老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（23)：宿舍生活

　　Livirigin tne Dorm 宿舍生活

　　dialogue 1

　　M: Hi dude, you look upset, what's up?

　　喂,老兄,你看起來有點煩,怎么了?

　　T: haven't been sleeping well recently.

　　最近一直睡得不太好.

　　M: what's the problem?

　　怎么了?

　　T: every night my roommates watch the Korean soap operas till mid-night. I am not a big fan of Korean shows and I don't know how to tell them to stop without hurting their feelings.

　　我的室友每天晚上都看韓劇,一直看到半夜.我對韓劇不感興趣,可是我不知道怎么既讓他們不看,又不得罪他們.

　　M: well, you can simply tell them you want to sleep, or make an arrangement for a time when the room should quiet down.

　　你可以告訴他們你要睡覺了,或者跟他們達成協(xié)議,定個時間,到時候宿舍里就安靜下來了.

　　T: yeah, I know, but I find these sorts of things hard to say. They won't like it if I tell them to turn off the TV. Now I just hope the show will end soon.

　　是啊,我知道,但是這樣的話總是很難說出口.要是我和他們說把電視關掉,他們肯定不開心.現(xiàn)在我就希望那個電視劇早點結束.

　　M: I understand. I used to live in a dorm with four people. I was great in some aspects. We always went out and and had fun together. But on the other hand, when I wanted some quiet time, and people kept talking and laughing aloud, it was torturous. For me a room to my own, even a small one, is ideal. Though I don't mind sharing an apartment with somebody.

　　我明白.我以前住過5人宿舍.住宿舍有特別好的地方,我們幾個人總是一起出去玩,一起開心.但是從另一方面講,我想一個人安靜一下的時候,周圍總有人在大聲說話,或是笑得很大聲,這簡直就是折磨.對我來說,理想的狀態(tài)就是一個人一件屋子,哪怕很小都可以.但是我也不會介意和別人共住一個公寓.

　　T: yeah, I crave my own space. But I also think interpersonal skills very important. Living in a dorm means you have to learn to be considerate of others, otherwise nobody is going to have a good time.

　　是啊,我也特別想要自己的空間.如果周圍總有人的話,我就會覺得很煩很累.我們都需要自己的私人空間,不過我也覺得人和人交往的技巧很重要.住在宿舍里,你就要學會考慮其他人,不然誰都不會開心.

　　對話2：

　　T: Hi, Michael, how's it going?

　　喂,邁克,怎么樣?

　　M: well, things are all right.

　　還湊活吧?

　　T: I heard you got a new roommate. What's he like?

　　我聽說你有了個新室友,他怎么樣啊?

　　M: yeah, Bob moved in last week. He is a nice guy and so far everything is cool except this girlfriend.

　　是啊,鮑勃上周搬了進來.他人挺好的,到現(xiàn)在一切都好,就有一樣,他的女朋友.

　　T: oh? What's wrong with his girlfriend?

　　嗯?他的女朋友怎么了?

　　M: she came over last weekend. She is a nice girl but there's something about her voice that really creeps me out. I tried to smile and be polite, but the whole time all I could think was "what's wrong with your voice?"

　　她上周末過來了,她是個不錯的女孩,可是她說話的聲音總是讓我渾身起雞皮疙瘩.我努力地微笑,想保持禮貌,可是整個過程我忍不住一直在想”你的聲音怎么了?”

　　T: well, I guess it might take some time to get used to.

　　我覺得可能過一段時間就能適應吧.

　　M: I doubt it. Last time was an oral train wreck. Listening to her talk is like chewing tin foil.

　　我不知道行不行.上次對我來說簡直就是煎熬,聽她講話就像是嘴里嚼了蠟紙一樣.

　　T: oh come on, it can't be that bad.

　　算了吧,不可能那么差.

　　M: no, it's much worse. And tonight they invited me out to dinner. I really have no idea how I'm going to pull it off.

　　比那個還差呢.而且今晚他們邀請我們出去吃東西,我真的不知道怎么熬過去.

　　T: rough. Maybe you can do most of the talking.

　　這個有難度.或許你應該多說.

　　M: that's the plan.

　　我就是這樣想的.

　　T: good luck.

　　祝你好運!