實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對(duì)話：The Time Change 時(shí)間的改變

Todd: Now Steven, I'm single and, but you are married and you are a father, correct?

托德：史蒂文，我是單身，可是我知道你已經(jīng)結(jié)婚而且當(dāng)了父親，沒錯(cuò)吧?

Steven: That is correct, yeah.

史蒂文：完全正確。

Todd: OK. I'm just curious. What is it like being a father?

托德：好，我只是很好奇。成為父親是什么感覺?

Steven: Ah, right. OK, well, I think if I first of all talk about what it was like not being a father, being me and not being a father. I think I used tomake the most of my free time, well in fact I didn't make the most of my free time. I was a very lazy person. I was an incredible time waster, so I would have all of this free time to make use of and I would probably just sit in front of the TV, or I'd probably go to a pub and drink, but anyway I took my timefor granted. I thought I have this time. It wasn't such a precious thing for me. I had so much of it. Once I became a father, suddenly my time disappeared but strangely enough, now that I've become a father and I've, it's taught me to appreciate the time I have. My time is now very limited. My work has become busier but I actually make much more use of my time now than when I did so much of it. It's kind of strange.

史蒂文：嗯，好，我想先來談?wù)勎覜]成為父親之前的樣子。我認(rèn)為我以前會(huì)最大限度地利用我的業(yè)余時(shí)間，可是實(shí)際上我并沒有這么做。以前我是個(gè)懶人，是個(gè)浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的人，而且情況非常嚴(yán)重，我會(huì)把所有的空閑時(shí)間用在看電視上，或是去酒吧喝酒，總之就是我不重視我的時(shí)間。我認(rèn)為這是我的時(shí)間，對(duì)我來說并不是什么珍貴的事情。我有很多時(shí)間。可是我當(dāng)上父親以后，突然我的時(shí)間都消失了，雖然說來奇怪，不過我成為父親以后學(xué)會(huì)了如何珍惜我所擁有的時(shí)間。現(xiàn)在我的時(shí)間非常有限。我的工作越來越忙，但是相比于以前，現(xiàn)在我會(huì)更多地利用我的時(shí)間。這其實(shí)有點(diǎn)奇怪。

Todd: And how many children do you have?

托德：你有幾個(gè)孩子?

Steven: Ah, two. Boys.

史蒂文：兩個(gè)男孩。

Todd: Oh, two boys.

托德：兩個(gè)男孩。

Steven: Yep, they're both still very young. They keep us very busy. The eldest is four and the youngest is three.

史蒂文：對(duì)，他們現(xiàn)在都還小。他們讓我們一直處于忙碌的狀態(tài)。我的大兒子今年四歲，小兒子三歲。

Todd: Wow!

托德：哇!

Steven: So they need, they still need quite a lot of attention.

史蒂文：他們還需要我們的照顧。

Todd: Yeah, so when you first have kids do you lose a lot of sleep? I'm always worried that I won't be able to sleep.

托德：是啊，那你第一次當(dāng)上父親的時(shí)候有沒有失眠?我就會(huì)擔(dān)心到那時(shí)我會(huì)睡不著覺。

Steven: Well, something that carried over from my previous lifestyle was an ability to sleep very well, and, um, fortunately I have a very understanding wife so if the children woke up, yeah, well because I had to work my wife was, my wife tended to be responsible. She would look after the children if they woke up during the evening, during the night, sorry, and I'm such a good sleeper that even if they were crying incredibly loudly I could just go back to sleep. I don't think there are many fathers like me. I've spoken to some other fathers and they don't have the same talent as I do.

史蒂文：我之前的生活方式使我養(yǎng)成了睡得安穩(wěn)的能力，幸運(yùn)的是，我有個(gè)非常善解人意的妻子，如果孩子們醒了，因?yàn)槲疫€要去上班，所以我妻子會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)照顧孩子們。如果孩子們在夜里醒了，她會(huì)去照顧他們，因?yàn)槲宜锰亮?，所以即使哭鬧聲再大我也能繼續(xù)睡覺。我想可能沒有多少像我這樣的父親。我和其他的父親聊過，他們都沒有我這種能力。

Todd: Oh, well, thanks Steven.

托德：哦，好的，謝謝你，史蒂文。