英语初级口语对话 12：Mari的能力

　　英语初级口语对话正常语速12: Mari's Abilities

　　Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we will be talking about abilities. So, Mari, are you a good cook?

　　Ron: 嗨，我是来自夏威夷的Ron。这是来自日本的Mari。今天我们讨论的话题叫能力。Mari，你很会做饭吗?

　　Mari: I like to cook, more specifically, I like to cook for people. I like to have people over and eat with people. I don't really like to eat alone, so I don't like to cook for myself. I like to cook for other people, but more than cooking I like to bake.

　　Mari：我喜欢做饭，更具体地说是给人做饭。我喜欢大家聚在一起吃饭。我不喜欢一个人吃饭。因此我不喜欢一个人做饭，喜欢给别人做饭。但是和做饭相比，我较喜欢烘烤。

　　Ron: Baking. What do you like to bake?

　　Ron: 烘烤。你喜欢烘什么啊?

　　Mari: Cookies and brownies and cake.

　　Mari：饼干，巧克力和蛋糕。

　　Ron: That sounds very good. I would like to eat one of your brownies. OK, next, are you a good singer?

　　Ron：听起来很好。我想吃块你烤的饼干。接下来，你是个唱歌好听的歌手吗?

　　Mari: I am terrible at singing. I don't like going to karaoke and I don't like to sing. I like music, but I can't sing for my life. I, yesterday, or I guess in class it was a students birthday and I made my students sing Happy Birthday but they wouldn't start so I had to start them off singing and my voice was so bad, they started laughing at me, so I'm just a terrible singer.

　　Mari：我唱歌很糟糕。我不喜欢去卡拉OK里唱歌。我喜欢音乐，但我唱歌要命。我想想啊，昨天，有个学生过生日，为了愉悦我学生，我们唱生日快乐歌。但是他们都不起唱，我只好带头唱歌，我的嗓音太差了，他们开始笑。所以我唱歌很糟糕。

　　Ron: That's funny. OK, next. Are you a good dancer?

　　Ron：挺有趣的，下一个，你是个好的舞者吗?

　　Mari: No, I'm not a good dancer. I can't dance at all. I used to when I was younger, my parents would enroll me in ballet classes, so I did ballet for six years but I am not very good at dancing.

　　Mari：不，我不是个好的舞者，根本就不会跳。我过去小时候，父母让我报名参加了一个芭蕾舞班，学了六年的芭蕾舞。但是我不是很擅长舞蹈。

　　Ron: So, you're a teacher now right? So, were you a good student when you were a student?

　　Ron：因此，你现在是个老师?你读书时，是个好学生吗?

　　Mari: I was a good student because I'm a dork. No, yeah, I think I was a good student. I tried hard in all of my classes. I always did my homework. I was always focused and took notes during class. If I didn't understand something, I would either ask questions in class or speak to the teacher or professor after class. I always really liked learning and so I think that's why I was a really good student.

　　Mari：我是个好学生，因为我是个书呆子。不，是我认为我是个好学生。我没门功课都很用功。经常做作业，上课也很认真的听讲记笔记。若遇到不懂的地方，我要么课堂上举手提问，要么课后问老师或教授。我一直都很喜欢学习，这就是我为什么说自己是个好学生。

　　Ron: And athletics? Were you a good athlete, and are you a good athlete now?

　　Ron：体育呢?你以前是个好的体育运动员吗?现在呢?

　　Mari: That's a tricky question. I like sports, and I like playing sports. I don't think I'm a very good athlete, probably compared to you, I'm probably not, but I really enjoy playing sports. In high school, I played soccer. I ran cross-country. I played ice-hockey and a little bit of lacrosse.

　　Mari：这个问题很棘手啊，我喜欢运动，爱做运动。我认为我不是个好运动员，可能和你相比，我不是。但是我真的很喜欢运动。高中时，我踢足球，跨界跑。我打曲棍球，长曲棍球。

　　Ron: And which one was your favorite sport?

　　Ron：哪一个是你的最爱呢?

　　Mari: My favorite sport was ice-hockey.

　　Mari：我最爱曲棍球。

　　Ron: Interesting.

　　Ron：很有趣。

　　Vocabulary

　　词汇

　　more specifically

　　更具体地说

　　I like to cook, more specifically, I like to cook for people.

　　我喜欢做饭，更具体地说是给人做饭，

　　We use the phrase 'more specifically' when we want to give more detailed information. Notice the following:

　　当我们想提供更多的详细信息时，我们用短语"more specifically" 。注意以下几点：

　　That college is famous for sports. More specifically, it is famous for football.

　　这所大学以运动闻名，更具体地说是因足球而有名。

　　Our company makes tires. More specifically, we make tires for large buses.

　　我们公司是制作轮胎的，更具体地说是做大巴的轮胎。

　　can't .... for my life

　　做。。要命

　　I can't sing for my life.

　　我唱歌要命

　　This phrase means we have absolutely no skill at something. Notice the following:

　　这个短语的意思是在某方面没有任何技能。注意以下几点：

　　I can't dance for my life.

　　我跳舞要命。

　　My wife can't cook for her life.

　　我妻子压根不会做饭。

　　a dork

　　一个呆子，笨蛋

　　I was a good student because I'm a dork.

　　我是个好学生，因为我是个书呆子。

　　A dork is someone who likes to study, is not usually attractive or popular, and is definitely not cool. Notice the following:

　　A dork是指某人喜欢学习。此人通常不引人注意，不受欢迎，绝不很酷。注意以下几点：

　　I am such a dork. I did not mean to step on you.

　　我就是个笨蛋，我不是故意踩你的。

　　He is such a dork, but all the girls like him.

　　他是个呆子，但是所有的女孩子都喜欢他。

　　enroll

　　参加

　　My parents would enroll me in ballet classes.

　　我父母让我报名参加了一个芭蕾舞蹈班。

　　When we enroll in something that means we join or sign up. Notice the following:

　　当我们加入某事物的意思是我们参加了某项活动或者签约了。注意一下几点：

　　She plans to enroll at the local junior college.

　　她计划报名入学当地的大专院校。

　　We just enrolled in a free Arabic class at the community center.

　　在这个社区中心，我们仅加入了一个免费的阿拉伯语学习班。

　　tricky question

　　棘手的问题

　　That's a tricky question.

　　那是个棘手的问题

　　Something that is tricky is difficult to do or answer and requires that we think carefully: Notice the following:

　　tricky的某事是指很难去做或者回答，需要我们仔细地想。注意以下几点：

　　Hmm. Do I like cooking? That's a tricky question.

　　恩，我喜欢做饭吗?那是很难回答的问题。

　　Asking someone how much money they make is a tricky question. You need to be careful asking it.

　　询问某人赚多少钱是个很棘手的问题，你问的时候要小心翼翼点哦。