美語情景對話 第641期:Neighbors 鄰居
Todd: Hello.
託德:你好。Phil: Hello. Good morning.
菲爾:你好,早上好。Todd: Hi. I don't think we've met. My name's Todd.
託德:嗨。我想我們不認識。我是託德。
Phil: Oh, nice to meet you. My name's Phil. I'm from England.
菲爾:很高興認識你。我是菲爾,我來自英國。Todd: Oh, hey Phil, I'm from the states. I've noticed you in the building. How long have you lived here?
託德:嗨,菲爾,我來自美國。我之前在大樓裏看到過你。你在這裏住了多久了?Phil: I've lived here for six months actually.
菲爾:我在這裏住了六個月了。Todd: Oh, really.
託德:哦,真的嗎?Phil: Yeah.
菲爾:對。Todd: Well, I've been here for two months and I don't think , you know, we've haven't met yet, so.
託德:嗯,我已經在這裏生活兩個月了,我想我們還不認識。Phil: I guess we're always busy at work. I never see you.
菲爾:因爲我們一直都很忙。我從來沒見過你。Todd: Right. Right. Now, do you live on the fourth floor?
託德:對,是的。你是住在四層嗎?Phil: Yeah, yeah. I live actually quite near to your room, just right around the corner.
菲爾:對。其實我的房間離你的很近,就在拐角那裏。Todd: Oh, really. What room number are you?
託德:哦,真的嗎?你的房間號是多少?Phil: I'm 443.
菲爾:我在443號住。Todd: Ah, OK. Actually, I'm 430, so.
託德:好。我住在430號。Phil: I'm lucky my room's at the end of the corridor so it's really quiet.
菲爾:我的房間在走廊的盡頭,真的很幸運,因爲那裏非常安靜。Todd: Yeah, you know, I was wondering though, at night I do my laundry sometimes and the laundry room is near your room and it makes a lot of noise. Does it keep you up at night?
託德:你知道,有時我會在晚上去洗衣房,洗衣房離你的房間很近,洗衣服的時候會有很大的噪音,這會不會使你晚上無法入睡?Phil: I've never heard it to be honest. Maybe I'm a really good sleeper or something.
菲爾:說實話,我從來沒有聽見過洗衣服的聲音。也許是因爲我睡得很深吧。Todd: Oh, good.
託德:哦,好。Phil: I never hear it.
菲爾:我從來沒聽見過。Todd: So, what do you do?
託德:你做什麼工作?Phil: I'm an English teacher near here.
菲爾:我在這附近教英語。Todd: Oh, really, actually so am I.
託德:哦,真的嗎,我也是英語老師。Phil: Oh, really. I only teach junior high school, so quite young children.
菲爾:是嗎?我只在初中教英語,所以我教的都是年紀小的孩子。Todd: Ah, that's cool. I'm the opposite. I teach mainly university students.
託德:這很酷。我和你正相反。我主要教大學生。Phil: Oh, OK, yeah. Junior high school students are really good but, quite often they like to sleep in the lesson. Maybe, I'm just a boring teacher. I don't know.
菲爾:哦,好。初中生很好,不過他們經常在課堂上睡覺。可能是因爲我的課很無聊吧。我也不知道原因。Todd: Nah, nah. I think it's just cause when they're young kids. Yeah, the university kids are nice, but I think you have a lot more holidays though.
託德:我覺得不是。我認爲是因爲他們還是孩子。大學生很不錯,你的假期應該更多吧。Phil: Yeah, that's true. Recently, I had five weeks summer vacation. I was really lucky.
菲爾:對,沒錯。最近我剛休了五週的暑假。我非常幸運。Todd: I'm jealous. That's nice. Hey, so what do you think of the building that we live in?
託德:我太羨慕你了。這太好了。你覺得我們住的這座大樓怎麼樣?Phil: Actually, I really like it. The rooms are quite small. The atmosphere, everyone is so friendly, and I get to meet people from all over the world and talk to them in different languages if I can and it's really interesting.
菲爾:我非常喜歡。雖然房間非常小,但是氣氛很好,而且這裏的所有人都很友好,在這裏我能認識世界各地的人,而且如果可以的話,我會用不同的語言和他們聊天,這非常有趣。Todd: Yeah, I agree. I really like living here. I mean, you know sometimes, I like to be by myself, you know, but I have to admit, I really like having so many people that you can talk to in the building.
託德:對,我同意。我也很喜歡住在這裏。有時我喜歡一個人待着,不過我得承認,我非常喜歡能和樓裏的很多人聊天的感覺。Phil: Yeah, it's really nice and there's really good places to prepare food and everything is really clean and nice so it's a really nice place to live.
菲爾:對,這非常好,而且還有可以準備食物的地方,所有東西都很整潔,這裏真的是一個適合居住的好地方。Todd: How much longer do you think you're going to stay?
託德:你打算在這裏住多長時間?Phil: My contract is for another six months here, so I will stay that long and then maybe longer, I'm not sure.
菲爾:我的合同還有六個月,所以我至少會再住六個月的時間,之後我可能會繼續住在這裏,我也不確定。Todd: OK, well, anyway it was nice to meet you.
託德:哦,總之很高興認識你。Phil: Oh, yeah, nice to meet you, too.
菲爾:嗯,認識你我也很高興。
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重點講解:
1. keep up 睡不着;
例句:I'm sorry to keep you up.
對不起讓你睡不着了。
2. to be honest 老實說;說實在的;
例句:To be honest, I'm not satisfied with it.
說實話,我不太滿意。
3. get to do sth. 得以做;有機會做;
例句:After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter.
你過些時候就知道這些事無關緊要。
4. all over 到處;遍及;
例句:His fame resounded all over the world.
他名揚全球。