【英语趣味课堂】谈论高中生活-Talking about Your High School

Mark: Hey, Todd, when you look back on your high school experience, do you, in general, do you see it as a positive or a negative experience?

 

Todd: Oh, definitely¹ positive. It was one of the best times of my life.

 

Mark: Yeah.

 

Todd:Oh, it was awesome². I mean, it was being with your friends,and you know, driving for the first time and having your first part-time job and playing sports and going to dances. It was great.

 

Mark:Now did, a lot of high schools in the states, I went to high school in the states and a lot of high schools have, there are these clicks³, you know, there's like a popular group of kids, and then there are other kids who don't really feel like they belong (right) Yeah, I know you Todd. You strike me as you were probably one of the popular kids, so of course you're gonna think high school was great.

 

Todd: Well, no, actually, I wasn't one of the popular kids, but I was in the popular group, so I played sports so I was one of the jocks.

 

Mark: Yeah, one of the jocks, always, they get into the popular clicks easier. So do you, can you imagine like how somebody might feel that wasn't in one of those groups, that they might have hated high school?

 

Todd:Well, I don't know who hated high school but I remember there were the motor⁴ heads. Those were the guys that were always working on their car. They had really nice cars they fixed⁵ up. They probably didn't like high school too much, then there were the drama⁶ freaks, and the drama freaks were, they dressed really different and they were kind of into punk at that time. They were very artistic⁷ and very creative, very smart, and because they were so different, I think a lot of kids made fun of them, so maybe they didn't like high school.

 

Mark: Now were you one of the kids that made fun of them?

 

Todd: Definitely not. I mean, I was never that way. Actually, I was the kid that somehow was friends with everybody because even though I was with the jocks, I wasn't a good jock. I was a terrible athlete, so I was maybe just surviving by being friends with them anyway, but yeah.

 

Mark: Now, you're a good baseball player though, right?

 

Todd: Actually I was but I didn't play baseball because I, in high school because I, foolishly I wanted to make money. I wanted to get a part-time job and get a car, so I stopped. I played football and basketball, though.

 

Mark: OK, now most high schools, just about every high school, after ten years, you have a high school reunion. Did you go to your 10-year high school reunion?

 

Todd: You know, I did not go to my high school reunion. My friends went and, you know, they said it was a pretty good time and everyone had changed, but I didn't go. Have you been to yours?

 

Mark: I did. I went to mine last year.

 

Todd: Oh, really. Did everybody still look the same?

 

Mark: For the most part. What I found interesting is the popular clicks, that I talked about before, they still existed. It was ten years later and it was like all the popular, you know, they're not kids anymore, but all the popular people were hanging out together and all the nerds were kind of standing⁸ around on the side and looking lonely and depressed⁹.

 

Todd: Wow.

 

Mark: Yeah it as kind of sad.

1 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

2 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

3 clicks   

n.卡嗒声，咔嚓声( click的名词复数 )；点击v.使发出咔哒声，使咔哒（或咔嚓）响( click的第三人称单数 )；突然明白；配合默契；在计算机荧光屏上用鼠标器)咔嗒一按

参考例句：

• Typically, a user clicks on an object and it becomes selected. 比如，用户单击一个对象，对象选中。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• It will execute as soon as a user clicks and releases it with the mouse cursor. 用户只要单击后释放鼠标，它就立即执行。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 motor   

adj.机动的，有引擎的，汽车的；n.发动机，马达，汽车；v.（用引擎）驱动

参考例句：

• A washing machine is run by a small electric motor.洗衣机由一台小电动机驱动。
• The motor usually operates well.这台发动机通常运转良好。

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 drama   

n.戏剧；戏剧艺术

参考例句：

• He acted his part very well in the French drama.他在这出法国戏剧中演得很成功。
• The college published a drama review.学院出版了一份戏剧评论刊物。

7 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

8 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。

9 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。