英语播客EnglishPod 454

 Ed:    Hey, Mary, can you cut that out?

 Mary:  Cut what out I’m not doing anything.

 Ed:   The tapping of your pen on your desk.  It’s driving
        me crazy.

 Mary:  Fine! By the way would you mind not slurping² your
       coffee every time you have a cup!

 Ed:    I  don’t slurp¹ my coffee. And plus, how can you
        hear it when you’re shouting into your phone all
       the time?

 Mary:  You ’ve got to be kidding me!  You’re complaining
        about me talking on the phone when you go out
        for a cigarette break ten times a day to shoot the
        breeze?

 Ed:    Look, we have a lot of accumulated anger from
       working in these conditions, and it’s probably okay
       to let off steam once in a while But, it’s probably
        not a good idea to keep it up I’m willing to forgive
       and forget and if you are.
 Mary:  Fine. Let’s call a truce³. I’ll try to more considerate
       and to keep the noise down

 Ed:   Yeah, I’ll try to do the same.  So, I was wondering
       you wanna go out to dinner Friday night?
 

1 slurp   

n.啜食；vt.饮食出声

参考例句：

• You may not slurp your soup.喝汤不可发出声音。
• Do you always slurp when a milkshake?你总是这样啧啧喝牛奶吗？

2 slurping   

v.啜食( slurp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was slurping his tea. 他正咂着嘴喝茶。
• Although the downturn has not stopped consumers slurping ice-cream, it has affected the bottom line. 尽管经济低迷没有阻止消费者吃冰淇淋，但却影响了净利润。 来自互联网

3 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。