Cindy and Matt are having dinner at a restaurant. (辛蒂和麥特正在一家餐館裡用晚餐。)
Cindy:I found a couple of boxes of comic books when I was cleaning the basement. They seemed pretty old, so I threw them away. (辛蒂:我在清理地下室時,發現了幾箱漫畫書, 它們看起來都很舊,所以我就把它們丟了。)
Matt:You did what? Do you have any idea how valuable those are? I can't believe this! (麥特:妳做了什麼事?妳知不知道那些漫畫書有多貴重啊? 我真是無法相信!)
Cindy:The truth is, we need space. The house is full of your junk as it is. (辛蒂:事實上是,我們需要空間,房子裡已經塞滿你那些垃圾了。)
Matt:Who cares about space? Those were my personal things. (麥特:誰在乎空間啊?那些是我的私人物品。)
Cindy:Calm down. I put the boxes next to the garbage cans outside. They're probably still there. We'll check when we get home. (辛蒂:冷靜下來,我把箱子放在我們家外面的垃圾筒旁邊, 它們應該還在原地,我們回家時再看一下。)
核心字彙
.comic book (n.)漫畫書、basement (n.)地下室、valuable (adj.)值錢的;貴重的、junk (n.)垃圾