(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Todd: So Aimee, let's talk about routines?
托德:艾米,我们来谈谈日常生活吧?
Aimee: OK.
艾米:好 。
Todd: What time do you get up most days?
托德:你每天几点起床?
Aimee: I get up ... I get up about six.
艾米:我大概6点钟起床 。
Todd: Oh, wow! That's early. I'm about the same. I get up at 7ish, usually.
托德:哇哦!这么早 。我也差不多 。我通常7点钟起床 。
Aimee: OK, and what do you eat for breakfast?
艾米:好,你一般早餐吃什么?
Todd: I usually have toast. I'm lazy. I don't cook in the mornings, so toast, but I always have coffee.
托德:我吃面包片 。我很懒 。我早上不做饭,所以我一般都吃面包片,不过我早上会喝咖啡 。
Aimee: Right. Yeah, that sounds good.
艾米:好 。听上去不错 。
Todd: Yeah, I love coffee. Do you have coffee every morning?
托德:对,我喜欢咖啡 。你每天早上喝咖啡吗?
Aimee: I have coffee every morning. I also have hot water and fresh lemon juice, every morning.
艾米:我每天早上都喝咖啡 。另外我每天早上还会喝热水和新鲜的柠檬汁 。
Todd: Why?
托德:为什么?
Aimee: Because it is good for your body, and I enjoy it.
艾米:因为那对身体有好处,而且我很喜欢 。
Todd: OK. Good. So when do you leave the house most days?
托德:好,很好 。你每天什么时候出家门?
Aimee: I leave the house about seven o'clock.
艾米:我大概7点出门 。
Todd: Wow, that's early.
托德:哇哦,那很早 。
Aimee: It is. Maybe between seven and seven-thirty. Yeah. How about you Todd?
艾米:对 。我大概7点到7点半之间出门 。你呢,托德?
Todd: A little later, usually around 8.
托德:我会晚一些,我通常8点左右出门 。
Aimee: OK.
艾米:好 。
Todd: And where do you eat lunch every day?
托德:你每天午餐吃什么?
Aimee: Every day? I eat lunch at work every day, so I will buy something from the cafeteria at my work, or I will bring something.
艾米:每天?我每天在公司吃午餐,我会从自助餐厅买午餐吃,或是带午餐 。
Todd: Most days, what do you have for lunch?
托德:那你基本上午餐都吃什么?
Aimee: I have a sandwich and a smoothie.
艾米:一个三明治和一杯冰沙 。
Todd: Mm, that's healthy.
托德:嗯,很健康 。
Aimee: Yeah.
艾米:对 。
Todd: You're healthy.
托德:你很健康 。
Aimee: No, not really. (laughter) Yeah, sandwich and a smoothie and probably a chocolate biscuit.
艾米:不是,不完全是 。(笑)三明治,冰沙,可能还有一块巧克力饼干 。
Todd: Ooh, OK. That's not healthy.
托德:哦 。那就不健康了 。
Aimee: It's not. And you?
艾米:是不健康,你呢?
Todd: I eat at the cafeteria every day at my school and I always have salad every day. I love salad, yeah! I usually have a very healthy lunch. I have lean meat. Chicken usually and a salad and tea.
托德:我每天在学校的自助餐厅吃午餐,我每天都吃沙拉 。我喜欢沙拉!基本上我的午餐很健康 。我喜欢瘦肉 。我的午餐基本上是鸡肉,一份沙拉和一杯茶 。
Aimee: That does sound healthy.
艾米:听起来的确很健康 。
Todd: It is, kind of. A healthy meal of the day. So, every day, who do you talk to?
托德:对,还好 。一天中健康的一餐 。那你每天都和谁说话?
Aimee: I talk to my children every day. Yes, we talk a lot.
艾米:我每天都和孩子们讲话 。我们谈很多事 。
Todd: What do you talk about?
托德:你们都谈些什么?
Aimee: We talk about our everyday routine. I remind them to do their tasks, and I remind them to get on with ...
艾米:每天的行程 。我提醒他们做作业,继续做……
Todd: the chores?
托德:家务活?
Aimee: Yes. Chores and their routine.
艾米:对 。家务活和他们的日常安排 。
Todd: What do they do? What chores do they do?
托德:他们都做什么?他们做什么家务?
Aimee: Well, they're still young, so my two-year old doesn't do anything. She brings her plate to the kitchen when she's finished. She's good at that actually. My eight-year old, she folds her clean laundry and puts it away.
艾米:他们还很小,两岁的孩子什么都不做 。她吃完饭以后会把盘子放到厨房去 。这个她很擅长 。8岁的孩子会把洗好的衣服叠起来收好 。
Todd: Oh, that's good.
托德:哦,那很好 。
Aimee: Yes.
艾米:对 。
Todd: Nice. Very responsible. So when do you get home most days?
托德:不错,很负责 。你每天几点到家?
Aimee: I get home around six o'clock. How about you Todd?
艾米:我6点左右到家 。你呢,托德?
Todd: Oh, I get home late. I get home around ten o'clock.
托德:哦,我到家很晚 。我大概10点才到家 。
Aimee: Oh, that is late.
艾米:哦,那太晚了 。
Todd: Yeah, very late. So I work late. I live alone so, I work late and I go to the gym and sometimes I go eat at a restaurant.
托德:对,很晚 。我工作到很晚 。我一个人住,所以我下班晚,晚上我还要去健身房,有时我还会去餐厅吃饭 。
Aimee: Nice.
艾米:好 。
Todd: I never cook.
托德:我从来不做饭 。
Aimee: I never go to the gym.
艾米:我从来不去健身房 。
Todd: (Laughter)
托德:(笑)
Aimee: (Laughter) What time do you go to bed then?
艾米:(笑)那你几点睡觉?
Todd: I go to bed early actually. I get home at nine or ten and I go to bed by eleven usually. And you?
托德:我睡得很早 。我差不多9点或10点到家,大概11点上床睡觉 。你呢?
Aimee: Eleven's early.
艾米:11点很早 。
Todd: It is early.
托德:是很早 。
Aimee: OK, I think I'm probably about the same. Eleven o'clock. Yeah, I go to bed about eleven o'clock.
艾米:好,我想我可能和你一样 。11点睡觉 。对,我11点左右睡觉 。
Todd: OK, so how many hours do you sleep most nights?
托德:好,你晚上睡几个小时?
Aimee: I guess I get about seven. Six or seven hours.
艾米:我想7个小时左右 。6或7个小时 。
Todd: Yeah, I get eight. I love sleeping.
托德:嗯,我睡8个小时 。我喜欢睡觉 。
Aimee: I sleep more at the weekend.
艾米:我周末会多睡一会儿 。
Todd: Hmm! You sleep in Saturday and Sunday?
托德:嗯!你周六和周日睡懒觉吗?
Aimee: I try if I can. Sunday is easier to sleep in.
艾米:如果可以的话,我尽量睡会儿懒觉 。周日睡懒觉很容易 。
Todd: OK, thanks Aimee.
艾米:好,谢谢你,艾米 。
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重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. get on with 继续做;开始做;
例句:Be positive about your future and get on with living a normal life.
要对自己的未来充满信心,继续过一种正常的生活 。
2. be good at 擅长的;精通的;能干的;
例句: always was good at amateur theatricals.
我一向擅长业余表演 。
3. put away 把…收起;放好;
例句:Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.
她的床收拾得很整洁,衣服也收起来了 。
4. sleep in 睡懒觉;
例句:My nieces and nephews did the farm chores, so I got to sleep in.
我的侄女和侄子在农场干杂活,所以我睡了懒觉 。