【英语趣味课堂】日本的火车-Train in Japan

 Todd: Hello, Yoko.

 

Yoko: Hello, Todd.

 

Todd: How are you?

 

Yoko: Good. How are you?

 

Todd: Good. OK. We're gonna talk about trains.

 

Yoko: OK.

 

Todd: Do you take the train everyday?

 

Yoko: Yes, I have to.

 

Todd: Oh, really?

 

Yoko: Yeah, cause I don't have a car.

 

Todd: Oh, really?

 

Yoko: Yeah!

 

Todd: Are you have happy with that? Do you mind?

 

Yoko: Actually no!

 

Todd: Yeah, well, what's the train like in the morning when you get on?

 

Yoko: It's really crowded.

 

Todd: Yeah!

 

Yoko: Yes.

 

Todd: OK. How much is your train fare?

 

Yoko: Almost 500 yen¹.

 

Todd: What's the best thing about taking the train?

 

Yoko: Mm, nothing.

 

Todd: Nothing.

 

Yoko: Nothing. I don't think it's great. Ah, I can sleep on the train.

 

Todd: OK. Do you normally² get a seat?

 

Yoko: Ah, sometimes I can.

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Yoko: Yeah.

 

Todd: OK. Do you read?

 

Yoko: Cause I can't read a book. I'll get sick.

 

Todd: Oh, cause your eyes move around.

 

Yoko: Yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah, I gocha. What's the worse thing about the train?

 

Yoko: Ah, too crowded in Japan.

 

Todd: Yeah. It's terrible.

 

Yoko: And I have to pay.

 

Todd: Oh, you have to pay. Your company does not pay.

 

Yoko: No.

 

学习内容：

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

high school

 

I'm 15 years old, and I'm in high school.

 

'High school' is the last part of school before you start university.  In many areas people are in high school from 14 to 18 years old.  Notice the following:

 

He still thinks of high school as the best time of his life.

Did you like your high school?

diverse³

 

High school is fun and very diverse.

 

If a place is 'diverse' it has people from many different cultural, ethnic⁴ or religious backgrounds.  It means that not everyone is the same.  Notice the following:

 

The part of the city where we live is very diverse.

They sent their kids to a very diverse private school.

cruel

 

But sometimes, people can be really cruel.

 

If someone is really mean or does things to hurt other people they are being 'cruel.' Notice the following:

 

He is very cruel to people he doesn't like.

Stop being cruel and help me.

judgmentalness

 

There's a lot of judgmentalness.

 

A person is 'judgmental' when they have opinions about other people that are not really based on fact.  They form opinions without completely understanding the other people or their problems. 'Judgmentalness' is the noun⁵ to go with this adjective⁶.  Notice the following:

 

Her judgmentalness is difficult to understand sometimes.

His parents are very judgmental towards people from other countries.

nice (to everybody)

 

Are you nice to everybody?

 

When you are kind and care about all people then you are 'nice to everybody.'  Someone who is nice to everybody does not make judgments⁷ and accepts people for who they are.  Notice the following:

 

It is difficult to be nice to other people if they are not nice to you.

He tries very hard to be nice to everybody.

1 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

2 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 diverse   

adj.不同的；相异的；多种多样的；形形色色的

参考例句：

• Spain is a composite of diverse traditions and people.西班牙是一个汇集了多种传统和民族的国家。
• Society is now much more diverse than ever before.当今社会较之以往任何时候都要丰富多彩得多。

4 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

5 noun   

n.名词

参考例句：

• What kind of noun is this?这是哪类名词？
• This word is a collective noun.这个词是个集体名词。

6 adjective   

n.形容词；adj.形容词的，用作形容词的

参考例句：

• Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
• The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。

7 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。