【一起闲话英语】描述一本书—Describing a Book

Passage Transcript¹

one of my favorite books is On the Road, by Jack² Kerouac. and, it's about_ uh ,it takes place in the forties. and it's about the, the whole beatnik, um, culture, underground bohemian life style. and, it's, it's one of those books just really makes you want to get up and go and just do what Sal Paradise³ did and_ where he just got in the car and went, and he_ uh, there's a lot of hitchhiking involved and a lot of times no direction and it was just fun. and it was just go go go drop everything, and leave. and it's something that, that it's a lot harder to do in our society now, yaknow. hitchhiking you could get like killed if you picked up a hitchhikers sometimes. but it wa- it was that, that same free spirit that can still be found if you try hard enough. and, i just_ i loved it, it such an inspiring book and it makes you just want to get up and go across country and explore, uh, the United⁴ States because there's so much to do here and there's so many people to meet. and that's one thing i really liked about book is, is there were so many people that, that he and his friends came in contact with that... were so unlike⁵ them. and so, different from the communities that they grew up in. and that's something that i, i always want to do. and now after reading the book, i know that i have to, do at least one cross country trip before i die.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 paradise   

n.伊甸乐园，天堂

参考例句：

• My house had a small backyard,the paradise of children.我那幢房子有一个小后院，那是孩子们玩耍的乐园。
• On a hot day a dip in the sea is sheer paradise.热天洗个海水澡是十分令人惬意的事。

4 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。

5 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。