New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently got fricasseed in the press for talking like a Valley Girl.

纽约参议员柯尔斯顿·吉利布兰德最近因为说话像个山谷女孩而受到媒体的指责。

If asked in a flighty, "Valley girl" way, the students punctuated their answers with "like, " "sorta" and "kinda."

而如果问题采用轻浮的、“峡谷少女” （指1970年代后期及1980年代初期迁居加利福尼亚圣费尔南多山谷地带的女性青少年, 其特点是富有革新、反抗和自由思考的精神）的口吻，那么学生会在文章中大量使用“like”、“sorta”、“kinda”这种口语化的词汇。

Dear Annie : I couldn't agree more with your column about the inappropriateness of "Valley Girl" speech habits in the office.

亲爱的安妮 ：在上次专栏中，你提到在办公室里采用“山谷女郎”式的讲话方式很不得体，对此我完全赞同。

Now it's everywhere. New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand recently got fricasseed in the press for talking like a Valley Girl.

纽约的参议院柯尔斯顿·吉里布朗德最近就让媒体给揪住说他说起话来像个“山谷女孩”④。

A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.

一个十四岁的女孩子，博斯科姆比溪谷庄园看门人的女儿佩兴斯•莫兰，当时正在那周围的一个树林里采摘鲜花。