书城外语英语PARTY——纯正口语对话室
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第12章 休闲篇(1)

我是球迷我怕谁

D: Hello Modern English, Drew speaking.

你好,洋话连篇,我是Drew。

A: Hello Drew, it is your friend Allan.

你好,我是Allan。

D: Hey what,s up buddy, did you see the Liverpool game on TV last night?

怎么样,哥们儿,昨晚看利物浦队的比赛了吗?

A: Yeah!!! Wasn,t it great, that Michael Owen can sure score goals. I have some questions about football for you.

当然,太棒了,欧文真厉害,我有一些足球方面的问题问你。

D: Sure Allan, what are your questions?

说吧,什么问题?

A: What is like to see an English football game?

看英国足球比赛是怎么样的?

D: It is really fun. The fans are really into the game and there are lots of families enjoying a day out together.

很有趣,他们特爱看球,很多家庭都会一起去。

A: Really? I heard that it was very dangerous to go to a British football game because of all the violence in the stands.

真的?听说在英国看球很危险,足球暴力很严重。

D: No that,s not true anymore, they have really cleaned up their act.

不是那样的,他们现在好多了。

A: Do you want to go see a football game with me at the Workers Stadium?

你想去工体看球吗?

D: I would love to go.

想啊。

A: Ok, I will buy an extra ticket!

好,那我再买张票!

D: Oh, don,t worry, I,ll buy my own ticket.

别担心,我自己来买。

A: No problem, the tickets are no problem to get, I will buy you one and you can pay me back!

没问题,我来买,然后你再把钱给我。

D: Great, I,ll see you on Saturday. Don,t forget the jerseys….Glory Glory.

好,周六见,别忘了买票[歌声]。

A: Ok, Drew, be there or be square.

好的,不见不散。

Attention Please (特别提醒)

[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

[1]socore是足球的意思,这可与我们说的football有点不同,football在美国和加拿大表示橄榄球。

[2]The fans are really into the game. Really into sth表示非常喜欢做什么事情,如: I am Really into playing computer games.我特喜欢玩儿电脑游戏。

[3]They have cleaned up their act.clean up their act是指他们已经规范他们的行为了。

我爱电脑和游戏

A: I want to buy a computer.

我想买台电脑。

B: Hey,Marco,you don,t use computer that much,do you?

嘿,Marco,你不怎么用电脑是吧?

A: I,ve been giving this a lot of thought. You know, I,m writing a book these days.With a computer,things would be easier.Besides,there,re lots of cool PC games.

我一直在想这个问题。你知道,最近我在写本书,有电脑的话会容易得多。除此之外,还有很多电脑游戏呢。

B: What kind of performance are you looking for?

你要买什么配置的?

A: That,s why I ask you,I don,t know much about computers, I think maybe you can be of some help.

所以我才问你呀。我电脑懂得不多,我想你可能能帮我。

B: Now that you,re writing a book .You need a fast, highcapacity machine,with multimedia system. And you wanna play PC games, so I recommend a 48 CD reader and a 19inch monitor.

既然你要写书的话,你需要一台运转快,容量大的机子。要有多媒体功能的。还有你要玩游戏,因此我推荐48倍光区和19寸的显示器。

A: What display resolution do I need?

那我得买什么分辨率的呢?

B: 1280*1024,minimum.

最少1280*1024的。

A: Do I need a flatpanel display?

我需要液晶显示器吗?

B: That,s good for your eyes.But a flatpanel display is very expensive.

那对眼睛好。可那太贵了。

A: Drew,how come you know so much about computers?

Drew,你怎么这么懂电脑啊?

B: Man,that,s my major.

老兄,那是我专业啊。

A: Do you have some cool PC games?

你有什么好游戏没有?

B: Diablo and Warcraft.

暗黑和魔兽。

A: Dope. Diablo is my favorite.

太好了。暗黑是我最喜欢的。

B: Mine too.You know what,the pleasure of playing it is not killing and upgrading. It,s about choices. You never predict what,s gonna happen next second.

我也是。你知道吗,它的精髓不在于厮杀或是升级,而是选择。你永远不会知道下一秒会发生什么。

A: I know what you mean. Well,Drew. I,ve got to go.Talk to you tomorrow.

我懂你的意思。好了Drew,我得走了,明天再聊吧。

B: Bye.

再见。

Attention Please (特别提醒)

[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

[1]What kind of performance are you looking for?你要买什么配置的?

电脑用语中很多词让人摸不到头脑。performance本来是表演的意思。可这里表示配置。如果你对电脑不是很了解的话,你可以用这句话What do you recommend?(你推荐什么样的?)

[2] What display resolution do I need? display在电脑用语中表示显示。resolution则指的是分析。他们合在一起表示显示率

网上冲浪炫又酷

A: Hello,Modern English,Drew speaking.

你好,洋话连篇。我是Drew。

B: Hello,buddy.it,s Marco here again.

嘿哥们儿。我是Marco。

A: So Marco.what,s the topic today?

今天想谈点什么?

B: Something about the internet.

关于互联网的一些话题怎么样?

A: Good topic.Well,what do you wanna know about that?

好题目,那么你想知道什么?

B: Do you have your personal web page?

你有个人主页吗?

A: I do.But you know what,I am really bad at computers.So I asked one of my friends to make one for me.