地道美語聽力播客:談?wù)撍x的書

Maggie: What did you think of the book you startedlast week?

Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough.

Maggie: Wow, that’s a glowing recommendation.

Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and thesuspense in the first half was great. I couldn’t put itdown. Then, the pace changed in the second half and it was an effort to finish it.

Maggie: Really? I read it a few months ago and I loved it. I thought the characterization wasreally good. I could really relate to the two main characters.

Kurt: Yeah, that’s true enough, but the plot dragged, don’t you think? The author justcouldn’t pull it off and the ending was laughable.

Maggie: I really liked the ending! I can’t wait for the sequel.

Kurt: Well, that makes one of us.

【詞匯注釋】

well enough 還好, 還可以

glowing adj.熱情的, 強烈的

recommendation n. 推薦

start off 開始

bang n.巨響, 重?fù)?/p>

suspense n.懸疑, 懸念

couldn’t put it down無法放下，表示十分喜歡

pace n.步調(diào)

characterization 性格描述

relate to 聯(lián)系到

plot dragged 情節(jié)拖沓

pull off (成功地)完成

laughable adj. 可笑的

sequel n.續(xù)篇