赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第48期:清理垃圾

 　　CleaningUp

　　清理垃圾

　　Kathy and Evan return from their long walk back to their picnic site.

　　凯西和艾凡散步好一阵子后便回到他们的野餐地点。

　　E:That was refreshing¹. I'm ready to take on the road again.

　　艾凡：真是令人神清气爽。我准备好再度上路了。

　　K:Are we late? Do we have enough time to make it to Bremen today?

　　凯西：我们迟了吗？今天我们有足够的时间到达不来梅吗？

　　E:No problem. It's 3:00 p.m. now so I estimate it will take us about three more hours to hit Bremen. We can have dinner and then find a motel. We can luxuriate for a change.

　　艾凡：没问题。现在是下午三点，所以我估计，到不来梅我们大约要再开三个小时的车。我们可以在那里吃完晚餐后再找一家汽车旅馆。我们可以换个方式奢侈一下。

　　K:In a motel?

　　凯西：住汽车旅馆？

　　E:"Beggars can't be choosers." We can't afford to stay in a Holiday Inn or a Hilton; that's for sure!

　　艾凡：“人在屋檐下，焉得不低头。”我们住不起假日旅馆或希尔顿饭店，这点是确定的。

　　K:Yeah, OK. But first let's take care of our picnic spot. We left a lot of junk here.

　　凯西：嗯，好吧。但是，咱们还是先来清理一下野餐地点吧。我们留了一大堆垃圾在这里。

　　E:I'll shake out the towel, and you can put away the leftovers².

　　艾凡：我来把大毛巾抖一抖，你可以收拾吃剩的东西。

　　K:There aren't any leftovers! You ate everything.

　　凯西：没有任何吃剩的东西！你把所有的东西都吃光了。

　　E:We ate everything.

　　艾凡：是我们把东西都吃光了。

　　K:Look! There's a trash can over there by the side of the road. We can put our trash in it.

　　凯西：瞧！路边那儿有一个垃圾桶。我们可以把垃圾丢到那个垃圾桶去。

　　E:Great. Then we don't have to carry it with us.

　　艾凡：太好了。那我们就不用自己带着这些垃圾了。

　　K:OK. I think that's everything. Let's leave this place the way we found it.

　　凯西：好了。我想就这样了。咱们就让这个地方保持我们发现它时的样子吧。

　　E:Kathy, I like your style.

　　艾凡：凯西，我喜欢你的风格。

　　K:You're not too bad yourself, Evan.

　　凯西：艾凡，你自己也不差呀。

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1. refreshing 恢复精神的，神清气爽的

　　例:Aftermany hours of hand work，Julian tooka nefi-eshinn walk to clean his

　　(朱利安在辛苦工作好儿个钟头后，去散个步清神醒脑。)

　　2. I' m ready to take on the road again.

　　=I'm neadv to go back to driving.

　　我准备好再度上路了。

　　3. make it to+地方名词到达某地

　　例:We made it to the station just before the train left.

　　(我们就在火车离开前到达车站。)

　　4. estimate 估计

　　例:Paula estimated that they would need 25 tables for their weddir

　　(葆拉估计他们的婚宴得开25桌。)

　　5. motel 汽车旅馆

　　6. luxuriate 过奢侈的生活

　　luxurious³ 奢侈的;豪华的

　　例:Our cat catfield likes to luxuriate on the couch in the winter.

　　(我们的加菲猫在冬天喜欢舒服地窝在沙发上。)

　　That rich man's home is so luxurious!

　　(那个有钱人的家真是豪华!)

　　7. for a change换个方式，作个改变

　　例:It rained all last week but today is sunny for。change.

　　(上个礼拜都在下山，今天天气变得很晴朗。)

1 refreshing   

adj.使精神振作的，使人清爽的，使人喜欢的

参考例句：

• I find it'so refreshing to work with young people in this department.我发现和这一部门的青年一起工作令人精神振奋。
• The water was cold and wonderfully refreshing.水很涼，特别解乏提神。

2 leftovers   

n.剩余物，残留物，剩菜

参考例句：

• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。

3 luxurious   

adj.精美而昂贵的；豪华的

参考例句：

• This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。
• The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。