美语情景对话 第709期:Running 跑步

Todd: Now, Shona, you said that you jog.

托德：夏娜，你说过你有慢跑的习惯。

Shona: Yeah, I do.

夏娜：对，没错。

Todd: I'm a jogger too.

托德：我也喜欢慢跑。

Shona: Oh, are you? Fantastic. How often do you do it?

夏娜：哦，是吗？太好了。你多久慢跑一次？

Todd: Well, actually try to go every day.

托德：我努力做到每天都慢跑。

Shona: Oh, OK. How long for?

夏娜：好。那慢跑多长时间？

Todd: Between thirty minutes and an hour, depending on the day. And you?

托德：30分钟到1个小时之间，这要取决于当天的情况。你呢？

Shona: It depends on the day as well. Today it was only like half an hour, but I try to get out for an hour, maybe like four or five times a week, but I used to be like a lot fitter and I just realized today that I'm not as fit as I used to be, so I'm probably gonna pump it up a little bit and do a little bit more, but yeah.

夏娜：我也是要看当天的情况而定。今天我只跑了半个小时，不过我会尽量跑1个小时，每周大概慢跑四五次，我想我以前要健康的多，我今天才发现我不像以前那么健康了，所以我可能会加量，加强锻炼。

Todd: So you said you're not fit. What happened? Did you stop running?

托德：你刚说你健康状况不太好。你怎么了？你要停止跑步吗？

Shona: Yeah, I guess like I've not been doing as much as I used to recently cause I used to do more than just jogging. I went to the gym as well. I did yoga. You know it was like more of a varied workout, but when you just stick to like one exercise alone, like, it tends to kind of make your fitness, like, drop a little bit if you are used to doing like a lot more sports.

夏娜：对，我最近的运动没有以前那么多，以前我除了慢跑以外，还会去健身房，也会做瑜伽。以前我会做多种运动，不过在只做一种运动以后，你会发现健康状况会有点下降，因为你已经习惯了做更多运动。

Todd: Right.

托德：对。

Shona: So I need to vary it a little more.

夏娜：所以我会增加运动方式。

Todd: Well, actually, where do you run? Do you run on the river?

托德：你一般去哪里慢跑？沿着河慢跑吗？

Shona: Yeah, I run down the river. Just along it, to the right-hand side. Just as far as, like fifteen or twenty minutes, and then back.

夏娜：对，我会沿着河跑步。我一般只沿着河的右侧慢跑，大概跑15或20分钟以后就掉头再往回跑。

Todd: Actually, there's a really nice park near here that has a really nice running trail.

托德：我知道有个公园有条适合跑步的路线。

Shona: Oh, really.

夏娜：哦，真的吗？

Todd: That I highly recommend. Yeah. But you got to take the train, and it's, you know, a little... it's four stops. You have to pay a little money, but it's worth it.

托德：我强烈推荐那里。不过要坐火车过去，有点……要坐四站地。要花些钱，不过很值得。

Shona: Oh, wow. Cool. You'll have to tell me where it is.

夏娜：哦，哇，真酷。你一定要告诉我在哪里。

Todd: Sure. I can draw you a map.

托德：当然。我可以画张地图给你。

Shona: Oh, OK, cool.

夏娜：哦，好，太酷了。

Todd: How about, when you run, do you have an ipod? Do you listen to music?

托德：你跑步的时候会带着ipod吗？你会一边听音乐一边跑步吗？

Shona: Yeah. Of course, I take my MP3 players, and it's like, I could not, like, jog without music. On ocassion, I've went out the door, like to go for a jog, and I've just like, I've not been able to. Like I can't. I need music. Otherwise it's just so boring, and to be honest, you know, like it depends if it's a scenic route, like I can cope without music, like I enjoy listening to the birds or whatever, like it's beautiful or what, but if it's like, in the city, or you know, like... I need my music.

夏娜：当然了。我会带着MP3跑步，要是不听音乐我没法跑步。有时我出门跑步的时候会感觉，我无法跑步，因为我需要音乐。没有音乐太无聊了，说实话，这也要取决于跑步的路线，如果有鸟鸣的声音或者那条路线特别美，那我可以不听音乐，但是如果在城市里跑步，那我就需要音乐。

Todd: Oh, I totally agree. I don't know what I would do without my ipod. —Um, what kind of music to you listen to when you jog?

托德：哦，我完全同意你的话。要是不带着ipod我也没法跑步。一般你慢跑时都听哪种类型的音乐？

Shona: When I jog actually, it's different music than I listen to normally cause I like with a heavy beat, so I listen to dance music, or some kind of sixties music or something with lots of melody, and I tend to like longer songs as well because it keeps me going longer. If it's shorter songs then it stops. It keeps stopping. I seem to like lose my pace or something, so I like kind of steady, long beats.

夏娜：我慢跑的时候会听不同类型的音乐，我喜欢重节拍音乐，所以我会听舞曲、六十年代的音乐还有旋律明显的音乐，另外我喜欢时间长些的歌曲，这样我可以跑的时间更长些。如果歌曲时长太短，那就会经常有停顿，这样我的节奏就会被打乱，所以我喜欢平稳、节奏长的音乐。

Todd: Oh, cool, well I'll be sure to get that map to you. You definitely should go jogging in that park. Cool.

托德：哦，真酷，我一定要把地图给你。你一定要去那个公园跑步。很酷。

Shona: Cool. What music do you listen to when you go jogging?

夏娜：太好了。你慢跑时会听哪种音乐？

Todd: Actually, I listen to also music I normally don't listen to. I listen to more hip-hop. I'm older, you know, I'm 37, but it definitely keeps me going when I run.

托德：我会听我一般不会听的音乐类型。慢跑时我会听嘻哈音乐，你知道我已经37岁了，不是那么年轻，不过嘻哈音乐会让我跑步时更有动力。

Shona: Yeah, it's to do with the beat, yeah.

夏娜：对，和节拍有关。

Todd: Right, right. especially when I start. Like I need a couple of good songs to keep me going.

托德：对，没错，尤其是刚开始的时候。我需要一些节拍强的音乐帮助我坚持下去。

Shona: Totally, so, not yeah.

夏娜：是的。

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重点讲解：
1. stick to 坚持不变；
例句：I tend tostick tofresh fruit for pudding.
我一直坚持用新鲜水果做甜点。
2. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：The Irishused tolive on a diet of potatoes.
爱尔兰人过去用马铃薯作为主食。
3. be used to sth./doing sth. 习惯于；
例句：Heis used totaking notes of everything he did.
他习惯把他所做的一切事情都记下来。
4. on ocassion 偶尔；间或；有时；
例句：He treated them seriously and,on occasion, entertained them hilariously.
他对待他们严肃认真，偶尔又逗得他们捧腹不已。
5. or something （表示对说的话不能肯定）或别的什么，或诸如此类；
例句：Mr. Green is a shopkeeperor something.
格林先生大概是店主之类的人。