英语访谈对话 143 Night Life

 　　Todd: Let's talk about the evening, night time activities¹. -- Trevor what do you do in the evening?

　　Trevor: Then I get home from work, I like to relax², have a drink and watch TV.

　　Todd: OK. When do you usually get home at night?

　　Trevor: About 7:00 or 7:30. About that time.

　　Todd: OK. How do you go home? Do you drive or take the train?

　　Trevor: Oh, I take the train.

　　Todd: OK. And when do you go to bed?

　　Trevor: I'm usually about midnight³.

　　Todd: At midnight. That's pretty late.

　　Trevor: Yeah, I'm pretty tired by then.

　　Todd: OK. When do you wake⁴ up the next day?

　　Trevor: 6:30Todd: 6:30!

　　Trevor: ExactlyTodd: Wow! You only get six and a half hours sleep a night.

　　Trevor: That's all I need.

　　Todd: Man, you're a strong guy⁵! Um..how often do you look at the stars?

　　Trevor: Not so often but sometimes I can see them when I'm walking home. And sometimes the moon!

　　Todd: The moon. OK! Can you see the stars from your house?

　　Trevor: Yeah!

　　Todd: Nice. Is it cold at night where you live?

　　Trevor: At the moment, yeah, but it is getting warmer, summer is approaching⁶.

　　Todd: OK. And do you prefer⁷ the morning or the evening?

　　Trevor: I'm a morning person⁸.

　　Todd: Oh, me, too. I'm the same. Last question, can you stay up all night?

　　Trevor: If I have a good reason⁹, but usually I get tired after midnight.

　　Todd: OK. Yeah, me too. All right, thanks Trevor.

　　Trevor: See you later¹⁰!

1 activities   

n.活动( activity的名词复数 )；活力；活动力

参考例句：

• the enlargement of the company's overseas business activities 公司海外业务的扩展
• Some of the commercial activities were a cover for espionage. 有些商业活动是为间谍活动提供掩护。

2 relax   

v.放松；轻松

参考例句：

• Relax when you dance.跳舞时要放松。
• Keep at it,don't relax!继续努力，不要泄劲！

3 midnight   

n.午夜

参考例句：

• The ship pulled in to the shore at midnight.那船半夜时靠岸。
• He looked at the moon and made the time to be midnight.他看了看月亮，估计时间是半夜了。

4 wake   

vt.叫醒，激发；vi.醒来，醒着；警觉，振奋；n.醒；守夜；尾迹，痕迹

参考例句：

• Please wake me up at six.请在六点钟叫醒我。
• Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!安静点！别把全家人都吵醒了！

5 guy   

n.(美，口语)家伙；青年；男人

参考例句：

• She lost her heart to the handsome guy.她爱上了这个漂亮的小伙子。
• That guy is very hard to deal with.那家伙很难对付。

6 approaching   

n.侵入，逼近，接近adj.侵入的，逼近的，接近的v.接近，走近，靠近( approach的现在分词 )；（在性质、数量、质量、情形、时间等方面）近似；接洽；使移近

参考例句：

• Hurricane Betty is now approaching the coast of Florida. 飓风贝蒂正在逼近佛罗里达海岸。
• At 60, he was now approaching retirement. 他60岁了，就要退休了。

7 prefer   

v.宁愿(选择)；更喜欢

参考例句：

• I prefer red to blue.我喜欢红色而不喜欢蓝色。
• I prefer tea rather than coffee.我喜欢茶甚于喜欢咖啡。

8 person   

n.人

参考例句：

• I would never trust in that kind of person.我绝不会相信那种人。
• She is the very person I wanted to see.她正是我要见的人。

9 reason   

n.原因，理由，理智，道理；v.劝说，推理

参考例句：

• That is the reason why we must go now.那就是我们现在必须走的理由。
• The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.水灾是那场大雨造成的。

10 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。