实战口语情景对话：周末安排和野生动植物以及艺术
Josh: Hey, Shirley.
乔什：嗨，雪莉。
Shirley: Hey, Josh.
雪莉：嗨，乔什。
Josh: So how was your weekend?
乔什：你周末过得怎么样?
Shirley: Hmm, quite busy this weekend.
雪莉：嗯，我这个周末非常忙。
Josh: Really? Those are hard.
乔什：是吗?很辛苦。
Shirley: Yeah.
雪莉：对。
Josh: So what did you do on Saturday?
乔什：你周六做了什么?
Shirley: Well, Saturday morning, I usually clean the house.
雪莉：我一般在周六上午打扫房子。
Josh: Okay.
乔什：好。
Shirley: Yeah. It's kind of boring, but I have to clean the bathroom and then the kitchen, and then the lounge room because I have lots of cats. And the cats leave hair everywhere. So I always have to clean on Saturday mornings.
雪莉：嗯。这很无聊，不过我必须要打扫卫生间、厨房和休息室，因为我养了很多猫。到处都是猫毛。所以我周六上午必须打扫。
Josh: Yes, cats are messy.
乔什：嗯，猫咪会把房子弄得不整洁。
Shirley: Yeah.
雪莉：对。
Josh: So after you cleaned, what did you do?
乔什：打扫之后你又做了什么?
Shirley: Well, in the afternoon, I went for a walk up the mountain. It was a beautiful sunny day. There were no clouds in the sky.
雪莉：下午我去爬山了。周六那天阳光明媚，天空中没有云。
Josh: Wow.
乔什：哇哦。
Shirley: It was gorgeous. So I walked up the mountain and I saw a ferret.
雪莉：真的很漂亮。我在爬山途中看到了一只雪貂。
Josh: A ferret?
乔什：一只雪貂?
Shirley: Yeah.
雪莉：对。
Josh: Wow.
乔什：哇哦。
Shirley: They're a little furry animal, four legs, tail—not like a rabbit, but about the same size as a rabbit.
雪莉：雪貂是一种很小的有毛动物，它们的尾巴和兔子的不一样，但是长度和兔子的一样。
Josh: Okay.
乔什：好。
Shirley: And they're kind of gold brown color.
雪莉：它们的颜色是那种金褐色。
Josh: Wow, did you see any other animals on your walk?
乔什：哇哦，你在爬山的过程中看到其他动物了吗?
Shirley: No. I didn't see any other animals on the ground. But I did see a beautiful bird flying in the sky.
雪莉：没有。我没有看到其他陆地动物。不过我看到了一只漂亮的鸟儿在空中飞。
Josh: Wow. Do you know what kind?
乔什：哇哦?你知道那是什么鸟吗?
Shirley: I think it was an ibis. It's a big bird that usually walks in the water. It has long legs and it was white with a black head.
雪莉：我想那是一只鹮。那是通常在水中走的一种大型鸟。它的腿很长，头是黑色的，而身子是白色的。
Josh: Great. So after your walk, did you do anything else?
乔什：很好。爬山之后你还有做其他事吗?
Shirley: I went home and then I watched some TV.
雪莉：我回家看了会儿电视。
Josh: Okay.
乔什：好。
Shirley: That was about it for my Saturday.
雪莉：我周六就是这么度过的。
Josh: Okay. What did you do on Sunday?
乔什：好。那你周日做了什么?
Shirley: Sunday, I went to the art museum.
雪莉：我周日去美术馆了。
Josh: Really?
乔什：真的吗?
Shirley: Yeah.
雪莉：对。
Josh: Great.
乔什：真不错。
Shirley: I really like to go and see new art; pictures or paintings or photographs or sometimes sculptures.
雪莉：我非常喜欢去欣赏新的艺术作品，比如图画、油画、摄影作品或是雕塑。
Josh: Okay. So who's your favorite artist?
乔什：好。你最喜欢的艺术家是谁?
Shirley: I don't really have a favorite artist but I really like watercolors, so pictures that are painted with just soft—a kind of soft painting style.
雪莉：我没有特别喜欢的艺术家，不过我很喜欢水彩画，是那种用颜料作的画，类似软绘画风格。
Josh: Do you like paintings of nature?
乔什：你喜欢描绘自然风光的画作吗?
Shirley: I do like paintings of nature. I especially like paintings of flowers and animals and places that have water like lakes or rivers or the sea.
雪莉：我非常喜欢描绘自然风光的画作。我尤其喜欢描绘花朵和动物的画作，还有描绘湖泊、河流和海洋的画作。
Josh: Oh, that sounds like you had a great weekend.
乔什：哦，听起来你度过了美好的周末时光。
Shirley: Yeah, it was good. Thanks.
雪莉：对，的确很美好。谢谢。
Josh: Okay.
乔什：好的。
