A: Bill, Bill, you gotta help me.

比爾，比爾，你一定要幫幫我。

B: What's wrong? Slow down or you're gonna give yourself a heart attack.

怎么啦？慢點兒說，你這樣心臟會受不了的。

A: Tomorrow is Christmas, and I haven't bought my mom anything. I'm such a bad son.

明天就是圣誕節了，我還沒給我媽媽買禮物，我真是個不孝子。

B: Take it easy. Let's go to the mall window-shop a little and see if there is anything she might like.

不要緊張，我們去商場就看看，先不買?？匆幌掠袥]有她喜歡的東西。

A: That's just it. I don't know what to get her. Last year, I got her a rain that was two sizes too big and a pair of shoes five sizes too small. I suck at getting presents for people.

就這就是問題所在。我不知道給她買什么。去年我給她買了一個戒指和一雙鞋子，結果戒指大了兩碼，鞋子小了五碼。我真是不會買禮物。

B: That's where you're making a big mistake, you can't just guess people's likes or sizes, especially with clothes or jewelry. On top of that, I think that you should get your mom something that shows how much you love her. At the same time, you should show her that you took the time and effort to look for something that she would really like.

你大錯特錯了。你不能只想著別人的喜好或者尺碼，尤其是衣服和珠寶。除了那些以外，我覺得你應該給你媽媽買一些能夠表達你對她愛的東西。同時，你還應該讓她知道，為了買這些她真正喜歡的東西，你花了很多時間和精力。

A: Yeah, you're right. When it comes down to it, I can be pretty tacky.

是的，你說的對。其實歸根結底就是我很俗氣。

B: Yeah, tell me about it. I know your mom is trying to learn spanish, right? Why don't you get her a gift certificate for this great website I saw called Spanishpod?

可不是嘛！我了解到你媽媽最近想學西班牙語是嗎？我看到有一個網站叫Spanish pod，為什么不在那個網站上給她制作一張證書作為禮物呢？

A: Now that's a great idea.

真是個好主意。

gotta

必須；不得不；得

(has/have got to)

I/You/we gotta+動詞原形

She/He/It's gotta+動詞原形

They've gotta+動詞原形

例句：

You gotta go to work.

你得去工作。

She's gotta do her homework.

她得做作業。

They've gotta go back home.

他們得回家了。

Slow down

放慢；放松下來；減速

例句：

You should slow down when you are at a red light.

遇到紅燈應該減速。

Sometimes we should learn to slow down in our lives.

有時候我們需要學會放慢生活的腳步。

We still have plenty of time. Just slow down. Relax.

我們還有很多時間。放慢下來，放輕松。

Slow down. Don't rush.

放松下來，不要急。

buy sb sth

給某人買...

buy sb sth=buy sth for sb

給某人買...

例句：

The Teacher's Day is coming. I gotta buy my teacher a gift./buy a gift for my teacher.

教師節快到了，我要給我的老師買個禮物。

She's gotta buy herself an umbrella.

她得給自己買一把雨傘。

Take it easy

放輕松；別著急

calm down

例句：

Take it easy. Let me have a look. Oh, it's nothing serious.

別緊張，讓我看看。哦，沒什么嚴重的。

The doctor told me to take it easy.

醫生讓我放松下來。

Take it easy. Everything will be just fine.

放輕松，一切都會好起來的。

Have a good one. Take it easy.

祝你過的愉快，放輕松。

window-shop

只看不買

例句：

I like to just window-shop for nice dresses since I've already had so many ones.

我喜歡只看漂亮的裙子，但是不買。因為我已經有很多裙子。

My sister and I like to go window-shopping every once in a while.

我妹妹和我喜歡每隔一段時間去逛商店。

suck at

不擅長做.../在某方面很糟糕

suck at sth/doing sth

例句：

I suck at math.

我數學很差。

I hate playing basketball because I really suck at it.

我討厭打籃球，因為實在打得太爛了。

on top of that

除此以外；并且

例句：

There is no way I am going on a date with her. She is obnoxious, talks too much, and on top of that, she wears way too much makeup.

我不可能和她約會。她令人討厭，說話太多，最重要的是，她化妝太濃了。

On top of taking care of their kids, they expect me to clean the house for them as well.

除了照顧孩子，他們還希望我為他們打掃房子。

take time and effort

花時間和精力

I took so much time and effort to take care of my son.

我花了很多時間和精力照顧我兒子。

When it comes down to it...

總而言之；歸根到底

例句：

When it comes down to it, Catherine is a good friend.

說到底，凱瑟琳是一個好朋友。

When it comes down to it, Marco is a really hard worker, so sometimes he likes to play video games, but when it's really important, he will work really hard.

歸根結底，馬克真是個非常努力的人，所有有時候他喜歡玩電子游戲，但是當真重要的事情時，他會非常認真工作。

tacky

（cheap, badly made or lacking in taste）

俗氣的；低劣的

例句：

I think that clothing with lots of bows and glitter and shiny things are very tacky.

我覺得那些有很多蝴蝶結和閃閃發光東西的衣服非常俗氣。

He gave me a present, but he left the price on it which is too tacky.

他給了我一個禮物，但是留下來價格。太俗氣了。

tell me about it

我明白；我同意

例句：

A: He's such a boring guy.

他好無趣。

B: Yeah, tell me about it. He never hangs out and always wears the same clothes.

可不是嘛！他從來不出去閑逛，永遠穿同樣的衣服。