实战口语情景对话 第307期:Neighbors 邻居

 　　Todd: Hello.

　　托德：你好。

　　Phil: Hello. Good morning.

　　菲尔：你好，早上好。

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

　　托德：嗨。我想我们不认识。我是托德。

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

　　菲尔：很高兴认识你。我是菲尔，我来自英国。

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

　　托德：嗨，菲尔，我来自美国。我之前在大楼里看到过你。你在这里住了多久了？

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

　　菲尔：我在这里住了六个月了。

　　Todd: Oh, really.

　　托德：哦，真的吗？

　　Phil: Yeah.

　　菲尔：对。

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

　　托德：嗯，我已经在这里生活两个月了，我想我们还不认识。

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

　　菲尔：因为我们一直都很忙。我从来没见过你。

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

　　托德：对，是的。你是住在四层吗？

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

　　菲尔：对。其实我的房间离你的很近，就在拐角那里。

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

　　托德：哦，真的吗？你的房间号是多少？

　　Phil: I'm 443.

　　菲尔：我在443号住。

　　Todd: Ah, OK. Actually, I'm 430, so.

　　托德：好。我住在430号。

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

　　菲尔：我的房间在走廊的尽头，真的很幸运，因为那里非常安静。

　　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?

　　托德：你知道，有时我会在晚上去洗衣房，洗衣房离你的房间很近，洗衣服的时候会有很大的噪音，这会不会使你晚上无法入睡？

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

　　菲尔：说实话，我从来没有听见过洗衣服的声音。也许是因为我睡得很深吧。

　　Todd: Oh, good.

　　托德：哦，好。

　　Phil: I never hear it.

　　菲尔：我从来没听见过。

　　Todd: So, what do you do?

　　托德：你做什么工作？

　　Phil: I'm an English teacher near here.

　　菲尔：我在这附近教英语。

　　Todd: Oh, really, actually so am I.

　　托德：哦，真的吗，我也是英语老师。

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

　　菲尔：是吗？我只在初中教英语，所以我教的都是年纪小的孩子。

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

　　托德：这很酷。我和你正相反。我主要教大学生。

　　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.

　　菲尔：哦，好。初中生很好，不过他们经常在课堂上睡觉。可能是因为我的课很无聊吧。我也不知道原因。

　　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.

　　托德：我觉得不是。我认为是因为他们还是孩子。大学生很不错，你的假期应该更多吧。

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

　　菲尔：对，没错。最近我刚休了五周的暑假。我非常幸运。

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

　　托德：我太羡慕你了。这太好了。你觉得我们住的这座大楼怎么样？

　　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.

　　菲尔：我非常喜欢。虽然房间非常小，但是气氛很好，而且这里的所有人都很友好，在这里我能认识世界各地的人，而且如果可以的话，我会用不同的语言和他们聊天，这非常有趣。

　　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.

　　托德：对，我同意。我也很喜欢住在这里。有时我喜欢一个人待着，不过我得承认，我非常喜欢能和楼里的很多人聊天的感觉。

　　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.

　　菲尔：对，这非常好，而且还有可以准备食物的地方，所有东西都很整洁，这里真的是一个适合居住的好地方。

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

　　托德：你打算在这里住多长时间？

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

　　菲尔：我的合同还有六个月，所以我至少会再住六个月的时间，之后我可能会继续住在这里，我也不确定。

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

　　托德：哦，总之很高兴认识你。

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

　　菲尔：嗯，认识你我也很高兴。

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。