She said that she couldn't believe we got her a car for her graduation!
Well Jaymie deserves it. She's a great daughter.- This is our way of telling her congrats on finishing uni.
- She reckons we're the best parents ever!
- Did you tell her that there are a few rules that come with the car?
- Yep, I think I covered everything.
- She's still on her restricted licence.
- Did you tell her she can't drive between 10 and 5am?
- Definitely. I don't want the traffic cops pulling her over and giving her a ticket.
- Exactly.
- And I hope you reminded her that there's definitely no drinking and driving!
- A DIC would be the last straw.
- No worries, there.
- She's a good kid.
- She said that whenever she and her mates go out, one of them is always the sober driver.
- And no crazy driving. I'll make sure that she knows we expect her to drive responsibly.
- She'll be fine - in fact, she was just saying how she can't stand hoons and boy-racers.
- Okay, then.
- I think that just about covers everything.
- Yeah, I think so.
- Oh, here's a text from her.
- Thanks for the awesome car, dad.
- Love you guys heaps!'
congrats
："congrats"は"congratulations"の意味。「おめでとう」
uni
："uni"は"university"のこと。「大学」
reckons
："reckon"は"think"の意味。「思う」
Yep
："yep"は"yes"と同義。
restricted licence
："restricted licence"は、初心者に数年間課せられる制限付きの運転免許証。豪英・英英と同様に"licence"と綴る。米英語では"license"と綴る。
traffic cops
："traffic cops"は、交通係の警察官。
DIC
："DIC"は"Drunk in Charge"の意味。「飲酒運転」
last straw
："last straw"は、"It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back." (大事の引き金となるのは最後の一小事だ。) から。
No worries
："no worries"は"that's alright"の意味。
mates
："mate"は"friend"の意味。「友だち」
sober driver
："sober driver"友人や家族の中で、運転するために酒を飲まないことにした人。
hoons
："hoon"は"young person who behaves badly in public"のこと。「傍若無人に振る舞う若者」
boy-racers
："boy racer"は"person who likes to drive fast cars in a dangerous manner"のこと。「暴走族」
a text
："text"は"send a text message from a mobile phone"の意味。「メール」
awesome
："awesome"は"fantastic"の意味。「すてきな」
heaps
："heaps"は"a lot"の意味。「たくさん」