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第25章 休闲口语(6)

Sharon: I have visited Chengdu and the food there was quite amazing.

John: Spicy food is good in the winter.

Sharon: Because it can warm you up when the weather is cold!

John: Yes, I think so. Eating Sichuan food in the room makes me feel really so good when the weather is very cold outside.

Sharon: Oh, my mouth is watering.

John: Maybe we can go to a Sichuan restaurant for supper.

Sharon: Good idea!

谈论美食

约翰:我对品尝美食真的很有热情。

莎伦:我也是。

约翰:我喜欢所有类型的食物。你最喜欢什么菜?

莎伦:嗯……我最喜欢的类型大概是四川菜,这是中国菜中最辣的菜之一。

约翰:我也非常喜欢辣味食物。

莎伦:我去过成都,那里的美食真的非常棒。

约翰:冬天吃辣味的食物很好。

莎伦:因为冬天吃辛辣的食物能使你暖和起来!

约翰:是的,我也这么认为。当外面很冷的时候,坐在屋子里吃四川菜感觉真的很好。

莎伦:噢,我都在流口水了。

约翰:也许我们晚饭可以去一家四川餐馆。

莎伦:好主意!

Notes 注释

passion [p 8n] n. 激情,热情

dish [di] n. 菜肴

probably [prbb()li] adv. 大概,或许

cuisine [kwi()zin] n. 佳肴

amazing [meizi] a. 令人惊叹的

小叮咛

①I am a big fan of spicy food, too. 我也非常喜欢辣味食物。

a big fan of: ……的狂热爱好者。这是一个很常用的短语,如果要表达很喜欢什么东西,除了like sth very much,这也是一个很不错的选择。例如:-Do you like football你喜欢足球吗?

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Of course. I am a big fan of football.当然,我是足球狂热爱好者。

Talking about Others

谈论他人

Classic Sentences 经典句子

01|Although she’s beautiful in appearance, she’s too ugly in her heart.

尽管她外表美丽,但内心十分丑陋。

02|Her sister is very plump.

她的姐姐非常丰满。

03|His grandfather is advanced in age.

他的爷爷年事已高。

04|What’s the weight of your daughter

你女儿体重是多少?

05|What’s his girlfriend’s height

他女朋友有多高?

06|Sally is not twenty-four yet.

萨利还不到24岁。

07| Do you know the man with the beard

你认识那个留着大胡子的人吗

08|So slender the girl is!

那个女孩真苗条!

09|The little boy’s nose is flat

这个小男孩的鼻子是扁平的。

10|He’s a fine-looking man while his wife is plain.

他很英俊然而他的妻子却相貌平平。

11|Mary has reached a married age.

玛丽已经到了结婚的年龄。

12|She always has a rosy check all the year round.

她常年都脸色红润。

13|Tina has a short temper, so nobody likes her.

蒂娜脾气不好,所以没有人喜欢她。

14|She gets a big mouth.

她是个大嘴巴。

15|He’s a lazy guy!

他是个懒虫!

Useful Dialogue 实用会话

Talking about Others

Bailey: Hi, Cailyn. Who’s the girl together with you yesterday

Cailyn: She’s my sister. And she’s two years older than me.

Bailey: Wow, she’s so beautiful! Is she still a student

Cailyn: Thankyou! Yes, she is, and you know she’s the school beauty of her university.

Bailey: Can you tell me something more about her

Cailyn: Yes, of course. She’s a plain, ambitious and very kind girl.And she can get the scholarship every year.Since she attended the university she’d never asked any money from my parents.

Bailey: Oh ,so excellent she is! I’m very jealous of her1.

Cailyn: Yes,I also want to be one like her.

Bailey: I guess there must be many boys lusting after her.Does she have a boyfriend now

Cailyn: Yes, you’re right.But she still hasn’t had a boyfriend yet.

Bailey: She must have a high standard for her boyfriend.

Cailyn: Not really. She always pays little attention to find a boyfriend. She says she wants to spend most of time on her study.

谈论他人

贝莉:嗨,凯琳。昨天和你一起的那个女孩子是谁啊?

凯琳:她是我姐姐。比我大两岁。

贝莉:哇,她真漂亮啊!她还是个学生吧?

凯琳:谢谢!是的,并且她还是她们大学校花呢。

贝莉:你能告诉我更多关于她的事情吗?

凯琳:是的,当然。她是一个朴素,有上进心并且善良的女孩子。每年都能拿到奖学金。自从她上了大学就再也没有向爸妈要钱了。

贝莉:哦,她真的很优秀!很羡慕她啊。

凯琳:是啊,我也想像她一样。

贝莉:我猜一定有很多男孩子追求她吧。她现在有男朋友了吗?

凯琳:是,你说的对。但她现在还没有男朋友。

贝莉:她找男朋友的标准一定很高。

凯琳:不是这样的。她从来都很少关注找男友的事情。她说她想把大部分时间花在学习上。

Notes 注释

school beauty校花

plain [plein] adj. 简单的,朴素的,清晰的

scholarship [sklip] n. 奖学金,学识,学问

lust [lst] v. 贪求,渴望

小叮咛

①I’m very jealous of her. 我很羡慕她。be jealous of sb 指羡慕某人或嫉妒某人,相当于be envious of sb, 还可以这样表达I envy/admire her. 也表达我羡慕她或者嫉妒她的意思。例如:-You shouldn’t be aways jealous of others,since you know you’re not as good as them ,you’d better try your best to change it.你不应该总是羡慕别人,既然你知道自己不如他们就应该尽力去改变这一切。

Body Slimming Treatment

美体瘦身

Classic Sentences 经典句子

01|You’re skinny enough without going on a diet!

skinny [skini] a. 极瘦的

你不必节食就已经够瘦的了!

02|She goes to the fitness centre every day in order to lose weight.

为了减肥,她每天都去健身中心。

03|There are many fitness clubs in big cities.

在大城市有许多健身中心。

04|Eating too much can make you fat.

吃得过多会使你发胖。

05|He is skinny.

他瘦骨如柴。

06|He is overweight.

他太胖了。

07|Weigh yourself often and you may well start to lose weight.

经常称一称体重,你或许就会真的开始减肥。

08|My weight keeps going up although I try not to eat too much.

虽然我尽力不多吃,我的体重却越来越重。

09|I really need to lose some weight.

我真的需要减肥了。

10|The weight is too much for my height.

我的体重相对于身高来说太重了。

11|You are just putting on a little weight. I believe you’ll get that off easily.

你只是稍微胖了些。我相信你很快就会恢复的。

12|You both are very slim.

你们俩都很苗条。

13|It’s healthier to be slim.

slim [slim] a. 苗条的

苗条更健康。

14|You are slim enough.

你已经够苗条了。

15|I try to stay slim.

我努力保持苗条。

Useful Dialogue 实用会话

Losing Weight

Mike: Jerry, you look so fat.

Jerry: Not only fat, but so tired.

Mike: What’s your weight

Jerry: 150 pound.

Mike: You must put yourself on a diet, otherwise you’ll be too fat.

Jerry: I can’t bear eating less.

Mike: That’s doesn’t mean to eat less necessarily.

Jerry: So what do you mean by diet

Mike: That means you should eat foods containing less fat.

Jerry: I just can’t bear that.

Mike: So you must work out regularly.

Jerry: What exercise may I take part in

Mike: At the beginning, you can try jog. Jogging can help keep your weight down easily.

减肥

迈克:杰瑞,你看起来太胖了。

杰瑞:不只是胖,而且我也很累。

迈克:你多重?

杰瑞:150磅。

迈克:你必须得合理饮食,否则你就会更胖了。

杰瑞:我受不了少吃东西。

迈克:合理饮食不一定就非得少吃。

杰瑞:那你是什么意思呢?

迈克:我是说你要吃含低脂肪的食物。

杰瑞:我可受不了。

迈克:那你要经常锻炼。

杰瑞:我能参加什么运动呢?

迈克:一开始,你可以尝试慢跑。慢跑可以容易地让你减肥。

Notes 注释

otherwise [ =waiz] adv. 否则

regularly [reɡjulli] adv. 有规律地

jog [dɡ] v. 慢跑

小叮咛

①Jogging can help keep your weight down easily. 慢跑可以容易地让你减肥。

keep one’s weight down:减肥,控制体重。例如:How have you kept your weight down 你怎么减肥的?“keep sth down”意思是“控制或阻止……的增长或变大”,例如:We need to keep costs down. 我们需要把成本降下来。另外,“keep sth down”还可以表示“(生病期间)能让吃下去的东西不吐出来”,例如:I could hardly keep anything down for about three days. (大约三天了,我吃下去的东西几乎都会吐出来。)

Beauty

美容

Classic Sentences 经典句子

01|Let me show you how to use it.

让我给你示范一下怎么使用。

02|It’s a world-famous brand.

这是国际名牌。

03|This lipstick is always out of stock, there is not much left.

这款口红非常热销,已所剩不多了。