英语口语校园生活主题对话

A: What have you got there?

B: It's my sun lamp. I'm taking it down to the electric shop to be fixed. There's something wrong with the wiring, It blows fuses whenever I plug it in.

A: What in the world do you need a sun lamp for?

B: Well, I want to get a tan and I haven't time to lie in the sun, so I lie under the sun lamp every night for five minutes.

A: That's finr, as long as you don't fall asleep. An hour under one of those things and you'd be just a cinder.

Notes

Sun lamp 紫外线

Fix 修理

In the world 到底(加强语气)

Get a tan 晒黑(通常指去野外或海滩)

Cinder-ash

A：你那是什么东西?

B：我的紫外线灯。拿它到电器店去修理。电线上有些毛病，我一插上插座就把保险丝烧断了。

A：你要紫外线灯到底有什么用?

B：嗯，我想晒晒黑，但又没有时间躺在阳光下，只能每天晚上在紫外线灯下躺五分钟。

A：那不错，只要你不睡着。在这种东西下照一个小时，你就变成灰了。

A: I weet to the travel agency today and picked up these folders on Japan, Normandy, and Quebec.

B: For this summer? Have we saved that much money?

A: Not this summer. In two or three years, maybe. I have it almost all worded out. Here. Normandy, and then the Chateau country. Somewhere in these we'll have to work in Nice for the carnival. Then we take the Orient Express to Istanbul from there.

B: But what do we do this year?

A: Oh, I thought we'd go to one of the national parks-Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or maybe the Grand Canyon-that is, if it's all right with you.

Notes

All worked out 全部安排好了

Chateau country 法国的古城堡游览胜地

Work in 插进(或列入)计划

That is 假如，以…为条件

A：今天我到旅行社去取来了有关到日本、诺曼底和魁北克旅游的简介。

B：是今年夏天去吗?你已积蓄了足够的钱了?

A：不是今年夏天。可能再过二年或三年。我差不多完全计划好了。看，先是诺曼底，然后去法国的古堡地区。去那里我们还要参加尼斯的狂欢节也考虑到计划里。然后我们从那里乘东方快车去伊斯坦布尔。

B：那么今年我们干什么呢?

A：啊，我想我们可以去一处国家公园——尤塞米提，或黄石公园，也许可去大峡谷——假如你都不反对的话。

A: You know, let's do something we haven't done for a long time. I'd like to go on a picnic. Where could we go? Over to the park?

B: No. I want to drive out into the country, find a little creek someplace away from the highway, and have a real old-fashioned picnic lunch with fried chicken, and potato salad, and dill pickles, and lemonade.

A: Sounds like a good idea. Why don't we go this Sunday?

B: I can't make it. I'm busy all weekend, but next Sunday I'm free.

A: It's a date. You furnish the lunch and I'll provide the transportation.

Notes

Real old-fashioned-typical

Sound like 像是

A：喂，让我们搞一点长时间没搞过的活动。我想去野餐。我们去哪儿?到公园那边?

B：不，我想开车到乡下去，在离开公路的地方找一条小溪，搞一次真正的老式野餐，有炸鸡、土豆色拉、泡菜和柠檬水。

A：听起来是个好主意。我们在这个星期日去好吗?

B：我没法去，整个周末我都有事，但下个星期日我有空。

A：就定这天。你负责野餐的食物，我提供交通工具。

A: What's that book you have under your arm?

B: It's the best seller everone's been talking about for the last six months.

A: How in the world did you get a copy? I've had a hold in at the public library for weeks, and I'm still waiting my turn.

B: I checked it out of the rental library. It only costs five cents a day.

A: Is it really worth paying for?

B: I can't tell yet. I haven't got beyond the first chapter.

A: If it's any good, I'll buy a copy when it comes out in the pocket edition.

Notes

Best seller 畅销书(或物品，但常指书)

Had a hold in 预订(借阅)

Rental library 出租书籍的图书馆

Can't tell-cannot be certain

Pocket edition 价格较低的平装书

A：你手上挟着的那本是什么书?

B：这是最近六个月来人人都在谈论的最畅销的书。

A：你怎么会搞到的?我在公共图书馆已经预约几个星期了，现在还在等着轮到我。

B：我是在出租图书馆借到的，每天只要五分钱。

A：它真是值得花钱去租来看吗?

B：我还吃不准。我还没有看完第一章。

A：如果这本书还不错，等下次出袖珍本时我就买一本。