A: Did you hear that some Japanese sumo wrestlers are performing downtown?

B: Yes, everyone at work was raving about it. They’re really interested in it, but those kinds of performances leave me cold.

A: 你听说日本相扑选手在市区表演了吗？

B: 听说了，上班的时候大家一直在热烈讨论这件事。看来他们对此都很感兴趣，但我对这些表演没有什么感觉。

【迷你小对话2】

A: How was your flight?

B: Very long! And the television screen in my section was broken, so I couldn’t watch any movies. I was bored out of my mind.

A: 这趟飞行感觉怎么样？

B: 非常漫长！我那段机舱的电视屏幕坏了，所以不能看电影。闷死我了。

【语言点精讲】

sumo: 相扑。

downtown: 闹市区，商业区。

rave about: 热烈赞扬；热烈讨论。

leave sb. cold: 用来形容某事无法引起某人的兴趣。

flight: 飞行，航班。

screen: 屏幕。

bored sb. out of one’s mind: 形容某事无聊到让人发疯。