英語初級口語對話 13：Ron的能力

　　英語初級口語對話正常語速13:Ron's Abilities

　　Mari: I'm Mari from Japan and I'm here with Ron from Hawaii. Today we are going to be talking about abilities so let's start with food. Can you cook?

　　Mari:我是來自日本的Mari，今天要和來自夏威夷的Ron一起聊聊能力。從食物開始吧。你會煮飯嗎?

　　Ron: I can't cook well, but I do cook, so I think the reason why I can't cook well is because I can eat anything, so I don't try very hard to make it take good.

　　Ron：做不好飯。但會做。我想我為什么做不好飯是因為我不挑食。因此不會盡力讓飯菜好吃點。

　　Mari: What do you like to cook?

　　Mari: 你喜歡做什么飯?

　　Ron: I like to barbecue outside on the grill.

　　Ron：我喜歡在外面的烤爐里烘烤。

　　Mari: What do you put on your barbecue?

　　Mari：你在烤架上放什么呢?

　　Ron: When I cook meat, I don't put much, only salt, pepper, and a little bit of seasoning.

　　Ron：當(dāng)我烤肉的時候，不會放很多東西，就放鹽，辣椒以及一點點調(diào)味品。

　　Mari: OK. Good. Next, do you think you're a good dancer?

　　Mari：好的，下一個問題，你認(rèn)為你是個好的舞者嗎?

　　Ron: No, I don't think I'm a good dancer and I don't really try to be a good dancer.

　　Ron：不，我不是，我還真沒有盡力把舞跳好。

　　Mari: Do you not like to dance?

　　Mari: 你不喜歡跳舞嗎?

　　Ron: No, I don't like to dance.

　　Ron：不，我不喜歡跳舞。

　　Mari: At all?

　　Mari：一點也不嗎?

　　Ron: Right.

　　Ron：對的。

　　Mari: I heard that you're a good line dancer.

　　Mari：我聽說你line dance跳的很好。

　　Ron: I would like to learn how to line dance, and I do like country music but I haven't been officially taught how to line dance.

　　Ron：我想學(xué)習(xí)line dance，我喜歡鄉(xiāng)村音樂，但是我還沒正式學(xué)習(xí)怎么跳line dance。

　　Mari: So you don't dance at all?

　　Mari：因此你根本就不會跳?

　　Ron: No.

　　Ron：不會跳。

　　Mari: Next, are you a good singer?

　　Mari：你歌唱的好嗎?

　　Ron: No, I'm not a good singer but I do enjoy going to Karaoke.

　　Ron：不好，唱不好，但我很喜歡去k歌。

　　Mari: What do you like to sing?

　　Mari：你喜歡唱什么歌呢?

　　Ron: In Hawaii, when I go to Karaoke I enjoy singing Hawaiian music. If I'm in Japan I like to sing other English songs that they have, usually country music or 80's or 90's music.

　　Ron：在夏威夷k歌的時候，我喜歡唱本土歌曲。若在日本，我就唱些英文歌，通常是些鄉(xiāng)村音樂，八九十年代的流行歌曲。

　　Mari: Good. That's good. Do you think you're a good student?

　　Mari：好的，你認(rèn)為你是個好學(xué)生嗎?

　　Ron: I don't know if I'm a good student. Growing up I was not a good student but now I am trying harder to be a good student.

　　Ron; 我不知道我是否是個好學(xué)生。學(xué)生時代，我不是個好學(xué)生。但是現(xiàn)在我盡力成為一個好學(xué)生。

　　Mari: How were you not a good student growing up?

　　Mari：讀書時代，你怎么不是個好學(xué)生呢?

　　Ron: I didn't enjoy going to school and I didn't try very hard in school. Now I try a little harder. I make an effort.

　　Ron：我不喜歡上學(xué)，上課不用功，現(xiàn)在我在慢慢地努力，努力中。

　　Mari: Can you talk more about your effort? What do you do to try to be a good student?

　　Mari: 能講講你的努力嗎?你做了什么試圖成為一名好學(xué)生?

　　Ron: I try to listen to the teachers now instead of doing my own thing, and I try to complete everything with good quality.

　　Ron：上課認(rèn)真聽老師講課，不做小動作。保質(zhì)完成各項學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)。

　　Mari: That's good. And, last do you think that you're a good athlete?

　　Mari: 很好，最好一個問題，你是個優(yōu)秀的運動員嗎?

　　Ron: Growing up I was a good athlete. I played a few sports. Now I don't play any sports anymore because I'm old, but growing up I think I was a good athlete.

　　Ron：年輕時，我是個優(yōu)秀的運動員，會做些運動。現(xiàn)在，年紀(jì)大了，再也不做運動了。我想我年輕的時候是個優(yōu)秀的運動員。

　　Mari: What sports did you play?

　　Mari：你做什么運動啊?

　　Ron: I played American football, baseball, and soccer.

　　Ron：我踢美國足球，打棒球，踢足球。

　　Mari: Which one is your best sport?

　　Mari：哪個是你最擅長的運動。

　　Ron: I would say football. American football is my best sport.

　　Ron: 足球，美式足球是我的最愛。

　　Mari: How long did you play?

　　Mari: 你踢了多長時間?

　　Ron: I played since I was eleven until age twenty-two.

　　Ron; 從我十一歲開始踢直到22歲。

　　Mari: So for eleven years. And you played when you were in university?

　　Mari：十一年了啊。大學(xué)時候會玩嗎?

　　Ron: I played at the University of Hawaii.

　　Ron：在夏威夷大學(xué)踢過。

　　Vocabulary

　　詞匯

　　grill

　　烤架

　　I like to barbecue outside on the grill.

　　我喜歡在戶外的烤架上燒烤。

　　When we grill something that means we cook it on metal bars over an open fire. Note the following:

　　當(dāng)我們grill時就是指在一個篝火上的金屬架子上煮食。注意以下幾點：

　　Let's cook on the grill tonight.

　　今天晚上我們在烤架上煮飯吧。

　　We cooked burgers at the beach on a small grill.

　　我們在海灘上的一個小烤架上燒烤食物。

　　at all

　　根本

　　So you don't dance at all?

　　因此你根本不會跳舞?

　　Something we don't do at all is something we never do. Note the following:

　　有時候我們根本不做什么的意思是從不做。注意以下幾點：

　　I don't speak German at all -- not even one word.

　　我根本不會講德語，一句都不會。

　　You never eat vegetables at all? That is sad.

　　你根本不吃蔬菜，真不好。

　　line-dancer

　　跳line dance 的人

　　I heard that you're a good line-dancer.

　　我聽說你是個優(yōu)秀的line dance舞者。

　　In a line dance, people line up without partners and follow a pattern of steps usually to American country music. Note the following:

　　在line dance 舞蹈中，沒有模式的排隊，跟著美國鄉(xiāng)村音樂的節(jié)奏，跳一種舞步。注意以下幾點：

　　That bar has line-dancing on Tuesday night.

　　在星期二晚上，這個酒吧會有l(wèi)ine dance。

　　My sister is a good line-dancer.

　　我妹妹line dance 跳得很好。

　　officially

　　正式地

　　I haven't been officially taught how to line-dance.

　　我還么有正式學(xué)習(xí)line dance。

　　Something that is taught officially requires formal instruction and often results in certification. Note the following:

　　正式學(xué)習(xí)需要正規(guī)的指導(dǎo)并能獲得相應(yīng)的證書。注意以下幾點：

　　I never learned how to officially fly a plane, but I know how.

　　我從來沒有正式地學(xué)習(xí)開飛機，但我知道怎么開。

　　To scuba dive, you really need to officially take some courses.

　　就蛙潛而言，你需要參加一些正式的課程。

　　do my own thing

　　做我自己的事情

　　I try to listen to the teachers now instead of doing my own thing.

　　我努力聽老師上課，不做自己的事情。

　　When we do our own thing that means we do things our own way. Note the following:

　　當(dāng)我們做自己的事情時就是以自己的方式做事。注意以下幾點：

　　Some students hate to follow instructions. They always want to do their own thing.

　　有些學(xué)生不喜歡聽從知道，總是做他們自己的事情。

　　I used to always do my own thing. Then, I joined the Army and that changed real quickly.

　　我以前總是以自己的方式做事，后來參軍，我很快就改變了。