【英语趣味课堂】邻居-Neighbors

Todd: Hello. 

Phil: Hello. Good morning. 

Todd: Hi. I don't think we've met. My name's Todd. 

Phil: Oh, nice to meet you. My name's Phil. I'm from England. 

Todd: Oh, hey Phil, I'm from the states. I've noticed you in the building. How long have you lived here? 

Phil: I've lived here for six months actually. 

Todd: Oh, really. 

Phil: Yeah. 

Todd: Well, I've been here for two months and I don't think , you know, we've haven't met yet, so. 

Phil: I guess we're always busy at work. I never see you. 

Todd: Right. Right. Now, do you live on the fourth floor? 

Phil: Yeah, yeah. I live actually quite near to your room, just right around the corner. 

Todd: Oh, really. What room number are you? 

Phil: I'm 443. 

Todd: Ah, OK. Actually, I'm 430, so. 

Phil: I'm lucky my room's at the end of the corridor¹ so it's really quiet. 

Todd: Yeah, you know, I was wondering though, at night I do my laundry² sometimes and the laundry room is near your room and it makes a lot of noise. Does it keep you up at night? 

Phil: I've never heard it to be honest. Maybe I'm a really good sleeper³. 

Todd: Oh, good. 

Phil: I never hear it. 

Todd: So, what do you do? 

Phil: I'm an English teacher near here. 

Todd: Oh, really, actually so am I. 

Phil: Oh, really. I only teach junior⁴ high school, so quite young children. 

Todd: Ah, that's cool. I'm the opposite. I teach mainly⁵ university students. 

Phil: Oh, OK, yeah. Junior high school students are really good but, quite often they like to sleep in the lesson. Maybe, I'm just a boring teacher. I don't know. 

Todd: Nah, nah. I think it's just cause when they're young kids. Yeah, the university kids are nice, but I think you have a lot more holidays though. 

Phil: Yeah, that's true. Recently, I had five weeks summer vacation. I was really lucky. 

Todd: I'm jealous⁶. That's nice. Hey, so what do you think of the building that we live in? 

Phil: Actually, I really like it. The rooms are quite small. The atmosphere⁷, everyone is so friendly, and I get to meet people from all over the world and talk to them in different languages if I can and it's really interesting. 

Todd: Yeah, I agree. I really like living here. I mean, you know sometimes, I like to be by myself, you know, but I have to admit⁸, I really like having so many people that you can talk to in the building. 

Phil: Yeah, it's really nice and there's really good places to prepare food and everything is really clean and nice so it's a really nice place to live. 

Todd: How much longer do you think you're going to stay? 

Phil: My contract⁹ is for another six months here, so I will stay that long and then maybe longer, I'm not sure. 

Todd: OK, well, anyway it was nice to meet you. 

Phil: Oh, yeah, nice to meet you, too.

 

1 corridor   

n.走廊，回廊，通路

参考例句：

• The corridor opens into Mr.Brown's office.这条走廊通到布朗先生的办公室。
• There was a ring of laughter in the corridor.走廊里传来响亮的笑声。

2 laundry   

n.洗衣店，洗衣房；已洗好的衣物，待洗衣物

参考例句：

• Please send clothes to the laundry.请把这些衣物送往洗衣店。
• There's a lot of laundry in the basket.筐子里有许多要洗的衣物。

3 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

4 junior   

adj.年少的，较年幼的；资历较浅的；三年级的；n.年少者；等级较低者；三年级学生

参考例句：

• Mary,a junior,will graduate next year.玛丽，一名三年级的中学生，明年将毕业。
• We could give the job to somebody junior.我们可以把这份工作交给职位较低的人。

5 mainly   

adv.主要地，大抵，大概

参考例句：

• The sea water is mainly composed of water and salt.海水主要由水和盐组成。
• It is mainly because of my fault.这主要是由于我的过错。

6 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。

7 atmosphere   

n.大气，空气，气氛，大气层，大气圈

参考例句：

• We live in an atmosphere of freedom.我们生活在自由的环境中。
• We try and provide a very homely atmosphere.我们试图营造一种非常舒适放松的气氛。

8 admit   

vt.承认，供认；准许…进入，准许...加入

参考例句：

• He will never admit to me that he is lazy.他不会向我承认他懒惰。
• If you're wrong,you should admit it.错了就要认账。

9 contract   

n.合同，契约，婚约；v.使缩短，感染，订约

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• I'm under contract to teach here for one year.我按照聘约要在这里教一年书。