跟艾米莉一起学口语 第338期:我们要做点什么打发时间呢

 What can we do to kill¹ the time? 我们要做点什么打发时间呢？

A:Another weekend again!It's so boring² to stay at home.What can we do to kill the time?
又到周末了，待在家里真无聊。我们要做点什么打发时间呢？
B:What about playing cards?
打牌怎么样？
A:Great idea.Take out the cards and let's play.
好主意。把牌拿出来，我们来玩吧。
B:I don't have cards,but Tom does.I'll call him and have him bring a pack³ over.
我没有牌，但是汤姆有。我打电话叫他带过来一副。
A:In that case,I'll call Mary to join us for the card game.
那样的话，我打电话给马莉，叫她过来跟我们玩牌。
B:Wait.Let me call Tom first.Maybe he'll invite⁴ another player⁵ over.
等一下，我先打给汤姆，也许他会邀请另外一个玩家。
A:Okay.(Three minutes later)Is Tom coming with his friend?
好的。（三分钟后）汤姆要跟他朋友来吗？
B:Yes,he's going⁶ to bring his cousin,Bill,who's quite good at playing cards.
是的，他要带他表弟过来。他可是很会打牌的。
A:That's great.By the way,I just noticed⁷ that we're short of snacks.
那太好了，对了，我刚刚注意到我们没有零食了。
B:We had⁸ better go buy some chips⁹ from the supermarket!How can we play the cards without something to eat!
那我们最好去超市买一些薯片。打牌没有东西吃怎么行呢！

1 kill   

vt.杀死，弄死；扼杀，毁掉；使终止；消磨；vi.杀死；被弄死杀，杀伤；猎获物

参考例句：

• Many ants kill the horse.蚁多可杀马。
• She wants to kill me.她想杀了我。

2 boring   

adj.无聊的；令人生厌的

参考例句：

• It is a boring film.这是一部枯燥乏味的电影。
• This story is kind of boring.这个故事有点无聊。

3 pack   

vi./vt.捆扎；包装；打行李；n.小包；包裹

参考例句：

• Did you pack your baggage by yourself?你的行李是你自己打包的吗？
• I bought a pack of salt.我买了一包盐。

4 invite   

vt.邀请，引起，招致；n.邀请

参考例句：

• We'd better not invite him.我们最好不要邀请他。
• They invite us to have dinner.我们邀请他们去电影院。

5 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

6 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

7 noticed   

v.介绍( notice的过去式和过去分词 )；关注；关照；说到

参考例句：

• I noticed a certain hesitancy in his voice. 我注意到他的声音有点犹豫。
• She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder. 她偷偷斜扫了埃里克一眼，看他有没有留意到她的错误。

8 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

9 chips   

n.（口语）炸土豆条（片）

参考例句：

• Potato chips are served for the children.给儿童端上了炸薯条。
• I'd like some potato chips.我想要些炸土豆片儿。