實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：What can you do? 你能做什么?

Rory: So Abidemi, let's talk about abilities. Can you cook?

羅瑞：阿比德米，我們來談談能力。你會做飯嗎?

Abidemi: Yes, and no. I can cook a little bit, the basic stuff but I really like to eat but I don't experiment too much. So no, I'm not a great cook, but I can cook. I cook to survive. What about you, Rory? Can you cook?

阿比德米：可以說會，也可以說不會。我會做點兒飯，基本的食物我會做，我非常喜歡吃，不過我不經(jīng)常創(chuàng)新菜式。我不是好廚師，但是我會做飯。我做飯是為了生活下去。你呢，羅瑞?你會做飯嗎?

Rory: Yeah, I can. I really like cooking. I love cooking Italian food. I also love baking. So I can bake cakes and cookies and bread, stuff like that.

羅瑞：我會。我非常喜歡烹飪。我喜歡烹飪意大利美食。我也喜歡烘焙。我可以烘焙蛋糕、餅干和面包等等。

Abidemi: Okay.

阿比德米：好。

Rory: How about singing? Can you sing?

羅瑞：那唱歌呢?你會唱歌嗎?

Abidemi: I think I can sing. Yes, I enjoy singing. I love singing. I sing a lot in church, so I can sing. What about you? Can you sing?

阿比德米：我認為我會唱。我很喜歡唱歌。我愛唱歌。我經(jīng)常在教會唱歌，我會唱歌。你呢?你會唱歌嗎?

Rory: I can't sing at all. Like even when I go to karaoke, I'm too embarrassed to pick up the microphone.

羅瑞：我完全不會唱歌。即使去KTV，我也會因為太尷尬而沒法拿起麥克唱歌。

Abidemi: Oh, it's too bad. What about you, Rory, can you play – okay, can you play an instrument?

阿比德米：哦，那太糟了。那羅瑞，你會演奏樂器嗎?

Rory: I can't. No. I'd love to be able to play an instrument but I can't play anything. How about you? Can you play an instrument?

羅瑞：我不會。我希望我會演奏樂器，可是事實上我完全不會。你呢?你會演奏樂器嗎?

Abidemi: No, I can't. I really wish that I had learned something when I was younger. But I say I can play my voice. Ha, ha.

阿比德米：我也不會。我非常希望我小時候?qū)W過樂器。不過，我可以演奏我的聲音，哈哈。

Rory: That's nice.

羅瑞：這很好。

Abidemi: What about juggling? Can you juggle, Rory?

阿比德米：那雜耍呢?羅瑞，你會雜耍嗎?

Rory: Yeah, I can juggle. I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.

羅瑞：我會。我會3球雜耍，我還可以做4球雜耍。

Abidemi: Wow.

阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: Like I can do it for about 10 seconds. Yeah.

羅瑞：我可以堅持10秒鐘。

Abidemi: I can't juggle at all. So please teach me. It's always something that I've always wanted – I wanted to learn.

阿比德米：我完全不會雜耍。請教教我。我一直想學雜耍。

Rory: Okay. Can you speak three languages?

羅瑞：好。你會說三種語言嗎?

Abidemi: Yes. I think I can speak three languages.

阿比德米：對，我可以說三種語言。

Rory: Which ones?

羅瑞：哪三種?

Abidemi: I think English is my best language but I also speak Yoruba, a Nigerian language, and I speak French as well. Yes. And you?

阿比德米：我最擅長的語言是英語，我還會約魯巴語，這是尼日利亞的一種語言，我也會法語。你呢?

Rory: Well, I can speak English and I can speak some Czech. I lived in the Czech Republic for six years.

羅瑞：我會英語和捷克語。我在捷克共和國生活了六年。

Abidemi: Wow.

阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: And I can also speak a little bit of French but it's very rusty.

羅瑞：我還會兒一點兒法語，不過非常生疏。

Abidemi: Okay. Maybe next time we'll have this conversation in French then.

阿比德米：好。也許下次我們可以用法語對話。

Rory: Okay.

羅瑞：好。