情景对话

Todd: OK. Cat, we're back. We're gonna talk about things you can do.
托德：好u.@&K!Egr3G5_2。凯特，我们回来了F(9![B!9MbIC=twF]6y。我们要谈谈你可以做到的事情Ynudz~S|TqJpC*。
Cat: OK.
凯特：好的whIwubtTY8kw。
Todd: Can you cook?
托德：你会做饭吗？
Cat: Not really!
凯特：不会！
Todd: No!
托德：不是吧！
Cat: Well, I can, but not very well.
凯特：其实我会做饭，不过做得不太好shqo!VVkVsa)|QV!JE。
Todd: OK. What do you do for dinner?
托德：好Fgq[ipIv]WeYN。那一般你晚饭都吃什么？
Cat: Buy take-away food.
凯特：买一些外卖食品F~Bhg%%2jn|.^]ilN。
Todd: OK. When you buy take-away food what do you buy?
托德：好!4FqUnw!)p=s。那你一般买什么外卖食品？
Cat: Normally, normally stuff from the supermarket you can just throw in the microwave, ready meals, not from take-away from a pizza place or a restaurant but just stuff that I can cook at home.
凯特：通常来说，我会从超市买那种可以直接扔进微波炉的食物，那种即食食品，不是从速食店或批萨店或餐厅买的食物，就是那种我可以在家烹饪的食物[&vo0(#*VWFrS。
Todd: OK. And can you sing?
托德：好PEs0ppTD%UH#E,。那你会唱歌吗？
Cat: Not at all.
凯特：完全不会-klEjpNst!h。
Todd: No.
托德：不会吗jVIR!vp&bCP*nF。
Cat: No.
凯特：不会@!V;rkzKc_。
Todd: OK! Now, we're in Japan, have you ever been to Karaoke here in Japan?
托德：好！现在我们在日本生活，你去过日本的卡拉OK吗？
Cat: No.
凯特：没有MH7]X_woGwVV。
Todd: No.
托德：没有啊8|dO7OJK6E0|R。
Cat: And I really don't want to go either.
凯特：而且其实我也不想去;s&dv(64t5B|mMa@。
Todd: OK. Um, can you play any musical instruments?
托德：好吧6U,uOR^d&Uq。嗯，你会演奏乐器吗？
Cat: I used to be able to play the piano and the guitar. But I haven't played them for a long time. I can remember a bit but...not much.
凯特：我以前可以弹钢琴和吉他DYy-O!IDAc+u^C*aF(ks。但是我已经很长时间没有练习过了I#OqT_KyiX。我还能记得一点，不过，记得的不太多G1VAlGT%~~。
Todd: Which one did you prefer the most?
托德：那你最喜欢哪个乐器？
Cat: Guitar. The piano was too difficult.
凯特：吉他eHUa]zv;]E。钢琴太难了c+].H3@ItLwOdQ9)weR。
Todd: Oh, really! Did you take lessons?
托德：哦，真的吗！你有去上课吗？
Cat: Yes, And I had to play scales all the time and it was really boring. I hardly ever got to play any tunes.
凯特：有A5M82b_mCD%|+(*l2。我要一直练习演奏音阶，那真的特别枯燥o%5C]JeW(+S_rrWqq.+。我几乎没有演奏过曲子_]-!9VcIa[rrjzY5fKZ(。
Todd: OK. Alright. Thanks a lot Cat.
托德：哦，好的5O[Dbeq||u;。非常谢谢你，凯特tgGC66M880)@0Ki^dI。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. take-away
<主英>（饭食）外带的，（餐厅）供应外带食物的；
eg. Take-away food is extremely cheap.
外卖食品十分便宜G_GEae@xO^6ru。
eg. More than half of the japanese people surveyed, whose small flats make it difficult to cook, are buying fewer take-away meals.
超过一半的日本受访者减少了外卖的购买，尽管日本公寓狭小，不适合烹饪@B[s2fD(R%2[@w%R。
2. ready meals
现成食品；方便食品；
eg. Families graze on cholesterol-sodden take-aways and microwaved ready-meals.
家家户户都在吃富含胆固醇的外卖和微波热化的现成食品twA&TYoe1tX(Y#p&uka。
eg. Binge drinking, ready meals and a lack of exercise all take their toll.
酗酒、吃方便食品、缺乏锻炼均对年轻人的健康造成了不良影响2B|]N=,&HGb!oa(。
3. hardly ever
几乎不；几乎没有；
eg. I had hardly ever spoken to him.
我很少和他讲话]efMI08~yT;。
eg. He hardly ever to class or to group activities.
他几乎从不去上课，也不参加集体活动8sklpM-yUz;。