Episode 47: A call from Germany
Helen: Hello? Alice: Gutenmorgan. Hi Helen, it's Alice. Helen: Hey, how are you? What's Germany like? Are you having fun? Alice: I'm fine, it's fab and yes, yes, yes! How are things back home? Helen: Great. We've just come back from Brighton and Michal was a complete star! Alice: Oh how so? Helen: Well this guy stole my purse while we were on the beach and he ran after him like a bat out of hell, caught him and got my purse back! He was a real hero! Alice: Oh quite the Superman, I'm sure! So have you made up with him then? Helen: What do you think? Of course ... Oh, her money must have run out.
Vocabulary:(字汇)
like a bat out of hell (idiom): (跑得飞快) run very quickly
make up: (重修旧好) become friends again after having a disagreement or fight
run out: (用完,用光,殆尽) come to the end of something, have no more of something left
a legend: (传奇) a story that is passed down from generation to generation. Most people regard the story as truthful but there is usually no historical basis for it
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