Unit 27
Baby Shower
海外生活/文化融入
Oversea life/Understanding culture
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
Have you ever attended a baby shower? What usually happens in baby shower?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. Baby shower (n.) 迎接新生兒的派對
Did you attend the baby shower?
你參加嬰兒洗禮了嗎？
2. low-key (adj.) 低調的
I am low-key happy that you came.
我很高興你來了。
3. flower arrangements (phr.) 插花
The flower arrangements is so beautiful.
插花真漂亮。
4. bib (n.) 寶寶圍兜兜
Did you see that cute bib?
你看到那個可愛的圍嘴了嗎？
5. adored (v.) 喜愛
I adored you so much.
我非常崇拜你
6. pretty penny (n.) 一大筆錢
It costs a pretty penny to keep a car nowadays because of the high price of petrol.
由於汽油價格高, 現在擁有一輛汽車要耗費一大筆錢。
7. stuffed animals (phr.) 填充動物玩偶
I have 20 stuffed animals.
我有20隻毛絨動物。
8. pacifiers (n.) 奶嘴兒
Do you have pacifiers?
你有奶嘴嗎？
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
How was Rebecca’s baby shower?
麗蓓嘉的迎接新生兒的派對舉辦的如何？
It was really lovely. Very low-key. The flower arrangements were amazing.
辦得很好。 很低調。 插花裝飾美極了。
Did she like the bib you got her?
她喜歡你送她的寶寶圍嘴嗎？
Yeah, she adored it. We spent a pretty penny on it after all, so she better have liked it!
是的，她很喜歡。 畢竟我們花了不少錢，所以最好她能喜歡！
Haha. What other gifts did people give her?
哈哈。 其他人還送她什麼禮物了？
You know, the usual stuff: blankets, stuffed animals, pacifiers, baby clothes.
你知道的，都是些常送的東西：毯子，填充動物玩偶，奶嘴兒，寶寶衣服。
What did you guys do the whole time?
你們都幹什麼了？
We played some games, ate some finger foods. Mostly we just gossiped. Rebecca is enormous! She looks like she’s about to explode!
我們玩了會兒遊戲，吃了一些手抓小點心。 多數時間我們就是閒聊，麗蓓嘉肚子真夠大的！ 她就跟快要爆炸了似的！
Well she’s due soon, right?
呃，她就快要生了，對嗎？
Yeah, the due date is March 21st. It’s going to be a Spring baby.
是的，3月21日是預產日，它會是個春天出生的寶寶。
“It”? They still haven’t checked the sex of the baby?
“它”？ 他們沒檢查看看寶寶是男是女？
No, they decided to wait and see if it’s a boy or a girl.
沒，他們打算等到生出來再看是男是女。
That’ll be a fun surprise.
那肯定會帶來驚喜。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B :It was really lovely.
1.How was Rebecca’s baby shower?
2.Yeah, she adored it.
A : Well she’s due soon, right?
B : ________.
1. Yeah, the due date is March 21st.
2. That’ll be a fun surprise.
How was Rebecca’s baby _______?
1.shower
2.party
The flower arrangements ________amazing.
1.was
2.were
I thought the party would be crazy, but it’s very ____ actually.
A.low-key
B.enormous
C.surprising
D.exciting
The couple didn’t check the ______ of the baby before it’s born.
A.shower
B.seat
C.sea
D.sex
The kids are playing video games? They ____ have finished their homework.
A.better
B.worse
C.best
D.can
The ____ day is next Friday, we can’t wait to see our baby.
A.done
B.deliver
C.due
D.born
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.What do you think are the objects that you will see on a baby shower?
