英语初级口语对话 13：Ron的能力

　　英语初级口语对话正常语速13:Ron's Abilities

　　Mari: I'm Mari from Japan and I'm here with Ron from Hawaii. Today we are going to be talking about abilities so let's start with food. Can you cook?

　　Mari:我是来自日本的Mari，今天要和来自夏威夷的Ron一起聊聊能力。从食物开始吧。你会煮饭吗?

　　Ron: I can't cook well, but I do cook, so I think the reason why I can't cook well is because I can eat anything, so I don't try very hard to make it take good.

　　Ron：做不好饭。但会做。我想我为什么做不好饭是因为我不挑食。因此不会尽力让饭菜好吃点。

　　Mari: What do you like to cook?

　　Mari: 你喜欢做什么饭?

　　Ron: I like to barbecue outside on the grill.

　　Ron：我喜欢在外面的烤炉里烘烤。

　　Mari: What do you put on your barbecue?

　　Mari：你在烤架上放什么呢?

　　Ron: When I cook meat, I don't put much, only salt, pepper, and a little bit of seasoning.

　　Ron：当我烤肉的时候，不会放很多东西，就放盐，辣椒以及一点点调味品。

　　Mari: OK. Good. Next, do you think you're a good dancer?

　　Mari：好的，下一个问题，你认为你是个好的舞者吗?

　　Ron: No, I don't think I'm a good dancer and I don't really try to be a good dancer.

　　Ron：不，我不是，我还真没有尽力把舞跳好。

　　Mari: Do you not like to dance?

　　Mari: 你不喜欢跳舞吗?

　　Ron: No, I don't like to dance.

　　Ron：不，我不喜欢跳舞。

　　Mari: At all?

　　Mari：一点也不吗?

　　Ron: Right.

　　Ron：对的。

　　Mari: I heard that you're a good line dancer.

　　Mari：我听说你line dance跳的很好。

　　Ron: I would like to learn how to line dance, and I do like country music but I haven't been officially taught how to line dance.

　　Ron：我想学习line dance，我喜欢乡村音乐，但是我还没正式学习怎么跳line dance。

　　Mari: So you don't dance at all?

　　Mari：因此你根本就不会跳?

　　Ron: No.

　　Ron：不会跳。

　　Mari: Next, are you a good singer?

　　Mari：你歌唱的好吗?

　　Ron: No, I'm not a good singer but I do enjoy going to Karaoke.

　　Ron：不好，唱不好，但我很喜欢去k歌。

　　Mari: What do you like to sing?

　　Mari：你喜欢唱什么歌呢?

　　Ron: In Hawaii, when I go to Karaoke I enjoy singing Hawaiian music. If I'm in Japan I like to sing other English songs that they have, usually country music or 80's or 90's music.

　　Ron：在夏威夷k歌的时候，我喜欢唱本土歌曲。若在日本，我就唱些英文歌，通常是些乡村音乐，八九十年代的流行歌曲。

　　Mari: Good. That's good. Do you think you're a good student?

　　Mari：好的，你认为你是个好学生吗?

　　Ron: I don't know if I'm a good student. Growing up I was not a good student but now I am trying harder to be a good student.

　　Ron; 我不知道我是否是个好学生。学生时代，我不是个好学生。但是现在我尽力成为一个好学生。

　　Mari: How were you not a good student growing up?

　　Mari：读书时代，你怎么不是个好学生呢?

　　Ron: I didn't enjoy going to school and I didn't try very hard in school. Now I try a little harder. I make an effort.

　　Ron：我不喜欢上学，上课不用功，现在我在慢慢地努力，努力中。

　　Mari: Can you talk more about your effort? What do you do to try to be a good student?

　　Mari: 能讲讲你的努力吗?你做了什么试图成为一名好学生?

　　Ron: I try to listen to the teachers now instead of doing my own thing, and I try to complete everything with good quality.

　　Ron：上课认真听老师讲课，不做小动作。保质完成各项学习任务。

　　Mari: That's good. And, last do you think that you're a good athlete?

　　Mari: 很好，最好一个问题，你是个优秀的运动员吗?

　　Ron: Growing up I was a good athlete. I played a few sports. Now I don't play any sports anymore because I'm old, but growing up I think I was a good athlete.

　　Ron：年轻时，我是个优秀的运动员，会做些运动。现在，年纪大了，再也不做运动了。我想我年轻的时候是个优秀的运动员。

　　Mari: What sports did you play?

　　Mari：你做什么运动啊?

　　Ron: I played American football, baseball, and soccer.

　　Ron：我踢美国足球，打棒球，踢足球。

　　Mari: Which one is your best sport?

　　Mari：哪个是你最擅长的运动。

　　Ron: I would say football. American football is my best sport.

　　Ron: 足球，美式足球是我的最爱。

　　Mari: How long did you play?

　　Mari: 你踢了多长时间?

　　Ron: I played since I was eleven until age twenty-two.

　　Ron; 从我十一岁开始踢直到22岁。

　　Mari: So for eleven years. And you played when you were in university?

　　Mari：十一年了啊。大学时候会玩吗?

　　Ron: I played at the University of Hawaii.

　　Ron：在夏威夷大学踢过。

　　Vocabulary

　　词汇

　　grill

　　烤架

　　I like to barbecue outside on the grill.

　　我喜欢在户外的烤架上烧烤。

　　When we grill something that means we cook it on metal bars over an open fire. Note the following:

　　当我们grill时就是指在一个篝火上的金属架子上煮食。注意以下几点：

　　Let's cook on the grill tonight.

　　今天晚上我们在烤架上煮饭吧。

　　We cooked burgers at the beach on a small grill.

　　我们在海滩上的一个小烤架上烧烤食物。

　　at all

　　根本

　　So you don't dance at all?

　　因此你根本不会跳舞?

　　Something we don't do at all is something we never do. Note the following:

　　有时候我们根本不做什么的意思是从不做。注意以下几点：

　　I don't speak German at all -- not even one word.

　　我根本不会讲德语，一句都不会。

　　You never eat vegetables at all? That is sad.

　　你根本不吃蔬菜，真不好。

　　line-dancer

　　跳line dance 的人

　　I heard that you're a good line-dancer.

　　我听说你是个优秀的line dance舞者。

　　In a line dance, people line up without partners and follow a pattern of steps usually to American country music. Note the following:

　　在line dance 舞蹈中，没有模式的排队，跟着美国乡村音乐的节奏，跳一种舞步。注意以下几点：

　　That bar has line-dancing on Tuesday night.

　　在星期二晚上，这个酒吧会有line dance。

　　My sister is a good line-dancer.

　　我妹妹line dance 跳得很好。

　　officially

　　正式地

　　I haven't been officially taught how to line-dance.

　　我还么有正式学习line dance。

　　Something that is taught officially requires formal instruction and often results in certification. Note the following:

　　正式学习需要正规的指导并能获得相应的证书。注意以下几点：

　　I never learned how to officially fly a plane, but I know how.

　　我从来没有正式地学习开飞机，但我知道怎么开。

　　To scuba dive, you really need to officially take some courses.

　　就蛙潜而言，你需要参加一些正式的课程。

　　do my own thing

　　做我自己的事情

　　I try to listen to the teachers now instead of doing my own thing.

　　我努力听老师上课，不做自己的事情。

　　When we do our own thing that means we do things our own way. Note the following:

　　当我们做自己的事情时就是以自己的方式做事。注意以下几点：

　　Some students hate to follow instructions. They always want to do their own thing.

　　有些学生不喜欢听从知道，总是做他们自己的事情。

　　I used to always do my own thing. Then, I joined the Army and that changed real quickly.

　　我以前总是以自己的方式做事，后来参军，我很快就改变了。