實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：The Roommate 室友

Todd: Hey, Jeff this is a very nice apartment.

托德：嗨，杰夫，這個公寓真不錯。

Jeff: Hmm. It's comfortable. It's cozy. Japanese style.

杰夫：嗯。舒服又溫馨。這是日式公寓。

Todd: I like it. It's got the tatami mat, small kitchen. Do you live alone?

托德：我喜歡這間公寓。有榻榻米，還有間小廚房。你是一個人住嗎?

Jeff: I live alone but right now I have a friend of mine staying with me.

杰夫：我是一個人住，不過現(xiàn)在有個朋友和我住在一起。

Todd: Oh, really, a roommate.

托德：哦，室友。

Jeff: Sort of like a roommate, yes. A short term, he's staying with me short-term, so yes a roommate.

杰夫：有點兒像室友。他只是暫時和我住在一起，對，是室友。

Todd: OK, how's that going?

托德：好，感覺怎么樣?

Jeff: Ah, I don't like it.

杰夫：我不喜歡。

Todd: Why?

托德：為什么?

Jeff: He's lazy. He's messy. He drinks too much. He doesn't exercise and he doesn't contribute any money to the rent.

杰夫：他又懶又邋遢還酗酒。他不鍛煉，也不幫我分擔房租。

Todd: Ooh, so he lives here and he doesn't give you any money?

托德：哦，那他住在這里可是沒有付你房租嗎?

Jeff: Well, yeah, he doesn't give me any money. The money's not so bad, though, it's just that he's lazy and he doesn't do much all day.

杰夫：對，他并沒有付我錢。其實房租還不是最糟糕的，主要是他太懶了，一整天都不怎么動。

Todd: That's got to be pretty annoying.

托德：那真是很煩人。

Jeff: He's a great fellow. He's a good friend of mine, but, yeah, he's, I try to motivatehim to do a few things but he's a tough one.

杰夫：他人不錯，是我的好朋友，我試圖激勵他去做一些事情，不過很難。

Todd: Are you going to tell him he has to move out?

托德：你會告訴他讓他搬出去嗎?

Jeff: Ah, no, he's a smart man. He knows. He knows. He knows the deal. He knows what's going on and I think he's, yeah, I would never ask him to move out because I don't mind having him here but I'm just going to try to whip him into shape.

杰夫：不會，他是個聰明人。他知道，他知道情況，這些他都知道，所以我想我不會讓他搬出去，因為我并不介意他住在這里，不過我會努力幫他塑造形象。

Todd: Oh, so you're just going to try to change him so he becomes a better roommate?

托德：所以你要試圖去改變他，使他成為更好的室友?

Jeff: I'm going to be like a woman and try to, yeah, try to get him a better schedule, a better schedule (yeah) like exercise and eating right and less smoking and less drinking.

杰夫：我會去做女性做的事情，幫他制定一份更好的時間表，讓他去鍛煉、合理飲食、少吸煙、少喝酒。

Todd: Well, what is his schedule?

托德：那他現(xiàn)在的生活是什么樣的?

Jeff: Ah, his schedule is, he's like a night owl, he stays up most of the night drinking, and then he sleeps most of the day recovering, and then when he gets up he has a hangover. He's a bit sluggish and slow, so it's not a healthy lifestyle.

杰夫：他的日常安排，他是個夜貓子，他晚上經常熬夜，大部分時間都在喝酒，他白天睡覺來恢復精神，起床的時候會有宿醉的感覺。他行動有些緩慢，這是不健康的生活方式。

Todd: Yeah, it doesn't sound like it. Good luck.

托德：對，聽上去并不健康。祝你好運。

Jeff: No problem.

杰夫：謝謝。