(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Todd: OK, Raphael, I'm going to ask you about Sunday. (Yes) OK, what do you like to do on Sunday?
托德:拉斐尔,我要问你有关周日的事情 。(好的)你周日喜欢做什么?
Raphael: What do I like to do on Sunday? Well, I think it's changing every Sunday. I like to go see some exhibits, art exhibitions or things like that. I like to go to the cinema. I like to stay home when it's really rainy.
拉斐尔:我周日喜欢做什么?嗯,每周日做的事情都不同 。我喜欢看展览,类似艺术展览这样的展览 。我喜欢看电影 。下雨天我则喜欢待在家里 。
Todd: Like last weekend.
托德:就像上周末那种情况 。
Raphael: Yeah, exactly. And sometimes I'm doing just nothing.
拉斐尔:对,没错 。有时我会什么事情都不做 。
Todd: OK. What time do you usually get up on Sunday?
托德:好 。那你周日一般几点起床?
Raphael: Well, quite late I guess, like 10 o'clock or 11. It's not really late but, late enough, and.
拉斐尔:嗯,我想挺晚的,大概10点或11点 。其实并不是很晚,确实够晚了 。
Todd: OK. I'm an early riser so. What do you normally eat for breakfast on Sunday morning?
托德:好 。我是习惯早起的人 。那你一般周日的早饭吃什么?
Raphael: I guess the same thing as everyday, like cereals and toast.
拉斐尔:就跟每天一样,谷物或面包之类的 。
Todd: No difference.
托德:没什么不同 。
Raphael: No difference.
拉斐尔:没有不同 。
Todd: You never have brunch or anything?
托德:你不吃早午餐之类的吗?
Raphael: No, because it takes a lot of time to cook and I like spending my time like doing or composing, so I don't, I mean, I care what I eat but I don't do a lot of time for preparing so I basically eat the same things every morning.
拉斐尔:不,因为那要花费很多时间来烹饪,我喜欢花时间来创作,我是说,我对吃的东西很关心,但是我不喜欢花时间做一堆准备工作,所以基本上我每天早上都吃一样的食物 。
重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. early riser
习惯早起床的人;
eg. He was an early riser and he would be at the breakfast table at seven.
他习惯早起,7点钟就坐在桌前吃早餐 。
eg. It can be tough to be an early riser, especially if it's before sunrise.
早起会很痛苦, 尤其是太阳还没升起之前 。
注:late riser是习惯晚起的人;
eg. He's usually a late riser.
他经常很晚起床 。
2. no difference
没区别;无差异;
eg. There is practically no difference.
实际上并无差别 。
eg. Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me.
下不下雨对我来说都一样 。
3. the same
同样的;相同的;
eg. The houses were all the same — square, close to the street, needing paint.
房子都一模一样——方方正正、临近街道、需要粉刷 。
eg. People with the same experience in the job should be paid the same.
工作经历相同的人应拿同样的工资 。