美语情景对话第289期:Sunday 周日

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Todd: OK, Raphael, I'm going to ask you about Sunday. (Yes) OK, what do you like to do on Sunday?

托德：拉斐尔，我要问你有关周日的事情。（好的）你周日喜欢做什么？

Raphael: What do I like to do on Sunday? Well, I think it's changing every Sunday. I like to go see some exhibits, art exhibitions or things like that. I like to go to the cinema. I like to stay home when it's really rainy.

拉斐尔：我周日喜欢做什么？嗯，每周日做的事情都不同。我喜欢看展览，类似艺术展览这样的展览。我喜欢看电影。下雨天我则喜欢待在家里。

Todd: Like last weekend.

托德：就像上周末那种情况。

Raphael: Yeah, exactly. And sometimes I'm doing just nothing.

拉斐尔：对，没错。有时我会什么事情都不做。

Todd: OK. What time do you usually get up on Sunday?

托德：好。那你周日一般几点起床？

Raphael: Well, quite late I guess, like 10 o'clock or 11. It's not really late but, late enough, and.

拉斐尔：嗯，我想挺晚的，大概10点或11点。其实并不是很晚，确实够晚了。

Todd: OK. I'm an early riser so. What do you normally eat for breakfast on Sunday morning?

托德：好。我是习惯早起的人。那你一般周日的早饭吃什么？

Raphael: I guess the same thing as everyday, like cereals and toast.

拉斐尔：就跟每天一样，谷物或面包之类的。

Todd: No difference.

托德：没什么不同。

Raphael: No difference.

拉斐尔：没有不同。

Todd: You never have brunch or anything?

托德：你不吃早午餐之类的吗？

Raphael: No, because it takes a lot of time to cook and I like spending my time like doing or composing, so I don't, I mean, I care what I eat but I don't do a lot of time for preparing so I basically eat the same things every morning.

拉斐尔：不，因为那要花费很多时间来烹饪，我喜欢花时间来创作，我是说，我对吃的东西很关心，但是我不喜欢花时间做一堆准备工作，所以基本上我每天早上都吃一样的食物。

重点讲解：
1. early riser
习惯早起床的人；
eg. He was an early riser and he would be at the breakfast table at seven.
他习惯早起，7点钟就坐在桌前吃早餐。
eg. It can be tough to be an early riser, especially if it's before sunrise.
早起会很痛苦, 尤其是太阳还没升起之前。
注：late riser是习惯晚起的人；
eg. He's usually a late riser.
他经常很晚起床。
2. no difference
没区别；无差异；
eg. There is practically no difference.
实际上并无差别。
eg. Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me.
下不下雨对我来说都一样。
3. the same
同样的；相同的；
eg. The houses were all the same — square, close to the street, needing paint.
房子都一模一样——方方正正、临近街道、需要粉刷。
eg. People with the same experience in the job should be paid the same.
工作经历相同的人应拿同样的工资。