【一起闲话英语】浪费的时间都去做什么了-Waste Of Time

 Jeanie, United¹ States

speaker Something that I waste a lot of time doing is worrying unnecessarily² about different things in my life. One example is I often worry about what to do in the future so "Should I keep teaching³? Should I go back to school?" I often worry about whether I'll be successful in life and whether I'll keep the respect of everyone I love.

 

Jeyong, Korea⁴

speaker I waste time using the internet, for example MSN and sending e-mails to friends and theirs a homepage in Korea called cyworld and it's really popular among the Koreans and you put up the pictures, go to other people's homepage and write up visiting comments and I think it's a good way to keep in touch with friends all over the world.

 

Martin, United States

speake What is something I waste a lot of time doing? Sadly, I'd have to say the playstation is a big waste of time. I play a lot of games, but especially baseball games. That usually takes up anywhere from thirty minutes to five hours. I had a lot of fun playing with my old roommate, baseball, as well as the old car chase⁵ games, but unfornutately, the play station is a big waste of time.

 

Simon, Canada

speaker Ah, lately I've been wasting my time watching TV. I hate to admit it but recently my apartment building has given each unit a digital⁶ TV so I get about 5 sports channels, FOX TV with the Simpsons and I've been watching that way too much, so yeah, that's a nasty⁷ habit I've picked up lately.

 

Ruth, England

speaker Something I waste time doing? Probably the worst thing for me is going on the internet, so I go to work, and I get there and I spend the first 30 minutes, or half an hour checking my e-mails which is a complete waste of time, and checking the news, which OK, is important but is not the most important thing I should be doing that day. Let's see, that's probably the thing I waste the most time on.

 

Todd, United States

speaker Something that I waste time doing? Well, I waste way too much time talking. At work, I have a meeting, I have to talk with my colleague⁸ about something important, I go to their desk and we start talking about the news, about our friends, about our weekend, and we talk and talk and talk. Sometimes I forget what I even went to my colleague's desk about, or we have a meeting and we don't start the meeting for 30 minutes cause were just talking so the boss doesn't like it too much. He gets upset but yeah, at work I talk way too much.

 

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1 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 unnecessarily   

adv.不必要地，多余地，不需要地

参考例句：

• I don't want to invade your private life unnecessarily. 我不想过多地干涉你的私生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town. 这份报道把这个镇子描绘得过于惨淡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

4 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

5 chase   

vt.追逐，追赶，追求；n.追赶

参考例句：

• The police grabbed the robbers after a long chase.警察经过长距离追赶后逮住了抢劫犯。
• Would you chase me if I did?如果我逃开了，你会来追吗？

6 digital   

n.数字，数字式；adj.数位的，数字的

参考例句：

• There's a digital watch on the table.桌子上有一块数字式手表。
• The signal will be converted into digital code.信号会被转变为数字代码。

7 nasty   

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

• She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
• When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

8 colleague   

n.同僚，同事

参考例句：

• He is a colleague of mine.他是我的同事。
• The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.教授回访了他的美国同事。