日常的英语口语对话

kevin:: so what's your favorite golden oldies?

keiko: you mean my favorite song? i don't know. that's like asking me what was my favorite day last year.

kevin: well, let's make it your favorite song from the sixties.

keiko: i guess, that's a little easier. no, wait, there's a lot of good songs from the sixties.

kevin: okay, how about your favorite beatles song from the sixties?

keiko: that still give me 10 years to choose from.

kevin: all right. how about 1965?

keiko: that's better. wait. i have no idea what songs came out in 1965.

kevin: here, take a look at this top song hits chart from 1965.

keiko: thanks. oh, okay. this is easy. my favorite beatle song from 1965 has gotta be "yesterday."

kevin: isn't "yesterday" every japanese person's favorite beatle song?

keiko: i have no idea. what makes you think that?

kevin: well every time i go to a karaoke bar in japan and look at the song selections, i only find about 3 english songs: "yesterday", "my way", and "i left my heart in san francisco"

keiko: oh, that's funny but you're right. my gosh, you must have been to a lot of karaoke bars.

kevin: as a matter of fact i have. i swear they all use the same song list book.

smith sensei:: in today's english class, we'll be talking about the average american. to begin with, the average u.s. citizen is a married woman age 32. that's because about 51.2% of the population are women and 32 is the median age.

yamada: interesting. and how many children does the "average" woman have?

smith sensei: she has 2.1 children.

yamada: how do you get the "point one"?

smith sensei: very funny.

yamada: just kidding. so how tall is the average woman?

smith sensei: she is 5 feet 4 inches. i don't know what that is in centimeters.

yamada: that's okay. i can figure it out. so what else can you tell me about the average american "woman"?

smith sensei: she is slightly overweight, about 143 pounds and dieting. her dress size is size 10 or 12.

yamada: wow! that sure isn't the median size in japan. japanese women are much smaller!

smith sensei: yes, but as japan adopts the american lifestyle, dress sizes will begin to increase in japan as well.

yamada: how true. so, keep going. tell us more . how about religion?

smith sensei: she doesn't go to church on sunday, but she believes in god.

yamada: how about money?

smith sensei: she makes less than $20,000 a year from her white collar job. she lives in the state where she was born and spends a third of her income on housing.

mike:: let's go get something to eat.

emi: oh, i'm starving. hey, there's a mcdonald's up ahead.

mike: there's always a mcdonalds up ahead. everywhere you turn there's another blasted mcdonald's.

emi: what's wrong with that? hey, they're convenient.

mike: they're too convenient! anything would be convenient if it could be found on every street corner. i'm just plain sick of seeing the "golden arches" everywhere i turn.

emi: i like mcdonald's

mike: i'm sick of mcdonald's. did you know that there's over 8,000 restaurants in the u.s. alone and over 11,000 franchises (专卖店)worldwide? by the year 2020, everyone will eat at mcdonald's everyday!

emi: they're definitely everywhere. but they must be doing something right; they've sold over 100 billion burgers. they're even in japan. did you know they even put special japanese sauces on some of their burgers in japan?

mike: they do not.

emi: yes. they do. i promise.

mike: whatever. i just don't think their food isn't all that great.

emi: but at least their product is consistent; you know exactly what you're going to get every time you go there.

mike: did you know that their mascot, (吉祥物)ronald mcdonald is now recognized by 96 percent of all american schoolchildren? they are the largest minimum-wage employer in america and own more real estate than any other company on earth.

emi: i heard that a person working at a mcdonald's in moscow makes more than the average russian doctor does.

ramone:: hey jen, would you like to go to dinner with me?

jenny: i don't know. you know what they say about office romances.

ramone: no. i don't. what do they say about office romances?

jenny: they say you shouldn't mix love and work.

ramone: that's silly. what i do on my own time is nobody else's business. besides, it pretty hard to meet people outside of the office when we spend long hours here.

jenny: you've got a point. but i once dated one of my supervisors and all of my co-workers accused him of favoritism(偏爱，偏心). then when the relationship went bad, he fired me.

ramone: hey, it's the 90s. people fall in love with people they work with. that's a fact.

jenny: that may be true. but i don't want an inter-office relationship to affect my productivity.

ramone: if it does, it will only make you more productive, because we can support each other.

jenny: you're sounding like we're already married.

ramone: good grief(哎呀，天哪). all i did was ask you out. i'm sorry.

jenny: well, i still don't feel right about it.

ramone: i'm talking about dinner tonight, not a lifetime.

jenny: it starts with dinner, but then it gets out of hand(无法控制). besides, haven't you asked out every woman in the entire office?

ramone: i like company(我喜欢交际).