和老外聊天的地道口语第91期:你有写博客吗?

J: are you a blogger?
K: sure I am. I've been writing a blog for almost three years.
J: oh, it seems that I'm the only one who never blogs. When did you get started?
K: I began blogging when I first went to the US for my graduate stuides.
J: what do you usually write about?
K: at first, I'll write about my life there. Like interesting things on the campus, travel stories, special English words that I come across. Sometimes, I'll post my pictures on my blog so my family and friends can get to know how everything's going.
J: that's interesting. How often do you write a blog?
K: it's random. If there happen to be a lot of things going on, I may add several new entries in a week, and if I've got nothing to share, I may leave my blog untouched for weeks.
J: got it. Are you still updating your blog?
K: sure, since I came back from the US, I've been keeping the habit of blogging, simply to share my personal insights on any topic I like.
J: good for you. I know many people just leave their blogs alone after the first few months.

你写博客吗?
当然啦. 我都写了快三年了.
看来我是唯一不写博客的人.你是什么时候开始写的?
我刚到美国读研究生的时候.
通常都写些什么内容呢?
刚开始,我会写一些我在那边的生活.比如说,学校里发生的有趣的事,旅途见闻,碰到的特殊英语单词.有时候,我还会把生活照片贴在博客里,这样家人和朋友就可以知道我现在在那边过个怎么样了.
挺有意思的.你多长时间更新一次?
挺随意的.如果身边发生的事多,我一周要写好几篇,如果我没什么想说的,可能好几个月都不更新.
明白了.现在,你还坚持写博客吗?
当然了,从美国回来以后,我还保留着写博客的习惯,对感兴趣的话题发表我的观点.
不错,我知道有很多人都是写几个月之后,就不再坚持了.

come across somebody/something
to meet or find somebody/something by chance (偶然)遇见,碰见,发现
I came across children sleeping under bridges.
我偶然发现睡在桥下的孩子。
She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
她在抽屉里偶然发现了一些旧照片。

random:done, chosen, etc. without somebody thinking or deciding in advance what is going to happen 随意的;任意的;未经事先考虑的;胡乱的
the random killing of innocent people
对无辜者的随意杀戮
a random sample/selection(= in which each thing has an equal chance of being chosen)
随机抽样／选择
The information is processed in a random order.
信息是按随机顺序处理的.

entry:an item, for example a piece of information, that is written or printed in a dictionary, an account book, a diary, etc. 项目;条目;词条;账目;记录
an encyclopedia entry
百科全书的一个条目
There is no entry in his diary for that day.
他的日记里没有那天的记录.