美语情景对话 第454期:Family Characters 家人的特点

Akane: Hey, Ruth.

茜：嗨，鲁斯。

Ruth: Hi, Akane

鲁斯：嗨，茜。

Akane: So we've been talking about your family a little bit. Um, I'd like to know a little bit more about the specific people in your family.

茜：我们之前聊了些有关你家庭的事情。我想知道更多有关你家里人的情况。

Ruth: Sure.

鲁斯：没问题。

Akane: So who is the funniest person in your family?

茜：你家里谁是最有意思的人？

Ruth: The funniest person! Probably my mom actually. She's really funny. She's got a really good sense of humor, and she plays tricks on people, and she's really silly but everybody in my family has a good sense of humor.

鲁斯：最有意思的人！那可能是我妈妈。她非常有趣。她有很强的幽默感，她还会捉弄别人，她经常做些傻事，不过我们家所有人都有很强的幽默感。

Akane: Oh, good. Now who is the most serious person in your family?

茜：哦，真好。那你家里最严肃的人是谁？

Ruth: Serious. Do you know, actually, I don't think anybody in my family is serious.

鲁斯：严肃。你知道吗，事实上我认为我家里的人都不严肃。

Akane: Oh, really.

茜：哦，真的吗？

Ruth: I don't think we have any very serious members.

鲁斯：我想我们家没有非常严肃的人。

Akane: Do you think that's a good thing or a bad thing?

茜：你觉得那是件好事还是坏事？

Ruth: I think it's a good thing although occasionally, I think it's a bad thing.

鲁斯：我觉得是好事，虽然有时这可能也是坏事。

Akane: Right! Now who is the hardest worker?

茜：没错！那谁是最努力工作的人？

Ruth: Oh, can I say me?

鲁斯：哦，我可以说是我自己吗？

Akane: Sure.

茜：当然可以。

Ruth: No, I don't think that's true actually. Well, both of my parents work very hard, and they both have very different jobs, but they both work very hard and always have done.

鲁斯：实际上并不是这样。我父母也很努力工作，他们的工作不同，但是他们都很努力地工作，而且工作完成得很好。

Akane: Well, parents do tend to be hardworking.

茜：好，父母一般都工作很认真。

Ruth: That's true, yeah!

鲁斯：没错，是的！

Akane: And who is the most generous person in your whole family?

茜：那谁是你们家最大方的人？

Ruth: My brother is really generous and he makes me feel bad because he's so generous in buying me things and giving me things, and I would say my brother.

鲁斯：我哥哥真的很大方，他让我觉得很过意不去，因为他非常大方，总是给我买东西还有送我东西，所以最大方的人是我哥哥。

Akane: Really, what's the last thing he bought you.

茜：真的吗？那上次他给你买什么了？

Ruth: Ah, that's a good question. He bought me some clothes actually before I came to Japan.

鲁斯：啊，这是个好问题。在我来日本之前他给我买了些衣服。

Akane: And who do you talk with the most in your family?

茜：那你在家里和谁聊的最多？

Ruth: All of them really, but I suppose deep down I maybe talk to my mom the most. I tell her most things.

鲁斯：所有的家人，不过我想在我内心深处我认为和我妈妈聊的最多。我会把大部分事情都告诉她。

Akane: Really! What kind of things do you tell her?

茜：真的吗？那你一般都跟她说什么事？

Ruth: Just everything that's going off in my life, really, because she's a really good friend to me so, I'm just very open with her, and she's open with me.

鲁斯：就是在我生活中发生的所有事，因为她对我来说是非常好的朋友，我和她无话不谈，她和我也是无话不谈。

Akane: That's excellent. Who do you resemble the most in your family?

茜：那太好了。你和家里的哪个人最像？

Ruth: Some people say I look like me mom and some people say I look like my dad but most people say I look like my brother, so maybe my brother.

鲁斯：有些人说我长得像妈妈，也有些人说我长得像爸爸，不过大部分人都认为我和我哥哥最像，所以可能是我哥哥吧。

Akane: Your brother.

茜：你哥哥。

Ruth: Yeah.

鲁斯：对。

Akane: Do you have a picture of him?

茜：你有他的照片吗？

Ruth: I do have one, yes. I'll show you later.

鲁斯：我有一张。我一会儿给你看。

Akane: I'll look forward to that.

茜：我很期待。

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重点讲解：
1. have a sense of
天赋；悟性；资质；
eg. He has an impeccable sense of timing.
他有着无可挑剔的节奏感。
eg. He had enormous charm and a great sense of humour.
他极富魅力而且非常有幽默感。
2. play a trick/tricks on sb.
玩恶作剧，捉弄；
eg. The boys hid Jone's bike to play a trick on him.
孩子们把乔恩的自行车藏起来捉弄他。
eg. It's a tradition play tricks on people on April 1 st.
在四月一日，作弄人是个传统习俗。
3. look forward to sth./doing sth.
期待；盼望；
eg. We all look forward to the day when the scientists can discover more secrets of the universe.
我们都向往那一天:科学工作者能发现更多的宇宙秘密。
eg. And I look forward to seeing you again some day.
我盼望着某一天我们能再次见面。