The Day before Labor Day
　
Jack: Honey, I’m home! How’s my favorite girl?

Carol:[1)groaning] My back is killing me. And the baby won’t s kicking.

Jack: Here, put your feet up. I brought you a movie to watch.

Carol:And popcorn? Thanks, babe. Oh no! Jack! I think my water just broke!

Jack: Oh my god! We’ve got to get you to the hospital!

Carol:Let me change first. I can’t believe this is happening now. It’s too early!

Jack: You’ll be fine. I’ll go grab your hospital bag and warm up the car.

勞動(dòng)節(jié)前一天
　
杰克：寶貝，我回家了！我ABC親愛的女生還好嗎？

卡蘿：（呻吟聲）我的背痛死了，寶寶還一直踢個(gè)不停。

杰克：來(lái)，把你的腳抬起來(lái)。我?guī)湍銕Я艘徊科踊貋?lái)看。

卡蘿：還有爆米花？謝啦，寶貝。糟了！杰克！我的羊水剛剛好像破了！

杰克：天??！我們得趕緊把你送到醫(yī)院！

卡蘿：我先去換衣服。真不敢相信就是現(xiàn)在了，還太早了！

杰克：你不會(huì)有事的。我去拿你要帶去醫(yī)院的袋子，然后去暖車。

好用句 Hang in there. 撐著點(diǎn)。加油。

hang 有“吊死”的意思，對(duì)話中 Jack 是用雙關(guān)語(yǔ)嘲笑自己受盡 Carol的折磨。

A: I have three term papers due, and I haven’t even started studying for finals yet!

我有三個(gè)學(xué)期報(bào)告要交，而且還沒開始念書準(zhǔn)備期末考！

B: Hang in there. Summer vacation’s just two weeks away.

加油吧。再過兩個(gè)禮拜就放暑假了。

Vocabulary

1) groan (v./n.) 呻吟

The wounded soldier groaned with pain.

受傷士兵疼痛呻吟。@

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