◆ buy sb sth 给某人买某物
给蛋糕插上蜡烛 place candles on the cake
A:OK, let's sing Happy Birthday together.
好了,让我们一起来唱《生日快乐歌》吧。
B:Wait…We haven't placed candles on the cake yet.
等等……我们还没给蛋糕插上蜡烛呢。
candle /?k?ndl/ n. 蜡烛
together /t??ɡee?(r)/ adv. 一起,共同
切蛋糕 cut a cake
A:Give me the knife. I'll cut the cake.
把刀给我,我来切蛋糕。
B:Hold on a minute, please. We're waiting for Jenny…Ah, here she comes.
请稍等一下。我们在等珍妮……哈,她来了。
■ hold on a minute 表示“等一等,稍等一下”的意思,相当于 wait a minute 或 wait a moment。