情景对话

Todd: So, Akane, what did you do today?
托德：茜，你今天做什么了？
Akane: Ah, today I cleaned my apartment.
茜：我今天打扫了公寓)%Zj@V*Hzs。
Todd: Sounds fun!
托德：听起来很有乐趣！
Akane: It was actually. I really like cleaning cause I only get one day a week to do it, and my apartment gets clean.
茜：是很有趣[0duG]gP|!ze9y2G。我很喜欢打扫，我每周只有一天能做打扫工作，打扫后我的公寓变得很干净4uPHeFkD@h。
Todd: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?
托德：那你一般打扫一遍公寓要用多长时间呢？
Akane: Well, let's see, I started around 7:30 in the morning and then I probably finished around 10:30.
茜：嗯，我想想，我是早上7点半开始打扫的，大概是10点半完成的9ZtRw(uLXMYQQR~。
Todd: 3 hours!
托德：3个小时！
Akane: Yeah!
茜：对！
Todd: That's a long time.
托德：时间好长3PC^j!Z375。
Akane: Well, I do a lot of cleaning.
茜：我做了很多清洁工作0t*~q%9*F0BJq,bN-#。
Todd: Man!
托德：天哪！
Akane: And that includes laundry, actually.
茜：实际上还包括洗衣服;W(UNu(~D-y。
Todd: So for your laundry, do you use the laundromat down the street?
托德：你洗衣服会用街上的自助洗衣店吗？
Akane: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry.
茜：不会，我用自己的洗衣机洗，我会把衣服挂起来晾干j[Bxm;k.L,Uj|94K4。
Todd: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes.
托德：哇！可是那样衣服没有柔软感s^+|!tzww*nDu|#[4=Ij。
Akane: Well, no but I save money!
茜：嗯，可是这样省钱！
Todd: That's true! I feel bad about using the laundromat cause I guess it wastes energy, but I just love how the dryers make your clothes really soft and warm and there's no wrinkles and it's done.
托德：那倒是A@ZyJYV^uZ_。我不喜欢用自助洗衣店，因为我认为那很浪费能源，可是我喜欢烘干机使衣服变得又软又温暖，而且洗完以后也没有褶皱7tX8]s=,=Z7+4(j3,lk。
Akane: I agree. Mm, for sure. I wish I had a dryer.
茜：我同意,5jk^|euO#%QC|。的确是这样nbd*w-xAh@g&。我希望我也有个烘干机56xbVwR@CM)+]UAFKna.。
Todd: So do you iron your clothes for work?
托德：那你会熨上班穿的衣服吗？
Akane: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays.
茜：我会，我一直都有熨衣服8W5~SKJK3s9ZDu。我在周六洗衣服，周日熨衣服gk,n-Fx*qov5=&b。
Todd: Oh, man, you're regimented.
托德：哦，天哪，你真有组织性PY_7y)Uvk-。
Akane: Yeah, I am.
茜：是啊，我是oT-a*Qx3UWEV。
Todd: You got it down. You know I never iron my shirts.
托德：跟你比我差远了，你知道我从来不熨我的衬衫J-;Dk|umcdPf]jurk。
Akane: You never iron!
茜：你从来不熨衣服！
Todd: No, I just take them out of the dryer, and that's close enough, and then usually when I put them on, they kind of stretch.
托德：对，我只是把衣服从烘干机里拿出来，基本就是这样，我穿上的时候它们会伸展一些X0AZ]YTarJqi+0~opS0;。
Akane: Well, I guess so and if you're wearing a jacket over it, then you can't really see.
茜：我想也是，如果你外面再穿一件夹克，那完全看不出来_=!#%j+AcHw*。
Todd: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp.
托德：对，而且我是一名老师，老师是不用看上去很帅气~fg(H3jaroJ.SHs9i。
Akane: I guess so. Yeah!
茜：我想也是vcCyc.E;1!。
Todd: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?
托德：那你明天有什么计划？
Akane: Tomorrow? Well, my ironing of course, and I'm a teacher and I have markings so, I'll do some markings, cause I have to mark some essays.
茜：明天？当然我要熨衣服，我是老师，所以我有卷子要批改，所以明天我会批改试卷还有作文ew,ov(3+d)nqjrqE。
Todd: Oh, that sounds awful!
托德：哦，听起来真糟糕！
Akane: Yeah, but it has to be done.
茜：是啊，可是我必须完成这些工作~.pp~zXshB@。
Todd: Yeah, but on the weekend! I try not to bring work home. I just don't like to do it. On the weekend, I feel you should energize yourself and just rest and relax.
托德：可是明天是周末啊！我努力不把工作带回家里，我就是不喜欢这样BmqE;w#x=k0,0。我觉得周末你应该让自己充满能量，尽量休息、放松[yok411d0~MqlglK。
Akane: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.
茜：我同意，可是这周我办不到了，因为我太忙了*B]w;_a3g&T+。
Todd: So, why were you busy this week?
托德：那你周都忙什么了？
Akane: Well, we had so much work to do, and I gave them out an essay, and I got those essays back, so I have to mark those.
茜：我有很多工作要做，我让学生们写了篇作文，他们把作文交上来后我要进行批改ShUd~9NGt9xpv。
Todd: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?
托德：你有给学生们安排过考试吗？
Akane: Uh, just little quizzes once in a while.
茜：只是偶尔安排一些小测验05uu1p;3*Qt.!QdN。
Todd: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on.
托德：嗯，我必须要给学生们安排考试，可是我不知道如何测试E.4xVqr1v&|1!-.]t。
Akane: Yeah, that is always a hard part.
茜：嗯，那一直是个难点Imwiik=lD)E)Fh。
Todd: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?
托德：你是进行简单的考试还是难的考试？
Akane: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard.
茜：小测验很简单，可是我想他们认为那很难rLYc&NQ!lIY。
Todd: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!"
托德：是啊，学生们总是说“太难了！”
Akane: Yeah!
茜：没错！
Todd: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!
托德：“太难了！”希望你明天批改试卷时过得愉快！
Akane: Thanks.
茜：谢谢你nVY1.ynRXf!YpVdBd1=。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. hang up
悬挂；吊；
eg. I found his jacket, which was hanging up in the hallway.
我找到了他那件夹克衫，就在门厅里挂着W.zICSwijoEn。
eg. Some prisoners climbed onto the roof and hung up a banner.
几个囚犯爬上房顶，挂起了一面旗子(nkI1nMn!5m.CI9H(#B。
2. for sure
无疑；肯定；
eg. It's impossible to know for sure how much you're consuming.
要想知道确切的食盐摄取量几乎是不可能的事情0k^SBVUbseEc&Y!m;KN;。
eg. No one knows for sure how people first learned to preserve food.
没有人确切地知道当初人们是如何学会保存食物的pgLg=-Z2hJNy1%a9GI0C。
3. put on
穿；戴；涂；抹；
eg. The man put on his smock and went out.
那人穿上罩衫，然后走了出去;gb#UcMA;c4lNa1nr。
eg. I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.
我戴上了爸爸给我买的珍珠耳环Ke*65Gn(^sIa865dzYD。
4. give out
分发；散发；
eg. The teacher gave out the examination papers.
教师发了考卷)k]Bkd-BQMOiZh4F%S[c。
eg. The American seem to give out their invitations so far in advance.
美国人似乎提前许多天就发出请h))nj3GHq5。
5. once in a while
偶尔；间或；
eg. Once in a while we had a major blowout.
我们偶尔会吃顿大餐xvE%7#8eG&.A。
eg. I watched things change and made observations every once in a while.
我观察着事物的变化，时不时地提出我的意见uk&brfJrR0)#k31z)WhE。