美语情景对话 第778期:Wish List 愿望清单
Todd: So, Rebecca, let's talk about things we wish could do that we can't do. What is something you wish you could do, that you can't do now?
Rebecca: I think it would be definitely playing music, like playing a guitar. Some of my friends can just pull out a guitar and start singing and then you have everybody around and it's such a great night. I just wish I could join them and actually, yeah, have fun with that as well, but no, I can't play guitar.
丽贝卡：那肯定是演奏乐器，弹吉他这样的事情。我有一些朋友可以边弹吉他边唱歌，这会把所有人都吸引到他们身边去，大家一起度过愉快的夜晚时光。我希望我也能加入，像他们那样开心地玩，可是我不会弹吉他。Todd: So, if you could play any instrument, it would be the guitar?
托德：如果你能演奏一种乐器，你希望是吉他吗？
Rebecca: Yeah. Yeah. I think so. I have played piano and saxophone before but not overly that well.
丽贝卡：对，没错。我希望这样。我之前弹钢琴、吹萨克斯，可是都不是很精通。Todd: Oh, really so you actually had musical training?
托德：哦，你以前受过音乐训练？Rebecca: Yeah, when I was in high school.
丽贝卡：对，上高中的时候。Todd: In the piano and the saxophone?
托德：弹钢琴和吹萨克斯？Rebecca: Yep. Yeah. The saxophone was maybe for one or two years and I would love to get back into playing that as well, but they're quite expensive little instruments actually.
丽贝卡：对，是的。萨克斯我练习了一两年，我也想再继续练习萨克斯，不过萨克斯这种乐器非常贵。Todd: Yeah. Slightly.
托德：对，有点贵。Rebecca: And then the piano is very large so, you can't really transport that around with you wherever you go.
丽贝卡：钢琴太大了，不能随身携带。Todd: So do you think that if had learned music at a younger age, you would still be with it? Was the problem just that you waited too late in life to start?
托德：如果你从小开始接触音乐，那你现在还会坚持吗？你是不是觉得你接触音乐的时间太晚了？Rebecca: I don't think so. I think it's more the friends circle that I was with. We weren't really a musical group and the people that I've met now are really musical so you sort of wish maybe if I had kept going I could have joined them now, but I do enjoy listening to them.
丽贝卡：我不这么认为。我认为和朋友圈有很大的关系，以前我接触的人和音乐没有关系，现在我的朋友都会演奏乐器，如果我一直练习乐器的话，那我现在也可以和他们一起演奏了，不过我很享受听他们的演奏。Todd: Well, what about singing? Are you a good singer?
托德：那唱歌呢？你唱的好吗？Rebecca: No. Not at all. I don't think I want to be a good singer either cause then everybody would expect you to sing all the time so I just do backup vocals. Really badly.
丽贝卡：不好，一点儿也不好。我并不想成为好歌手，因为如果你唱歌很好，那其他人就会一直让你唱歌，我只能做伴唱。我唱得很差。Todd: Well, I'm the same way. I can't sing at all. OK, so basically you wish you could play the guitar, but you have played the piano and the saxophone before.
托德：我和你一样，我唱的一点儿都不好。基本上来说，你希望能弹吉他，你之前有弹钢琴和吹萨克斯。Rebecca: Yes.
丽贝卡：对。Todd: OK, is there anything else that you wish you could do?
托德：好，你还有其他想做的事情吗？Rebecca: To be able to speak maybe a couple languages would be nice.
丽贝卡：我要是能掌握几门语言就太好了。Todd: Yeah, that's a good one. So if you could speak any two languages, what two would you want to speak?
托德：对，这个不错。如果你能说两种语言，你希望是哪两种？Rebecca: I think Japanese and Spanish.
丽贝卡：日语和西班牙语。Todd: Japanese and Spanish.
托德：日语和西班牙语。Rebecca: Yeah. Yeah. They both sound really interesting and they're both the countries that I would like to go and visit and maybe attempt to work there but you need to be able to speak the language before you can work.
丽贝卡：对，对。这两种语言听起来很有意思，而且这两个国家也是我想去游览并工作的地方，在工作之前要先掌握语言。Todd: Right. That's true. I think if I could choose any two languages I would choose Chinese and Arabic just because both those languages when I hear them they sound so completely impossible to speak, so if you could speak those, that would be pretty amazing.
托德：对，没错。如果我能选择两种语言，那我会选中文和阿拉伯语，因为我觉得这两种语言的发音非常难，如果我能掌握这两种语言，那就太棒了。Rebecca: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, Chinese sounds like a hard language.
丽贝卡：没错。中文是很难的语言。Todd: All those tones.
托德：有很多音调。
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重点讲解：
1. as well 也；还；
例句：The three other teachers had resigned as well.
其他三位教师也都辞职了。
2. sort of 有几分；近似；有那么点儿；
例句：In the end, she sort of pushed it.
最后，她几乎是用了推的。
3. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能够…的；
例句：Jim was able to hold back his anger.
吉姆抑制住了愤怒。
4. would like to do sth. （表示愿意）想要；
例句：He mentioned that he would like to start a school.
他提起他想创办一所学校。
