美语情景对话 第511期:The Roommate 室友

Todd: Hey, Jeff this is a very nice apartment.

托德：嗨，杰夫，这个公寓真不错。

Jeff: Hmm. It's comfortable. It's cozy. Japanese style.

杰夫：嗯。舒服又温馨。这是日式公寓。

Todd: I like it. It's got the tatami mat, small kitchen. Do you live alone?

托德：我喜欢这间公寓。有榻榻米，还有间小厨房。你是一个人住吗？

Jeff: I live alone but right now I have a friend of mine staying with me.

杰夫：我是一个人住，不过现在有个朋友和我住在一起。

Todd: Oh, really, a roommate.

托德：哦，室友。

Jeff: Sort of like a roommate, yes. A short term, he's staying with me short-term, so yes a roommate.

杰夫：有点儿像室友。他只是暂时和我住在一起，对，是室友。

Todd: OK, how's that going?

托德：好，感觉怎么样？

Jeff: Ah, I don't like it.

杰夫：我不喜欢。

Todd: Why?

托德：为什么？

Jeff: He's lazy. He's messy. He drinks too much. He doesn't exercise and he doesn't contribute any money to the rent.

杰夫：他又懒又邋遢还酗酒。他不锻炼，也不帮我分担房租。

Todd: Ooh, so he lives here and he doesn't give you any money?

托德：哦，那他住在这里可是没有付你房租吗？

Jeff: Well, yeah, he doesn't give me any money. The money's not so bad, though, it's just that he's lazy and he doesn't do much all day.

杰夫：对，他并没有付我钱。其实房租还不是最糟糕的，主要是他太懒了，一整天都不怎么动。

Todd: That's got to be pretty annoying.

托德：那真是很烦人。

Jeff: He's a great fellow. He's a good friend of mine, but, yeah, he's, I try to motivate him to do a few things but he's a tough one.

杰夫：他人不错，是我的好朋友，我试图激励他去做一些事情，不过很难。

Todd: Are you going to tell him he has to move out?

托德：你会告诉他让他搬出去吗？

Jeff: Ah, no, he's a smart man. He knows. He knows. He knows the deal. He knows what's going on and I think he's, yeah, I would never ask him to move out because I don't mind having him here but I'm just going to try to whip him into shape.

杰夫：不会，他是个聪明人。他知道，他知道情况，这些他都知道，所以我想我不会让他搬出去，因为我并不介意他住在这里，不过我会努力帮他塑造形象。

Todd: Oh, so you're just going to try to change him so he becomes a better roommate?

托德：所以你要试图去改变他，使他成为更好的室友？

Jeff: I'm going to be like a woman and try to, yeah, try to get him a better schedule, a better schedule (yeah) like exercise and eating right and less smoking and less drinking.

杰夫：我会去做女性做的事情，帮他制定一份更好的时间表，让他去锻炼、合理饮食、少吸烟、少喝酒。

Todd: Well, what is his schedule?

托德：那他现在的生活是什么样的？

Jeff: Ah, his schedule is, he's like a night owl, he stays up most of the night drinking, and then he sleeps most of the day recovering, and then when he gets up he has a hangover. He's a bit sluggish and slow, so it's not a healthy lifestyle.

杰夫：他的日常安排，他是个夜猫子，他晚上经常熬夜，大部分时间都在喝酒，他白天睡觉来恢复精神，起床的时候会有宿醉的感觉。他行动有些缓慢，这是不健康的生活方式。

Todd: Yeah, it doesn't sound like it. Good luck.

托德：对，听上去并不健康。祝你好运。

Jeff: No problem.

杰夫：谢谢。

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重点讲解：
1. contribute to
（为…）做贡献；
eg. His experience contribute greatly to the success of his novel.
他的经历对他的小说的成功帮助很大。
eg. Proper rest and enough sleep contribute to longevity.
适当的休息和足够的睡眠有益于长寿。
2. motivate sb. to dos th.
激励某人做某事；
eg. Stock options are a good way to motivate employees to work harder.
股票选择权是激励员工更努力工作的好方法。
eg. Your trainer will motivate you to keep with the training program.
你的教练将会激励你坚持完成健身计划。
3. whip sb./sth. into shape
把…训练好；使…符合要求；
eg. The sergeant will whip the soldiers into shape.
警官严格塑造士兵的军人形象。
eg. Few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape.
几乎无人怀疑他整顿经济的能力。
4. stay up
深夜不睡；熬夜；
eg. We stayed up yarning until midnight.
我们讲故事一直讲到半夜才睡。
eg. Mary's father will not permit her to stay up late.
玛丽的父亲不允许她熬夜。