时差N小时 聊聊寒假

Mike: I just finished taking my last test! Now I don't have to use my brain at all for the next two weeks. I'm going to play video games and watch TV all vacation.

迈克：我刚考完最后一场考试！接下来两周我不必再用脑子了。我要利用整个寒假来打游戏和看电视。

Amanda: I was just going to ask if you wanted to go hiking¹ with me. This could be our one chance to see snow this year! And hiking doesn't involve that much thinking either, even though it is much healthier than staring at a screen all day.

阿曼达：我刚想问你是否愿意跟我一起去远足。这可是今年唯一一次看雪的机会！远足不会涉及多少脑力劳动，况且这比整天待在屏幕面前健康得多。

Mike: It involves exercise, though, and I'm lazy. . .Wait, my family is going to be cleaning house this weekend because relatives are coming. Going hiking would be a good way to get out of that. Okay, I'll go.

迈克：不过要涉及到运动，我很懒...等等，这周末我们家要进行大扫除，因为亲戚们要来。去远足是一个躲避干活的好办法。好吧，我会去的。

Amanda: You are too much! Oh, well, anything that gets you to come with me, I guess. We ought to get an early start to beat the crowds.

阿曼达：你太过份了！啊，好吧，只要你能跟我一起去。我们应该早出发，免得碰到人群高峰期。

Mike: There'll be a bunch² of people whenever we go. Can't we sleep in a while?

迈克：不论在哪都会有一大群人。我们就不能多睡一会儿吗？

Amanda: No, we also have to go early because we have a long way to go if we want even a chance of getting a glimpse³ of some snow.

阿曼达：不行，我们必须早出发，因为在我们还有机会瞥一眼雪景之前还有很长的路要走。

Mike: All right, I'll go early if it means⁴ we can make it to the snow and I can throw snowballs at you.

迈克：好吧，为了看到雪，为了能朝你扔雪球，我会早起的。

1 hiking   

n.徒步旅行

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中国还不流行。

2 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

3 glimpse   

vt.瞥见；n.一瞥，一看

参考例句：

• One glimpse at himself in the mirror was enough.让他照着镜子看自己一眼就够了。
• She catches a glimpse of a car in the distance.她一眼就瞥见了远处的汽车。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。