Eztalk美语【109】morning yoga 晨间瑜珈

At the Schmidt family kitchen

Kathy: Good Morning, Mrs. Schmidt! I see you're standing¹ on your head again.
Kim: Hi, Kathy! I'm just doing my morning yoga! You're up awfully² early today.
Kathy: I have to finish preparing a paper for my Western Civilization class.
Kim: How has school been going? You come home so late every night! You're really a hard worker...
Kathy: Actually, I study a lot less here than I did in Taiwan! My classes are great, though. Sociology is the perfect major for me.

stand on one's head 　
用头站立，即「倒立」

yoga (n.) 　
瑜珈

awfully (adv.) 　
非常，了不得

paper (n.) 　
报告，论文

civilization (n.) 　
文明

major (v.,n.) 　
主修，「副修」是minor
A: What was your major in college? 你在大学的主修是什么？ B: I majored in English language and literature. 我主修英国语文。

在史密特家的厨房

凯晰：早安，史太太！瞧妳又在倒立了。
阿金：嗨，凯晰！我只是在做晨间瑜珈！你今儿个起得还真早。
凯晰：我得把西方文明史的报告准备完。
阿金：学校还好吗？妳每天都很晚才回家！你真是个用功的学生……
凯晰：其实我在这里比在台湾混多了！不过我的课都很棒。主修社会学对我来说真完美。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。