Advanced Listening Lesson 09

A: "Hi. My name is Robert."

B: "I'm John. It's nice to meet you."

A: "Do you know what this professor is like?"

B: "I have no idea. This is my first year."

A: "You a freshman¹? Me too. Where are you from?"

B: "I'm from San Francisco."

A: "I've been there a few times. It's a great city."

B: "Where are you from?"

A: "I grew up in this area all my life."

B: "So you know where all the fun places to hang out right?"

A: "Yeah. The best place is over by the water. They have a lot of clubs and bars."

B: "I drove² by that area before. I didn't know it was a college hang-out."

A: "It gets pretty wild over there sometimes. You should go."

B: "Sounds like a good idea. Do you know what you are majoring in yet?"

A: "Not yet. I'm leaning³ towards business, but that's only if I can't get into computer science. How about you?"

B: "I want to go to med school, so I'll probably end up majoring in biology."

A: "That's cool."

B: "Is the weather this bad all the time in the fall?"

A: "Yap. This is a typical autumn. It gets worse though. At least it's not raining that much."

B: "That sucks⁴."

A: "You'll get used to it. In the meantime⁵, you'll have to watch a lot of movies. Seems like the only thing to do with the bad weather."

B: "Too expensive. Can you believe how much movies cost these days?"

A: "Yeah. It's crazy. It's like 9 bucks⁶ a movie. I remember when it was half that."

B: "Unless it's a date, I'm not going to pay that much to watch a movie."

A: "That makes sense."

B: "Oh. The professor is coming. I'll talk to you later."

A: "Aright."

1 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 leaning   

n.倾向，爱好，偏爱v.（使）倾斜，屈身( lean的现在分词 )；倚；依赖；使斜靠

参考例句：

• a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy 偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧
• Jackson is leaning over backwards to persuade his wealthy uncle. 杰克逊想尽种种办法去讨好他那个有钱的叔叔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 sucks   

v.吸，吮( suck的第三人称单数 )；舐，吮吸

参考例句：

• She still sucks her thumb when she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
• Plant sucks from the soil. 植物从土壤中吸取养分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 meantime   

n.其时，其间；adv.同时，当时

参考例句：

• I continued working,meantime,he went out shopping.我继续工作，这期间他出去买东西。
• In the meantime we pressed on with the airlift.与此同时，我们加紧进行空运。

6 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》