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回家后
Home at last! 家是避風的港灣,只有在家里,一個人才能回歸本色、完全放松。在家里,你可以恣意抱怨,可以睡得橫七豎八,可以無所顧忌地看電視看到深夜…
開門!Open the door!
○ Open it! It’s me. 開門!是我。
我找不到鑰匙了。I can’t find the key.
○ I lost the key.
我把鑰匙弄丟了。
親愛的,我回來了。Honey, I’m home.
= Honey, I’m back.
今天怎么樣?How did it go today?
= How was your day?
○ Did you have a good time today?
今天過得愉快嗎?
累死了!I’m exhausted!
○ A little bit tired.
有點兒累。
○ Too tired. 太累了。
★ exhausted [i^5zC:stid] a. 疲憊不堪的,精疲力竭的
倒霉透了。It’s just not my day.
= I had a bad hair day.
● not one’s day“不順利,不如意,倒霉”
● bad hair day “不如意的一天,不愉快的一天”
和平常一樣。Just as usual.
○ Nothing to mention. 沒什么值得一提的。
★mention [5menFEn] v. 提起,提及
● as usual“照常”
我現(xiàn)在情緒很低落。I’m feeling down.
= I’m feeling blue.
○ I’m a little down in the mouth.
我有些沮喪。
○ I’m in the doldrums.
我現(xiàn)在無精打采。
★ doldrums [5dCldrEmz] n. 憂郁
我餓死了,咱們出去吃吧。I’m starving, so let’s dine out.
○ Let’s eat out.
咱們出去吃吧。
★ starving [stB:viN] a. 餓得要死的
● dine out = eat out“去飯館吃飯”
我太累,不想做飯了。I’m too tired, so I don’t want to cook.
○Is dinner ready?
晚飯做好了嗎?
跟家人見面的感覺真好。I feel so good to see my family.
○ It’s good to be at home.
還是在家好啊。
○ There’s no place like home.
哪兒也沒有自己家好。
○ Home at last.
終于到家了。
我想先沖個澡。I want to take a shower first.
After Getting Home
Jane:
Home at last. Tonight we have a lot of homework though.
Tom:
Are you saying we don’t have time to watch our favorite show tonight? Jane, you know I really don’t like our teacher all that much. He gives far too much homework. He criticizes me in front ofŒ everyone all the time?.
Jane:
To tell the truth?, I don’t really like him either. He’s kind of boring and not very active. He always looks unhappy too.
Tom:Yes, and he also…
Jane:
Do you think we should be talking about him like this behind his back?
Tom:
Probably not. After all? he is our teacher. We should try to find something nice to say. If you can’t say something nice you shouldn’t say anything at all.
Jane:
I absolutely agree. It’s getting dark. We should finish our homework now.
Tom: All right. I want to take a shower first, I’m exhausted.
回家后
簡:
終于到家了。不過今晚我們有一大堆作業(yè)要做。
湯姆:
你是說我們沒時間看最喜歡的電視節(jié)目了嗎?簡,你知道我真的不那么喜歡我們老師。他布置的作業(yè)太多了。而且總是在大家面前批評我。
簡:
說實話,我也不是很喜歡他。他有點兒乏味而且一點兒也不活躍,看起來總是一副不開心的樣子。
湯姆:對啊,而且他還…
簡:你覺得我們應(yīng)該在背后這樣說他嗎?
湯姆:
不應(yīng)該,畢竟他是我們的老師。我們應(yīng)該找點好的說。如果你不能說點好的,那就別說了。
簡:
我完全贊成。天要黑了,我們還是先把功課做完吧。
湯姆:好吧。我想先沖個澡。累死了!
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