【一起闲话英语】闲逛-Hanging Out

Jeyong, Korea¹

speaker I'm a student abroad in Japan and I go back to Korean during summer break and during my free time, I usually spend a lot of time with my older sister and I feel comfortable talking to her because she cares for me very much and gives me advice of how a university life should be like, and we go shopping together, hang out, eat food and go to movies together and so on.

 

Joel, Unites² States

speaker Well, I used³ to hang out with my friends all the time, go out on the weekends, and maybe we go to a bar⁴ drinking or something, but I'm married⁵ and I have a son now so I usually hang out with my family. I don't really go out much at all anymore. I'm happier just staying home and playing with my kid.

 

Lucinda, New Zealand

speaker In my free time I usually hang out with my boyfriend⁶. We at the moment, is the MBA League⁷ pass on Sky TV and we've just been watching the last two games and that's about it. That's all I really do is watch TV with my free time.

 

Martin, United⁸ States

speaker Well, when I have free time, the person I usually always hang out with would have to be my girlfriend. we always, we share a common interest and like to spend time with each other, just go out, walk around, see movies, or just chat and have coffee or dinner together, but normally⁹ I'm very busy these days and I don't have that much free time.

 

Ruth, England

speaker Who do I hang out with? Well, I think that depends on the situation and on the day, when I'm at work, at lunchtime I hang out with my workmates¹⁰, but in the evenings, and at the weekends, I hang around with my best friend, and with my other friends, and often I also hang around with my parents. I really like spending time with them. I don't usually hang around with anybody from school because I'm not really in touch with them anymore, but I do like to spend time with my parents.

 

Tom, England

speaker I came here a month ago and I don't speak the language and I don't really know anybody so in my free time I stay home. There's the radio on the internet. That keeps me company and I've learned¹¹ how to cook up some simple food to stop myself from getting too hungry, but in terms of who do I hang out with, I might say hello to the lady in the supermarket, but no one really.

 

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1 Korea   

n.朝鲜(亚洲)

参考例句：

• Korea lies to the east of China.韩国位于中国东面。
• Korea and China are separated by only the Yalu River.朝鲜和中国只隔一条鸭绿江。

2 unites   

v.（使）联合，合并，统一( unite的第三人称单数 )；团结；（为某事）联合，联手，团结

参考例句：

• A piece of wood unites the two parts. 一块木头将两部分接合起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As devotion unites lovers,so perfidy estranges friends. 忠诚是爱情的桥梁，欺诈是友谊的敌人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

4 bar   

n.条，棒，条状物；酒吧，（卖东西的）柜台

参考例句：

• I went to the bar yesterday.我昨天去酒吧了。
• They walked into the bar.他们走进了酒吧。

5 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

6 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。

7 league   

n.同盟，联盟，社团，联合会

参考例句：

• I'll never forget the day when I joined the Youth League.我永远不会忘记我入团的那一天。
• Half of the students in our class are League members.我们班有一半学生是团员。

8 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

9 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

10 workmates   

n.一起工作的人，同事，工友( workmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He had a set-to with one of his workmates. 他和一位工友干了一架。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His workmates made a collection for his leaving party. 他的同事为他的告别晚会募捐。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。