實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Clean Freak 潔癖

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：我今天打掃了公寓。

Todd: Sounds fun!

托德：聽起來很有樂趣!

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。我很喜歡打掃，我每周只有一天能做打掃工作，打掃后我的公寓變得很干凈。

Todd: So when you clean your apartment how long does it take you to clean everything?

托德：那你一般打掃一遍公寓要用多長時間呢?

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點半開始打掃的，大概是10點半完成的。

Todd: 3 hours!

托德：3個小時!

Akane: Yeah!

茜：對!

Todd: That's a long time.

托德：時間好長。

Akane: Well, I do a lot of cleaning.

茜：我做了很多清潔工作。

Todd: Man!

托德：天哪!

Akane: And that includes laundry, actually.

茜：實際上還包括洗衣服。

Todd: So for your laundry, do you use the laundromat down the street?

托德：你洗衣服會用街上的自助洗衣店嗎?

Akane: No, I use my own laundry machine, and I hang it up to dry.

茜：不會，我用自己的洗衣機洗，我會把衣服掛起來晾干。

Todd: Wow! But when you do that you can't get that nice soft feel from the clothes.

托德：哇!可是那樣衣服沒有柔軟感。

Akane: Well, no but I save money!

茜：嗯，可是這樣省錢!

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。我不喜歡用自助洗衣店，因為我認為那很浪費能源，可是我喜歡烘干機使衣服變得又軟又溫暖，而且洗完以后也沒有褶皺。

Akane: I agree. Mm, for sure. I wish I had a dryer.

茜：我同意。的確是這樣。我希望我也有個烘干機。

Todd: So do you iron your clothes for work?

托德：那你會熨上班穿的衣服嗎?

Akane: I do, yeah, I always iron my clothes. I do my washing on Saturdays and I do my ironing on Sundays.

茜：我會，我一直都有熨衣服。我在周六洗衣服，周日熨衣服。

Todd: Oh, man, you're regimented.

托德：哦，天哪，你真有組織性。

Akane: Yeah, I am.

茜：是啊，我是。

Todd: You got it down. You know I never iron my shirts.

托德：跟你比我差遠了，你知道我從來不熨我的襯衫。

Akane: You never iron!

茜：你從來不熨衣服!

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：對，我只是把衣服從烘干機里拿出來，基本就是這樣，我穿上的時候它們會伸展一些。

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夾克，那完全看不出來。

Todd: Yeah, plus I'm a teacher and teachers don't have to look sharp.

托德：對，而且我是一名老師，老師是不用看上去很帥氣。

Akane: I guess so. Yeah!

茜：我想也是。

Todd: Hey, so, what are your plans for tomorrow?

托德：那你明天有什么計劃?

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?當然我要熨衣服，我是老師，所以我有卷子要批改，所以明天我會批改試卷還有作文。

Todd: Oh, that sounds awful!

托德：哦，聽起來真糟糕!

Akane: Yeah, but it has to be done.

茜：是啊，可是我必須完成這些工作。

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!我努力不把工作帶回家里，我就是不喜歡這樣。我覺得周末你應該讓自己充滿能量，盡量休息、放松。

Akane: I agree, but this week I couldn't help it cause we were so busy.

茜：我同意，可是這周我辦不到了，因為我太忙了。

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，我讓學生們寫了篇作文，他們把作文交上來后我要進行批改。

Todd: Hey, have you been giving your students tests?

托德：你有給學生們安排過考試嗎?

Akane: Uh, just little quizzes once in a while.

茜：只是偶爾安排一些小測驗。

Todd: Yeah, I have to give my students a test but I don't know what to test them on.

托德：嗯，我必須要給學生們安排考試，可是我不知道如何測試。

Akane: Yeah, that is always a hard part.

茜：嗯，那一直是個難點。

Todd: Do you give easy tests or hard tests?

托德：你是進行簡單的考試還是難的考試?

Akane: Well, the quizzes are quite easy, but I think they find it to be quite hard.

茜：小測驗很簡單，可是我想他們認為那很難。

Todd: Yeah, students always say, "It's difficult!"

托德：是啊，學生們總是說“太難了!”

Akane: Yeah!

茜：沒錯!

Todd: "It's difficult!" Well, enjoy your marking tomorrow!

托德：“太難了!”希望你明天批改試卷時過得愉快!

Akane: Thanks.

茜：謝謝你。