实战口语情景对话 第15期:室友 Roommates

 Todd: So, JJ, I hear you've got a good living arrangement. JJ，我听说你住的公寓很棒。

JJ: I love it, and of course, you know, like any person, I was a little bit leery of living with roommates but at the same time I thought living in a foreign country I didn't want to isolate¹ myself completely², especially since I don't speak the language and I first met Jessica at the airport and when we were close to tears from laughing so hard on the train ride from the airport to Matsudo Station realized this is going to be a good living arrangement, and we got here and the Brits had taken one half of the apartment and so we Americans moved into the other half and have gotten along brilliantly, even the little squabbles that tend to come up seem to be solved fairly³ quickly, maturely⁴ and I love it. This is the best living arrangement I've ever had. At the same time I think it's kind of something that's, that can be expected when you come to teach abroad. It takes a certain kind of person to decide to leave everything familiar behind and meet new people, have new experiences. You're not taping any of this are you. 我很喜欢它，就像其他人一样，和室友住在一起让我有点儿敏感，但我想到住在异国他乡，我不想完全被孤立，特别是我的语言不通。当我第一次在机场见到杰西卡的时候，我们先是笑接着又哭得很厉害，我们从机场出来乘火车到了 松户站，我意识到这儿是个好地方，我们到的时候英国人已经占用了公寓的一半，所以我们两个美国人只能搬进公寓的另一半住，我们很快产生了小的口角，但很快公正地解决了，我真的很喜欢这栋公寓。这是我住过得最好的公寓。同时，我认为出国教书正是我所期待的。它需要一个人坚定地做出决定，离开一切熟悉的人和事，认识新的朋友，体验新的生活。你没在录音吧。

Todd: No, I am actually. Thank a lot, JJ. 我在录音，谢谢你，JJ。

1 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

2 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

3 fairly   

adv.公正地，正当地；相当；完全，简直

参考例句：

• I think I was quite fairly treated by the police.我认为警察对我非常公正。
• It fairly destroyed the machine.它将那部机器完全毁了。

4 maturely   

adv.成熟地，充分地

参考例句：

• The sincere tasty tannic acid symbolized this liquor completely brews maturely. 淳厚爽口的丹宁酸标志着此酒完全酿造成熟。 来自互联网
• She acts very maturely for her age. 就她的年龄而言，她的举止是很成熟的。 来自互联网