美语情景对话 第481期:Three Things 三选一

Todd: OK, Eucharia, we're going to play a game: 'Choices'. I will say 3 things, you tell me which would you choose. Ok, the first one: coffee, tea or water in the morning?

托德：好，尤查里亚，我们要玩个游戏：选择。我会说三件东西，你告诉我你的选择。好，首先是：你早上会喝咖啡，茶还是水？

Eucharia: Water.

尤查里亚：水。

Todd: Water!

托德：水！

Eucharia: Yeah, when I wake up I usually have 2 glasses of water and then at the moment I'm trying not to drink coffee and not to drink caffeine so at the moment it's water but if I were given a choice normally it would be coffee.

尤查里亚：对，我起床后一般会喝两杯水，现在我会尽量不喝咖啡还有含咖啡因的饮料，现在我的选择是水，不过通常情况下如果你问我我会选择咖啡。

Todd: Ok how about at night time. You're at a party, which would you rather have: beer, wine or a cocktail?

托德：好，那晚上呢？假设你在参加派对，你想喝什么：啤酒、葡萄酒还是鸡尾酒？

Eucharia: It depends on the party. If I'm going dancing, cocktail. If I'm going out eating, wine and if it's just friends getting together, beer.

尤查里亚：这要取决于哪种派对。如果我去跳舞，我会选鸡尾酒。如果我是去享受美食，我会喝葡萄酒，如果是朋友们聚在一起，那就会喝啤酒。

Todd: You're on an aeroplane and you're flying across the ocean. What would you prefer to read: newspaper, a magazine or a book?

托德：假设现在你在飞机上，正在飞越海洋。你会选择看什么：报纸、杂志还是书？

Eucharia: A book, definitely.

尤查里亚：当然是书。

Todd: A book, why a book? That was a very strong answer!

托德：书，为什么是书？这个回答很肯定啊！

Eucharia: I love reading. I have to read every night before I go to sleep for maybe 30 minutes so I really enjoy reading and I find that I emotionally engage with the book and what's happening in the book and I forget the fact that I'm on a 12 hour inter-continent flight.

尤查里亚：我喜欢读书。每天晚上睡前半小时我都会读书，我真的很喜欢看书，我发现我会把情感投入到我看的书上和书中讲述的内容上，我会忘记我坐的航班是12个小时的洲际航班。

Todd: Ok you have to choose between 3 seasons: summer, fall or winter.

托德：好，你要从三个季节中选择：夏季、秋季还是冬季？

Eucharia: Summer.

尤查里亚：夏季。

Todd: Summer?

托德：夏季吗？

Eucharia: I love sunshine, I love heat, I can't stand rain, which is why I don't live in my home country and I don't like snow.

尤查里亚：我喜欢阳光，我喜欢热度，我不能忍受雨水，这就是我不在我的祖国生活的原因，而且我也讨厌下雪。

Todd: Ok I'm with you on that. Ok next one. To pass the time at night you can watch TV, you can check the internet or you can watch a movie, a dvd. What would you prefer?

托德：在这点上我和你一样。好下一个。晚上消磨时间可以看电视、上网或者看电影光盘。你更喜欢哪个？

Eucharia: Probably watching a dvd because, yeah if I'm on the internet I'm on the internet at work and so I don't want to go on the internet late at night because I start thinking too much and I can't sleep.

尤查里亚：可能是看电影光盘，因为我白天工作时就一直在网上，所以晚上我不太想继续上网，因为那样我会想很多事情而无法入睡。

Todd: Ok last one. You're at the beach. Would you prefer to: play a sport on the beach, on the sand; go in the water and swim or surf; or lie on the beach and get a tan?

托德：好，最后一个问题。想象一下你现在在海滩。你喜欢哪个：在沙滩上进行运动；在海里游泳或冲浪；还是躺在沙滩上晒日光浴？

Eucharia: Lie on the beach and get a tan! Yep, I'm from a country we don't see a lot of sunshine so I still get very excited when I see sunshine. Maybe I'll go to the beach and maybe I'll go to the water and swim a bit but my favourite thing is to lie on the beach and get a tan.

尤查里亚：躺在沙滩上晒日光浴！我们国家的阳光并不充足，所以我看到阳光时会非常兴奋。也许我会在沙滩上玩，然后去水里游会儿泳，不过我最喜欢的是躺在沙滩上晒日光浴。

Todd: Thanks Eucharia.

托德：谢谢你，尤查里亚。

Eucharia: You're welcome.

尤查里亚：不客气。

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重点讲解：
1. depend on
取决（于）；有赖（于）；
eg. Human mind constantly depend on objects which are taken from visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile means.
人的心理不断地依赖于从视觉，听觉，嗅觉，味觉和触觉得到的目标。
eg. This shift is rapid and does not depend on natural selection.
这种变迁的过程很快而且并不取决于自然选择。
2. get together
开会；聚会；
eg. Let's get together and talk it over.
大家聚在一起商量商量。
eg. They get together once a year at Christmas time.
他们每年圣诞节时聚会一次。
3. be with sb.
赞成；支持；
eg. 'I'm with you all the way.' — 'Thank you.'
“我会一直支持你。”——“谢谢！”
eg. We will be with you all the way.
我们始终支持你。
4. pass the time
消遣；打发时间；
eg. She stopped by just to pass the time of day.
她来串门只是为了打发时间。
eg. Playing chess is a lovely way to pass the time.
下棋是一种令人愉快的消遣方法。