Hi, Li. The car's outside. Are you ready for our camping trip? Have you packed?

你好，莉。车已经在外面了。你准备好开始露营旅行了吗？你收拾好行李了吗？

Yes. I'm excited Neil. This is my first camping trip!

好了。尼尔，我现在很激动。这是我第一次去露营旅行！

I have the plastic forks and spoons... and plates... and the cups that you told me to get…

我准备了塑料叉子和勺子，还有盘子，还有你让我带的杯子……

Good. I have a couple of pans and a small gas cooker. And I've got the tent and sleeping bags...

太好了。我带了几个锅和一个小的瓦斯炉。我还带了帐篷和睡袋……

Oh Neil, how about my TV? I can't miss my favourite programmes!

哦，尼尔，我的电视呢？我不能错过我最喜欢的电视节目！

A TV?! Well... OK.

电视？嗯……好吧。

And... I can't sleep without my goose feather pillow. Actually, I use two of them.

还有，没有我的鹅毛枕我就不能睡觉。实际上，我带了两个。

Pillows? OK...

枕头？好吧……

And chairs... We have to take my comfortable chair. And... and my lovely soft rug.

我还带了椅子……我们必须要带着我舒服的椅子。还有我柔软的地毯。

A rug?! What?! You want to take everything but the kitchen sink!

地毯？什么？！你想带的东西太多了！

Oh, the sink? I might need a sink, Neil, but I think it might be difficult to move it.

哦，水槽吗？尼尔，我可能会需要水槽，但是我想要是移动它会很困难。

No, Li!

不是的，莉！

In English, when we say 'take everything but the kitchen sink', we mean: take far more things than we need.

在英语中，我们说take everything but the kitchen sink的意思是带了太多东西，远远超我们的需要。

Ah. So you think I might be taking far more things than necessary.

啊，所以你认为我带的东西可能远远超过了我的需要。

Yes, Li.

是的，莉。

出处：头条号 @零食英语