美语情景对话 第922期:His Bad Habits 他的坏习惯

Maria: Any habits you'd like to change?

玛丽亚：你有没有想改变的习惯？

Alex: I would like to change my habits of buying bad food and drinks.

亚历克斯：我想改掉买垃圾食品和饮料的习惯。

Maria: Oh, yes.

玛丽亚：哦，好。

Alex: It's so easy.

亚历克斯：很方便。

Maria: So dangerous.

玛丽亚：也很危险。

Alex: And especially when you're at university and they only sell the bad stuff because it's just so much easier to do than to cook a good meal. I'm a pretty good cook.

亚历克斯：尤其是大学里只卖这种垃圾食品，因为这种食品比做饭简单多了。我是一个不错的厨师。

Maria: I noticed.

玛丽亚：我注意到了。

Alex: Thank you. My mother taught me to cook well but I don't, I don't know, sometimes I just cannot be bothered so I wish I had the habit of just always being much better with my food. That would help with the weight as well. What else? Habits, habits? I have some bad habits that I would like to change. I have the bad habit of having to sleep with a duna, a duvet cover on. I have to have something like heavy otherwise I can't sleep.

亚历克斯：谢谢你。我妈妈让我好好做饭，不过我没有做到，有时我懒得做饭，所以我希望我能养成好好做饭的习惯。这样也有助于保持体重。还有什么习惯？我有很多想改掉的坏习惯。我睡觉时要盖羽绒被。我睡觉时必须盖厚的被子，不然我就睡不着。

Maria: Why do you see that as a bad habit?

玛丽亚：你为什么认为这是个坏习惯？

Alex: Because in summer, I have to crank the air conditioning up to really, really high so as a result you know I end up wasting electricity so easy. I wish I had the habit of turning my computer off as well. I leave it on all the time.

亚历克斯：因为夏天的时候我要把空调的温度调的很低，结果就是我浪费了很多电。我希望我能养成关掉电脑的习惯。我经常让电脑一直开着。

Maria: So you're an electricity waster?

玛丽亚：所以你很费电了？

Alex: Yeah, sorry, sorry world. Where is it the islands are flooding in the South Pacific?

亚历克斯：对，我要对这个世界说抱歉。南太平洋哪个岛发洪水了？

Maria: Everywhere.

玛丽亚：各地。

Alex: It's all my fault. So yeah, turning lights off, remembering my key would be good. I always forget my key. I actually thought I lost my key the other day and nearly had a conniption fit so yeah.

亚历克斯：这都是我的错。我希望能记得关灯，记得拿钥匙。我经常忘了拿钥匙。有一天我认为我的钥匙丢了，我差点就要大发脾气了。

Maria: Drinking habits, any good, any bad?

玛丽亚：在饮酒方面你是有好习惯还是坏习惯？

Alex: Drinking? Alcohol?

亚历克斯：喝酒？酒精？

Maria: That was the point.

玛丽亚：对。

Alex: I get too excited too quickly and just want to go dancing but the good thing about the dancing is that then you don't drink alcohol because at a certain point you have to drink water.

亚历克斯：我喝酒后很快就会变得过于兴奋，一直想跳舞，不过好的方面是，跳舞就不会喝酒了，因为在某个时候要喝水。

Maria: That's true.

玛丽亚：没错。

Alex: Do you know what I mean? So like I don't go too far off the deep end.

亚历克斯：你知道我什么意思吗？我不会喝得太醉，不会太疯狂。

Maria: You can't really drink anything when you're dancing then you spill it all over the floor.

玛丽亚：你在跳舞的时候什么都不能喝，不然你就会洒得到处都是了。

Alex: Yeah, so that helps I guess.

亚历克斯：对，我想这也有帮助。

Maria: That does help.

玛丽亚：的确有帮助。

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重点讲解：
1. crank up 使(机器或设备)提高效率；
例句：Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
2. end up 最终；结果；到头来；
例句：Many end up living in the seedy city for good.
许多人最后永远地生活在了这座破旧城市。
3. turn off 关上；关掉；截断，切断（…的供应）；
例句：He turned off the light before going out.
他出门前把灯关掉。
4. go off the deep end 变得神志不清；变得不正常；
例句：I'm not sure she believes me. She probably just thinks I've gone off the deep end.
我不确定她是不是相信我。她可能只是觉得我神志不清了。