原版英语对话1000个:141 Wind Surfing

Todd: OK, let's talk about hobbies. What do you like to do in your free time?

Roe¹: You mean other than seducing² ladies?

Todd: Yeah, well, we might actually have women listen to this.

Roe: Just joking. Just joking OK. I like windsurfing. That's my number one hobby, and surfing I'm in progress, and I like skateboarding but I'm getting old, so it is kind of tiresome³. What else do I like? I like going to restaurants, going out, bars, restaurants, bar hopping⁴.

Todd: Cool, yeah, I like to bar hop⁵. Let's go back to the windsurfing, um, how long have you been windsurfing?

Roe: Since 26, so that's 4, 5, 7 years.

Todd: 7 years! Yeah, where did you first begin windsurfing?

Roe: Kamakura.

Todd: Oh, in Kamakura. That's a beautiful place.

Roe: In winter, yeah, but in summer, it's, I don't know, it's questionable⁶.

Todd: Really? Why?

Roe:Oily.

Todd: Oh, cause the water is polluted.

Roe: Yeah, cause people, a lot of people come from the city. They put oils right oil, and they go swimming into the ocean.

Todd: You mean suntan lotion⁷ from people's bodies gets in the water and makes it oily. That's disgusting.

Roe: Isn't it. You see the oil floating around in the ocean. It's kind of sick in summer, so I really don't windsurf in summer.

Todd: Wow, it must be hard to, if there is so many people in the water.

Roe: Yeah, but there is a swimming section and a windsurfing section, but anyway.

Todd: So, did somebody teach you to windsurf?

Roe: Yeah, my brother. Oh, your brother. OK. Did it come easy for you, or was it difficult?

Roe: It is really difficult to explain windsurfing cause, I show you. Can you stand up?

Todd: OK, so I'm standing⁸ up?

Roe: And your holding your rig, and go back, you are like 80 kilometer and your body is more closer to the ocean and your body is like down here and like 80 kilometer and waves are like 4 meters and on a good day so that is really radical⁹.

Todd: Yeah that sounds difficult. I don't think I'm ready for windsurfing.

Roe: It's pretty interesting though. It's free too.

Todd: But the equipment must be very expensive.

Roe: The first time yeah, but once you buy and have everything down it's free to go surfing to the beach so.

Todd: How many windsurfing boards do you have?

Roe: Two.

Todd: Two. And do you have to do a lot of work to maintain them, to keep them clean?

Roe: Not really cause out in the ocean just wash with the water, clean water,
that's about it.

Todd: How far do you live from the beach?

Roe: It takes me about, about an hour from my house.

Todd: One hour. Boy. That's dedication¹⁰.

Roe: It's like, how can I explain this, what are your hobbies there?

Todd: I like running so yeah I run all the time.

Roe: Right, but it's not, you feel like you are dedicating your energy to the running.

Todd: No, No. Yeah

Roe: You do it because it is fun.

Todd: Yeah

Roe: Exactly.

Todd: OK, yeah, maybe I'll have to try windsurfing one of these days. I've always wanted to try that and surfing. It look like a lot of fun.

Roe: Come. I have my board and my surfboard too.

Todd: Oh, that's right, you have two boards, so, hey OK. Thanks and we have to go before it's summer. Now it is spring, and all the oil in the water, that's disgusting. I can't. I thought you meant like oil from ships or sewage from the city. OK. Oil from people's bodies. Well, there must be a lot of tan bodies.
 

1 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

2 seducing   

诱奸( seduce的现在分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• He got into trouble for seducing the daughter of a respectable tradesman. 他因为引诱一个有名望的商人的女儿而惹上了麻烦。
• Chao Hsin-mei, you scoundrel, you shameless wretch, seducing a married woman. 赵辛楣，你这混帐东西！无耻家伙！引诱有夫之妇。

3 tiresome   

adj.令人疲劳的，令人厌倦的

参考例句：

• His doubts and hesitations were tiresome.他的疑惑和犹豫令人厌烦。
• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors.他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。

4 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

5 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

6 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

7 lotion   

n.洗剂

参考例句：

• The lotion should be applied sparingly to the skin.这种洗液应均匀地涂在皮肤上。
• She lubricates her hands with a lotion.她用一种洗剂来滑润她的手。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

10 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。