原版英语对话1000个:262 Signs

Todd: Hello, Jessica.

Jessica: Hi, Todd.

Todd: Jessica, when were you born?

Jessica: I was born October 6th, 1981.

Jessica: Wow, 1981

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: Man, you're young. Whoo! I'm an old guy.

Jessica: I'm 22 so.

Todd: Wow! My birthday is October 2nd, 1969, so we have over 10 years between us.

Jessica: Yeah, that's right.

Todd: OK, so we're both libras.

Jessica: Right.

Todd: Actually, I don't even know, what is libra? People say, oh, you're a libra? What does that mean?

Jessica: Well, Libra I think is just balance. Right, so we don't, we're not extreme, neither one way nor another, so we keep that kind of happy medium all the time and we don't ever freak out and we're just kind of mellow¹. Just very equal.

Todd: OK. So were very mellow, very equal.

Jessica: I think so. Kind of a nice equilibrium².

Todd: OK, well you've worked with me awhile. Am I mellow?

Jessica: I don't know. Yeah, I think so I think so

Todd: Maybe not, maybe not

Jessica: I think so, yeah, no, definitely.

Todd: Maybe I go against the sign.

Jessica: Right

Todd: OK, how about you? Are you mellow?

Jessica: I think so. When it comes, cause I don't tend to go one extreme or the other. Just kind of straight off.

Todd: Even keel.

Jessica: That's right.

 

1 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

2 equilibrium   

n.平衡，均衡，相称，均势，平静

参考例句：

• Change in the world around us disturbs our inner equilibrium.我们周围世界的变化扰乱了我们内心的平静。
• This is best expressed in the form of an equilibrium constant.这最好用平衡常数的形式来表示。