided which one to order.
卡莉：我還沒有決定要訂哪一個。
decide(v.)決定、make up one′s mind
Miles: Get the chocolate one. Grandmother always loves that.
邁爾斯：巧克力的。阿嬤超喜歡巧克力蛋糕。
Callie: That’s true. She will lick the chocolate off her finger.
卡莉：也是。她會舔掉手指上的巧克力。
lick(v.)舔finger(n.)手指、thumb大拇指、index finger食指、middle finger中指、give sb. the finger冒犯某人、ring finger無名指、little finger小指
Miles: Haha. What kind of birthday wish will she make this year?
邁爾斯：哈哈。她今年會許什麼樣的生日願望呢？
make a wish許願
Callie: I have no idea, but I hope she won’t say something shocking.
卡莉：我不知道，但我希望她不要說什麼令人震驚的話。
have no idea=have no clue不知道shocking(adj.)令人震驚的
Miles: That reminds me of something. Do you know about that grandmother in England?
邁爾斯：我想起來了，你知道英國的那個阿嬤嗎？
remind sb. of sth.提醒、想起來
Callie: No. What did she do?
卡莉：不知道。她做了什麼？
Miles: She made a very dark wish on her 84th birthday. Her wish was “to be dead.”
邁爾斯：她在84歲生日那天許了一個非常暗黑的願望。她的願望是「我希望我已經死了」。
dead(adj.)死去的、die(v.)死亡-died
Callie: Oh my gosh. I don’t know what to say.
卡莉：哦，天哪。我不知道該說些什麼了。