实战口语情景对话 第90期:弹吉他 The Guitar

 Todd: OK, Diana we are going to talk about your hobby. 黛安娜，我们来聊一聊你的兴趣爱好。

Dianna: OK. 好的。

Todd: What is your hobby? 你的爱好是什么？

Dianna: I have lots of different hobbies but right now I'm learning¹ to play the guitar. 我有许多不同的爱好，但最近我正在学习弹奏吉他。

Todd: Great. How long have you been playing or practicing? 太棒了你练了多久了？

Dianna: I got my guitar two years ago but I've probably spent a total of two weeks practicing. 两年前我得到一把吉他，但我总共也就练习了两周时间。

Todd: Did you bring your guitar to Japan? 你把吉他带到日本来了吗？

Dianna: I didn't. Actually, my brother wants to learn to play also so he's taking good care of my guitar while I'm here, but when I get back I'll jump right back into practicing. 没有。实际上，我兄弟也想学，因此我在日本的时候都是他好好照料我的吉他，但我一回去就会马上去训练。

Todd: OK, great. Well, who's a better player? 很棒。那你们谁弹奏的更好？

Dianna: I am for sure, but I told him that if he gets better than me while I'm away that he has to teach me everything he knows. 当然是我了，但我告诉他，如果我不在的时候他超越了我，他要毫无保留地把所有技巧教给我。

Todd: Oh, that's only fair. OK. Can you play any songs? 哦，这很公平。你能弹出曲子吗？

Dianna: Yes, I can play "Joyful², Joyful, We Adore³ Thee" and just the last part of the "Star Spangled Banner⁴". Not the beginning, the beginning's way too hard. 是的，我会弹《快乐，快乐，我们崇拜你》和《星条旗永不落》的最后部分，前部分太难了不会弹。

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 joyful   

adj.欢乐的，令人欢欣的

参考例句：

• She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
• They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。

3 adore   

vt.崇拜，敬慕，爱慕，非常喜欢

参考例句：

• People adore him for his noble character.人们因他的高贵品质而敬爱他。
• I would adore to settle back homeland.我非常喜欢回家乡定居。

4 banner   

n.旗，旗帜，横幅

参考例句：

• The new government came to power under the banner of fighting poverty.新政府是在对贫穷开战的名义下上台的。
• A white banner was hanging out of the window.一面白旗挂在窗子外面。