【英语趣味课堂】兄弟-Brothers

Mari: Hi, Ron. I met your brother Michael and I learned¹ that you're a triplet. So what is it like being a triplet?

Ron: Yes, I am a triplet. It's a good thing. I'm very close with my brothers, both of them. One of my brother's name is Michael and the other's name is Patrick and all three of us are equally² close with each other.

 

Mari: That's good. Did you guys play the same sports growing up?

 

Ron: We all played the same sports growing up, however as we got older we started concentrating³ on our own sports, so me and Patrick played football - American football - and Michael started focusing⁴ more on soccer, but from the beginning, we all played the same sports together.

 

Mari: Do you guys dress the same?

 

Ron: We are very similar in how we think so we do wear each other's clothes and so we do dress alike⁵.

 

Mari: Have you ever walked out wearing similar shirts or the same outfit⁶?

 

Ron: Yes, we have and for the most part we try to wear the same colors if we're together going out.

 

Mari: Did you get in trouble growing up all of you?

 

Ron: I think for the most part we were good kids growing up and the good thing about being very close to your brothers is that you never wanted to dissapoint your brothers or make them think bad of you, so you always tried to be a good kid.

 

Mari: What's cool about being a triplet?

 

Ron: I would say the coolest thing about being a triplet is just having people that are very close to you all the time. We never really had trouble making friends or when I to a new school, I always had a friend with me because my brothers were always with me. It was never ... I was never alone.

 

Mari: That's pretty cool. Was there anything not cool about being a triplet?

 

Ron: Well, growing up the attention is not so cool sometimes. It gets kinds of old and the questions about being a triplet gets kind of old, but for the most part it's good.

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

normally⁷

 

I normally bring sandwiches.

 

Notice the following:

 

I normally go to bed before midnight.

He normally drives to work.

canteen

 

What kind of food do they serve up in the canteen?

 

Notice the following:

 

The canteen serves mainly fried⁸ food.

The soldiers can only eat in the canteen.

find boring

 

What's subject do you find boring?

 

Notice the following:

 

I find legal⁹ dramas too difficult to follow.

I find Chinese action films really exciting.

Are you looking forward to that?

 

Notice the following:

 

I look forward to our next meeting.

We are all looking forward to the holiday break.

nice talking to you

 

It was very nice talking to you and good luck in your next school.

 

Notice the following:

 

It was nice talking to you. We'll be in touch.

Nice talking to you Joe. I hope to see you around.

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 equally   

adv.平等地；公平地

参考例句：

• Divide the cake into quarters and share it equally.把蛋糕分成四份，大家平均享用。
• The blue sky belongs equally to us all.蓝天为人所共有。

3 concentrating   

v.专心于( concentrate的现在分词 )；注意；集中；聚集

参考例句：

• Many firms are concentrating on increasing their markets overseas. 许多公司正在集中精力开拓它们的海外市场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The audience is all concentrating with rapt attention on taking notes. 人们都在全神贯注地记笔记。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 focusing   

v.调焦；（使）集中， （使）聚集( focus的现在分词 )；调整（镜头，眼睛）焦点[焦距]以便看清；（光、声等的）焦点；集中（光束于）

参考例句：

• Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas. 许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• More expensive cameras have adjustable focusing. 比较贵的照相机有可调焦距。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 alike   

adj.同样的，相像的；adv.一样地；同程度地　

参考例句：

• The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样，我分辨不出谁是谁。
• All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来，不管谁讲，故事都是千篇一律的。

6 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

7 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。

8 fried   

adj.油煎的；油炒的

参考例句：

• I ate everything fried.所有油炸的我都吃。
• I prefer fried peanuts.我选择炸花生。

9 legal   

adj.法律的，依照法律的，合法的，法定的，正当的

参考例句：

• He is my legal adviser.他是我的法律顾问。
• This is partly a political and partly a legal question.这个问题部分是政治问题，部分是法律问题。