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第二部第16課: 請重複跟讀 - 於留空之間可以順暢唸完為止‧

I thought it would be fun to judge the high school beauty contest.
我原先以為參加中學生選美評審是一件很有趣的事；...
Instead I ended up on the hot seat.
但結果是弄得我很為難．...
When we picked the winner, I made one girl happy and nineteen others mad at me.
我們選出了一個冠軍，這樣，只有一個女孩子是高興的，另外十九個都生我們的氣。
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If you're mayor of a big city these days, you're sitting in the hot seat.
現在這個年頭，你要是當一個大城市的市長的話，那麻煩可多啦．...
It's hard to make voters happy...
你很難讓所有的選民都覺得高興。...
when you don't have the money in the budget to give them all the things they expect.
因為預算裡沒有那麼多的錢可以來滿足所有選民的各種期望。
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Nancy was all hot and bothered...
南希真是既生氣又擔心，...
when her boyfriend showed up two hours late to take her to the party.
因為她的男朋友晚了兩個小時才來接她去要參加的聚會，
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Please don't get hot and bothered about all these dirty dishes and pans, honey.
親愛的，你別為了這些髒的碗盤與鍋子就發火和擔心．...
After dinner you just sit down and relax and watch TV, and let me clean up the kitchen.
吃完飯你就去坐著，輕鬆輕鬆地看看電視，我會把廚房清洗乾淨的。
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