【话匣子英语】坏习惯

哈皮和安德鲁今天讨论的是坏习惯......

Harp¹: Yes. So today we’re gonna bring you a Chatterbox episode², and that’s where we chat. We pick a topic, and we talk about it, basically³. So today, we’re gonna talk about something pretty interesting.

Andrew: Yeah. Bad habits.

Harp: Yes. Bad habits. But I don’t have any, remember, Andrew. I’m perfect, so …

Andrew: Yeah. So this is gonna be a very short episode because Harp has no bad habits to talk about.

Harp: I’m just joking.

Andrew: Well luckily, I have a lot of bad habits, so I’ll make up for your lack.

Harp: All right, so we’re gonna break it down into talking about some of the common bad habits that kids have. Then we’re gonna talk about some of our bad habits that we had as kids.

Andrew: And then we’re going to talk about bad habits that adults have.

Harp: Yes.

Andrew: And then we’ll talk about some of the bad habits we have now that we’d like to get rid of.

Harp: Yes. So let’s get started.

Andrew: Sure. So today, we’re talking about bad habits. And Harp, how would you define⁴ a bad habit?

Harp: A bad habit is basically something that someone does often, and they usually do it without thinking, and it’s bad because it’s not the proper behaviour.

Andrew: Mmhmm. So it’s just a repeated action that you do, and it feels natural to do, but it has a negative consequence, right? It affects somebody negatively.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 define   

vt.解释，下定义，阐述，限定，规定

参考例句：

• Please define the words.请解释这些字的意义。
• It's hard to define exactly what has changed.很难解释清楚到底发生了什么变化。