英文原版对话1000个:711 Gadgets

Todd: Phil, you said you're a teacher. Did you study education in college?

Phil: No, actually, I studied engineering¹ in college.

Todd: Really. Engineer!

Phil: Yeah, I was an automotive when I was younger.

Todd: Automotive, like cars?

Phil: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Todd: Oh, cool. Wow.

Phil: It was really interesting a job really exciting but I kind of came into teaching² to try something different and to maybe gain confindence in myself as well.

Todd: So if you're an engineer then you must like gadgets³, right?

Phil: Oh, yeah, I love gadgets. I got many in my room.

Todd: So what kind of gadgets to you have?

Phil: Well, my favorite has to be my laptop computer of course. I think everyone should have a laptop now because it's complete entertainment. I can watch movies. I can download music from the internet. I can write reports on my students. I can research new games on the internet. I can do anything in the world on my laptop. It's just amazing what you can do.

Todd: So you talk about downloading things. Like you must have an MP3 player or ipod.

Phil: I've got an ipod as well, yeah. I love my ipod. Everyday I listen to music. Music is one of my main passions in life and I particularly like rock music and scar⁴ punk as well, so I download bands from all over the world on the internet that maybe ten years ago nobody would have been able to find information about, so I think things like ipod have opened up the world of music to everyone.

Todd: Right. Right No, I agree. Actually, I have an MP3 player and an ipod and I use them all the time.

Phil: Yeah, it's amazing.

Todd: So, you're really into your laptop. You're really into your ipod. Any other gadgets that you really like?

Phil: I suppose I have to say my digital camera. When I was younger, I was absolutely useless at taking photographs - well I still am absolutely useless at taking photographs. I always manage to miss the main part of the picture or the thing I'm aiming for. Once I get the lighting⁵ composition completely wrong. So with a digital camera, I can choose the photos I want and I can keep retaking them until I know I got the one I actually want, and then on my computer, back to my laptop again, I can edit⁶ the photos until they look exactly like I want them to, so digital camera is amazing for me.

Todd: Yeah, I agree, like I use cameras a lot for the website and I couldn't make it without them.

Phil: Yeah, it's amazing how in the last ten years things have changed so much, like we said with the ipod earlier, I used to have a cassette⁷ player when I was younger.

Todd: Right.

Phil : It was huge, and it was like taking a brick⁸ with me everywhere I went, and not the ipod just fits in my pocket and I don't even know it's there. It's amazing the difference.

Todd: Yeah, I listen to the podcasts on the way to work and it makes my train commute⁹ so much more enjoyable.

Phil: Yeah, yeah, I get the news from the BBC, the British website, so I can listen to the news in the morning and find out what's happened back in my home city. It's like keeping in touch with the rest of the world

Todd : Right, right. OK, thanks a lot Phil.

Phil: OK, thank you.
 

1 engineering   

n.工程，工程学，管理，操纵

参考例句：

• The science of engineering began as soon as man learned to use tools. 人类一学会使用工具,工程科学就开始了。
• It was the first great engineering works in the world. 这是世界上第一家大型的工程工厂。

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

3 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

4 scar   

n.伤疤，伤痕，创伤

参考例句：

• This scar is from the bite of a dog.这是狗咬后留下的伤疤。
• The tragedy left a scar on her mind.这个悲剧给她造成精神上的创伤。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 edit   

vt.编辑，校订，主编，编辑，剪辑（影片等）

参考例句：

• You'll have to edit that tape,it's too long.那盘录音带太长，你得把它剪辑一下。
• It is not yet decided who will edit it.由谁校订未决。

7 cassette   

n.卡式录音带盒；卡式胶卷盒

参考例句：

• He inserted a cassette into the machine.他把一盒录像带放入机器。
• And let's not forget our cassette player and some tapes.还别忘了带上我们的卡式录音机和一些录音带。

8 brick   

n.砖；vt.用砖砌，用砖堵住

参考例句：

• She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.她面无表情地瞪着面前的砖墙。
• I bought a brick of ice cream for my daughter.我给女儿买了块冰砖。

9 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。