實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：A Typical Day 典型的一天

Todd: So Aimee, let's talk about routines?

托德：艾米，我們來談談日常生活吧?

Aimee: OK.

艾米：好。

Todd: What time do you get up most days?

托德：你每天幾點起床?

Aimee: I get up ... I get up about six.

艾米：我大概6點鐘起床。

Todd: Oh, wow! That's early. I'm about the same. I get up at 7ish, usually.

托德：哇哦!這么早。我也差不多。我通常7點鐘起床。

Aimee: OK, and what do you eat for breakfast?

艾米：好，你一般早餐吃什么?

Todd: I usually have toast. I'm lazy. I don't cook in the mornings, so toast, but I always have coffee.

托德：我吃面包片。我很懶。我早上不做飯，所以我一般都吃面包片，不過我早上會喝咖啡。

Aimee: Right. Yeah, that sounds good.

艾米：好。聽上去不錯。

Todd: Yeah, I love coffee. Do you have coffee every morning?

托德：對，我喜歡咖啡。你每天早上喝咖啡嗎?

Aimee: I have coffee every morning. I also have hot water and fresh lemon juice, every morning.

艾米：我每天早上都喝咖啡。另外我每天早上還會喝熱水和新鮮的檸檬汁。

Todd: Why?

托德：為什么?

Aimee: Because it is good for your body, and I enjoy it.

艾米：因為那對身體有好處，而且我很喜歡。

Todd: OK. Good. So when do you leave the house most days?

托德：好，很好。你每天什么時候出家門?

Aimee: I leave the house about seven o'clock.

艾米：我大概7點出門。

Todd: Wow, that's early.

托德：哇哦，那很早。

Aimee: It is. Maybe between seven and seven-thirty. Yeah. How about you Todd?

艾米：對。我大概7點到7點半之間出門。你呢，托德?

Todd: A little later, usually around 8.

托德：我會晚一些，我通常8點左右出門。

Aimee: OK.

艾米：好。

Todd: And where do you eat lunch every day?

托德：你每天午餐吃什么?

Aimee: Every day? I eat lunch at work every day, so I will buy something from the cafeteria at my work, or I will bring something.

艾米：每天?我每天在公司吃午餐，我會從自助餐廳買午餐吃，或是帶午餐。

Todd: Most days, what do you have for lunch?

托德：那你基本上午餐都吃什么?

Aimee: I have a sandwich and a smoothie.

艾米：一個三明治和一杯冰沙。

Todd: Mm, that's healthy.

托德：嗯，很健康。

Aimee: Yeah.

艾米：對。

Todd: You're healthy.

托德：你很健康。

Aimee: No, not really. (laughter) Yeah, sandwich and a smoothie and probably a chocolate biscuit.

艾米：不是，不完全是。(笑)三明治，冰沙，可能還有一塊巧克力餅干。

Todd: Ooh, OK. That's not healthy.

托德：哦。那就不健康了。

Aimee: It's not. And you?

艾米：是不健康，你呢?

Todd: I eat at the cafeteria every day at my school and I always have salad every day. I love salad, yeah! I usually have a very healthy lunch. I have lean meat. Chicken usually and a salad and tea.

托德：我每天在學校的自助餐廳吃午餐，我每天都吃沙拉。我喜歡沙拉!基本上我的午餐很健康。我喜歡瘦肉。我的午餐基本上是雞肉，一份沙拉和一杯茶。

Aimee: That does sound healthy.

艾米：聽起來的確很健康。

Todd: It is, kind of. A healthy meal of the day. So, every day, who do you talk to?

托德：對，還好。一天中健康的一餐。那你每天都和誰說話?

Aimee: I talk to my children every day. Yes, we talk a lot.

艾米：我每天都和孩子們講話。我們談很多事。

Todd: What do you talk about?

托德：你們都談些什么?

Aimee: We talk about our everyday routine. I remind them to do their tasks, and I remind them to get on with ...

艾米：每天的行程。我提醒他們做作業(yè)，繼續(xù)做……

Todd: the chores?

托德：家務活?

Aimee: Yes. Chores and their routine.

艾米：對。家務活和他們的日常安排。

Todd: What do they do? What chores do they do?

托德：他們都做什么?他們做什么家務?

Aimee: Well, they're still young, so my two-year old doesn't do anything. She brings her plate to the kitchen when she's finished. She's good at that actually. My eight-year old, she folds her clean laundry and puts it away.

艾米：他們還很小，兩歲的孩子什么都不做。她吃完飯以后會把盤子放到廚房去。這個她很擅長。8歲的孩子會把洗好的衣服疊起來收好。

Todd: Oh, that's good.

托德：哦，那很好。

Aimee: Yes.

艾米：對。

Todd: Nice. Very responsible. So when do you get home most days?

托德：不錯，很負責。你每天幾點到家?

Aimee: I get home around six o'clock. How about you Todd?

艾米：我6點左右到家。你呢，托德?

Todd: Oh, I get home late. I get home around ten o'clock.

托德：哦，我到家很晚。我大概10點才到家。

Aimee: Oh, that is late.

艾米：哦，那太晚了。

Todd: Yeah, very late. So I work late. I live alone so, I work late and I go to the gym and sometimes I go eat at a restaurant.

托德：對，很晚。我工作到很晚。我一個人住，所以我下班晚，晚上我還要去健身房，有時我還會去餐廳吃飯。

Aimee: Nice.

艾米：好。

Todd: I never cook.

托德：我從來不做飯。

Aimee: I never go to the gym.

艾米：我從來不去健身房。

Todd: (Laughter)

托德：(笑)

Aimee: (Laughter) What time do you go to bed then?

艾米：(笑)那你幾點睡覺?

Todd: I go to bed early actually. I get home at nine or ten and I go to bed by eleven usually. And you?

托德：我睡得很早。我差不多9點或10點到家，大概11點上床睡覺。你呢?

Aimee: Eleven's early.

艾米：11點很早。

Todd: It is early.

托德：是很早。

Aimee: OK, I think I'm probably about the same. Eleven o'clock. Yeah, I go to bed about eleven o'clock.

艾米：好，我想我可能和你一樣。11點睡覺。對，我11點左右睡覺。

Todd: OK, so how many hours do you sleep most nights?

托德：好，你晚上睡幾個小時?

Aimee: I guess I get about seven. Six or seven hours.

艾米：我想7個小時左右。6或7個小時。

Todd: Yeah, I get eight. I love sleeping.

托德：嗯，我睡8個小時。我喜歡睡覺。

Aimee: I sleep more at the weekend.

艾米：我周末會多睡一會兒。

Todd: Hmm! You sleep in Saturday and Sunday?

托德：嗯!你周六和周日睡懶覺嗎?

Aimee: I try if I can. Sunday is easier to sleep in.

艾米：如果可以的話，我盡量睡會兒懶覺。周日睡懶覺很容易。

Todd: OK, thanks Aimee.

艾米：好，謝謝你，艾米。