本期节目话题背景

　　最近，有同学问了我这样一道题“Describe a gift you would like to buy for your friend”，这道题让我想起了我一个非常好的朋友，他的工作很忙，经常会把手机跟电脑用到电量耗尽。因为这个原因，我经常碰到“给他发消息后，好几天收不到他的回复”这种情况。因此，我打算精心挑选一个充电器给他，这样，他就没有理由不回复我消息了吧？
　　如果能有这样一个便携式的充电器，无论什么型号的手机和电脑都能用，那真是太方便了。如果有哪家科技公司生产出这样的产品，我想，我应该会是第一批消费者吧！

　　本期Part 2 话题

　　Describe a gift you would like to buy for your friend
　　You should say:
　　what gift you would like to buy
　　Who you would like to give it to
　　Why you would like to buy a gift for him/her
　　And explain why you choose that gift.

　　本期节目话题参考文本

　　I have this friend and he is always busy with his work. I think he is a freelance, independent tax accountant. Every time we go out for coffee, he is always working either on his phone or his laptop. And he constantly complains about his devices being low on battery and how low quality those products are.
　　So my idea is to buy him a portable charger, or some people call it a power bank which is basically a reusable battery that's small enough to fit in your hand. It connects to any input and output source, allowing you to charge different devices such as a smartphone or a laptop, from almost anywhere without the need for a wall outlet.
　　The reason I want to buy a gift for him is because we have known each other since middle school and he had always remembered my birthday every year. He gives me a gift every year on my birthday but I always forget his. He is a very smart guy but sometimes not very punctual or I would say a little irresponsible. He will go on days without replying my messages and then when we meet, he will say his phone is out of juice. So if I can get him this gift, he won’t have that excuse anymore.

　　Words & expressions in this episode
　　1. freelance n. 自由职业者；自由记者
　　2. portable adj. 便携式的；手提的；轻便的
　　3. reusable adj. 可重复使用的；可反复利用的
　　4. punctual adj. 按时的
　　5. out of juice （电量、汽油）耗尽；用尽