2015年ESL之餐饮娱乐 11 Working as a Street Performer

Working as a Street Performer 

Giancarlo: Whoa, where are you going? I thought we were going to hang out. 

Alana: I’m going to work. 

Giancarlo: Work? I didn’t know you got a job. 

Alana: I’m busking on Main Street. 

Giancarlo: You mean you’re panhandling? That’s not working. 

Alana: I’m not panhandling. I’m working for tips. I perform, try to draw a crowd, and then pass the hat. 

Giancarlo: Can you really make money that way? 

Alana: You’d be surprised. I got the idea from Danielle and her friends. A group of them do street theater and comedy routines. A friend of theirs juggles¹ and does acrobatics². Another guy does magic tricks. 

Giancarlo: And they do all this on the street? Don’t they get hassled by the cops? 

Alana: The cops occasionally tell them to move along or tell the crowd to disperse³, but if they’re respectful and nobody complains, they get left alone. Hey wait, where are you going? 

Giancarlo: I’m going with you. I want to give this street performing a try. 

Alana: What can you do? 

Giancarlo: I’m a man of many talents. 

Alana: Are you? 

Giancarlo: Don’t look so surprised! 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 juggles   

v.歪曲( juggle的第三人称单数 )；耍弄；有效地组织；尽力同时应付（两个或两个以上的重要工作或活动）

参考例句：

• They brought back to my mind, in a flash, the three juggles. 他们顿时使我回想起那三个变戏法的。 来自辞典例句
• Our juggles are essentially built from relationships ─with our partners alz, coworkers and friends. 我们的事业和家庭实际上都是建立于各种关系之上的──与伴侣、孩子、同事和朋友的关系。 来自互联网

2 acrobatics   

n.杂技

参考例句：

• Acrobatics is hard to learn but beautiful to watch.杂技不好学，但很好看。
• We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.我们观看了一场演出，内容有木偶和杂技。

3 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。