美语情景对话 第1093期:What can you do? 你能做什么?

Rory: So Abidemi, let's talk about abilities. Can you cook?

罗瑞：阿比德米，我们来谈谈能力。你会做饭吗？

Abidemi: Yes, and no. I can cook a little bit, the basic stuff but I really like to eat but I don't experiment too much. So no, I'm not a great cook, but I can cook. I cook to survive. What about you, Rory? Can you cook?

阿比德米：可以说会，也可以说不会。我会做点儿饭，基本的食物我会做，我非常喜欢吃，不过我不经常创新菜式。我不是好厨师，但是我会做饭。我做饭是为了生活下去。你呢，罗瑞？你会做饭吗？

Rory: Yeah, I can. I really like cooking. I love cooking Italian food. I also love baking. So I can bake cakes and cookies and bread, stuff like that.

罗瑞：我会。我非常喜欢烹饪。我喜欢烹饪意大利美食。我也喜欢烘焙。我可以烘焙蛋糕、饼干和面包等等。

Abidemi: Okay.

阿比德米：好。

Rory: How about singing? Can you sing?

罗瑞：那唱歌呢？你会唱歌吗？

Abidemi: I think I can sing. Yes, I enjoy singing. I love singing. I sing a lot in church, so I can sing. What about you? Can you sing?

阿比德米：我认为我会唱。我很喜欢唱歌。我爱唱歌。我经常在教会唱歌，我会唱歌。你呢？你会唱歌吗？

Rory: I can't sing at all. Like even when I go to karaoke, I'm too embarrassed to pick up the microphone.

罗瑞：我完全不会唱歌。即使去KTV，我也会因为太尴尬而没法拿起麦克唱歌。

Abidemi: Oh, it's too bad. What about you, Rory, can you play – okay, can you play an instrument?

阿比德米：哦，那太糟了。那罗瑞，你会演奏乐器吗？

Rory: I can't. No. I'd love to be able to play an instrument but I can't play anything. How about you? Can you play an instrument?

罗瑞：我不会。我希望我会演奏乐器，可是事实上我完全不会。你呢？你会演奏乐器吗？

Abidemi: No, I can't. I really wish that I had learned something when I was younger. But I say I can play my voice. Ha, ha.

阿比德米：我也不会。我非常希望我小时候学过乐器。不过，我可以演奏我的声音，哈哈。

Rory: That's nice.

罗瑞：这很好。

Abidemi: What about juggling? Can you juggle, Rory?

阿比德米：那杂耍呢？罗瑞，你会杂耍吗？

Rory: Yeah, I can juggle. I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.

罗瑞：我会。我会3球杂耍，我还可以做4球杂耍。

Abidemi: Wow.

阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: Like I can do it for about 10 seconds. Yeah.

罗瑞：我可以坚持10秒钟。

Abidemi: I can't juggle at all. So please teach me. It's always something that I've always wanted – I wanted to learn.

阿比德米：我完全不会杂耍。请教教我。我一直想学杂耍。

Rory: Okay. Can you speak three languages?

罗瑞：好。你会说三种语言吗？

Abidemi: Yes. I think I can speak three languages.

阿比德米：对，我可以说三种语言。

Rory: Which ones?

罗瑞：哪三种？

Abidemi: I think English is my best language but I also speak Yoruba, a Nigerian language, and I speak French as well. Yes. And you?

阿比德米：我最擅长的语言是英语，我还会约鲁巴语，这是尼日利亚的一种语言，我也会法语。你呢？

Rory: Well, I can speak English and I can speak some Czech. I lived in the Czech Republic for six years.

罗瑞：我会英语和捷克语。我在捷克共和国生活了六年。

Abidemi: Wow.

阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: And I can also speak a little bit of French but it's very rusty.

罗瑞：我还会儿一点儿法语，不过非常生疏。

Abidemi: Okay. Maybe next time we'll have this conversation in French then.

阿比德米：好。也许下次我们可以用法语对话。

Rory: Okay.

罗瑞：好。

译文属仅供学习交流使用，未经许可请勿转载

重点讲解：
1. pick up 拿起；提起；拾起；捡起；
例句：Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
里德利拿起一支铅笔，不停地在手里摆弄着。
2. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能够…的；
例句：The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive.
该公司说他们能够使定价保持竞争力。
3. as well 也；还；
例句：'What do you like about it then?' — 'Erm, the history, the shops—people are quite friendly as well.'
“那么你喜欢这儿的什么？”——“嗯，它的历史啦，商店啦，还有这儿的人也都很友好。”