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	回家后
	Home at last! 家是避风的港湾,只有在家里,一个人才能回归本色、完全放松。在家里,你可以恣意抱怨,可以睡得横七竖八,可以无所顾忌地看电视看到深夜…
	开门!Open the door!
	○ Open it! It’s me. 开门!是我。
	我找不到钥匙了。I can’t find the key.
	○ I lost the key. 
	我把钥匙弄丢了。
	亲爱的,我回来了。Honey, I’m home.
	= Honey, I’m back.
	今天怎么样?How did it go today?
	= How was your day?
	○ Did you have a good time today? 
	     今天过得愉快吗?
	累死了!I’m exhausted!
	○ A little bit tired. 
	    有点儿累。
	○ Too tired. 太累了。
	★ exhausted [i^5zC:stid] a. 疲惫不堪的,精疲力竭的
	倒霉透了。It’s just not my day.
	  = I had a bad hair day.
	 ● not one’s day“不顺利,不如意,倒霉”
	 ● bad hair day “不如意的一天,不愉快的一天”
	和平常一样。Just as usual.
	○ Nothing to mention. 没什么值得一提的。
	★mention [5menFEn] v. 提起,提及
	 ● as usual“照常”
	我现在情绪很低落。I’m feeling down.
	= I’m feeling blue.
	○ I’m a little down in the mouth. 
	    我有些沮丧。
	○ I’m in the doldrums. 
	     我现在无精打采。
	★ doldrums [5dCldrEmz] n. 忧郁
	我饿死了,咱们出去吃吧。I’m starving, so let’s dine out.
	○ Let’s eat out. 
	    咱们出去吃吧。
	★ starving [stB:viN] a. 饿得要死的
	 ● dine out = eat out“去饭馆吃饭”
	我太累,不想做饭了。I’m too tired, so I don’t want to cook.
	○Is dinner ready? 
	    晚饭做好了吗?
	跟家人见面的感觉真好。I feel so good to see my family.
	○ It’s good to be at home. 
	     还是在家好啊。
	○ There’s no place like home. 
	    哪儿也没有自己家好。
	○ Home at last. 
	    终于到家了。
	我想先冲个澡。I want to take a shower first.
	After Getting Home
	Jane:
	 Home at last. Tonight we have a lot of homework though.
	Tom:
	 Are you saying we don’t have time to watch our favorite show tonight? Jane, you know I really don’t like our teacher all that much. He gives far too much homework. He criticizes me in front ofŒ everyone all the time.
	Jane:
	 To tell the truthŽ, I don’t really like him either. He’s kind of boring and not very active. He always looks unhappy too.
	Tom:Yes, and he also…
	Jane:
	 Do you think we should be talking about him like this behind his back?
	Tom:
	 Probably not. After all he is our teacher. We should try to find something nice to say. If you can’t say something nice you shouldn’t say anything at all. 
	Jane:
	 I absolutely agree. It’s getting dark. We should finish our homework now.
	Tom: All right. I want to take a shower first, I’m exhausted.
	回家后
	简:
	 终于到家了。不过今晚我们有一大堆作业要做。
	汤姆:
	 你是说我们没时间看最喜欢的电视节目了吗?简,你知道我真的不那么喜欢我们老师。他布置的作业太多了。而且总是在大家面前批评我。
	简:
	 说实话,我也不是很喜欢他。他有点儿乏味而且一点儿也不活跃,看起来总是一副不开心的样子。
	汤姆:对啊,而且他还…
	简:你觉得我们应该在背后这样说他吗?
	汤姆:
	 不应该,毕竟他是我们的老师。我们应该找点好的说。如果你不能说点好的,那就别说了。
	简:
	 我完全赞成。天要黑了,我们还是先把功课做完吧。
	汤姆:好吧。我想先冲个澡。累死了!
	J though
	   [TEu]
	    ad. 可是,