【大家说英语】第7期:加入社团(2)

10月9日

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读读看！

Megan, Rob¹ and Jim remember their high school clubs.

梅根、罗柏和吉姆记得他们高中的社团。

Who was a member of a sports club?

谁是体育社的一员？

Someone wrote some really good poems!

有一个人写了一些很棒的诗！

Who was in the poetry² club?

谁参加了诗词社？

Someone was also the president³ of a club.

有一个人还是社团的社长，

Who was it?

是谁呢？

Conversation A

 

会话A

Rob, I loved your show with Cliff⁴ Clubs!

罗柏，我很喜欢你和克里夫．社团的那集节目，

It was a lot of fun.

真的很有趣。

Yes, students are always nice to talk to.

对啊，跟学生聊总是很有趣。

They make me think of high school.

他们让我回想起高中时代。

Were you a member of any clubs, Rob?

罗柏，你当时是任何社团的成员吗？

Yes. I was in show choir⁵!

我是，我参加了歌舞社团！

I'm not surprised. You're a great singer and dancer.

我一点也不觉得意外，你是个很棒的歌手和舞者。

Well, thanks, Jim.

嗯，吉姆，谢谢你的夸奖。

But I'm not 16 anymore.

不过我已经不再是十六岁了。

大家说英语 社团

 

Conversation B

 

会话B

What about you, Megan?

梅根，那你呢？

Were you in any clubs in high school?

你高中有参加任何社团吗？

I was in a sports club.

我参加一个体育社。

Can you guess the sport?

你们可以猜出是哪种运动吗？

Hmm. Was it volleyball?

嗯。是排球吗？

No. Guess again!

不是。再猜猜看！

Oh! Were you on the swim team?

哦！你参加游泳队吗？

No. I was in the soccer club. We played in the gym!

不是。我参加足球社，我们在体育馆练球！

That's fun. I can't remember my high school club.

真好玩。 我记不得我高中的社团了。

Conversation C

 

会话C

Maybe it was a music club?

有没有可能是音乐社？

Or maybe the weather club?

或是气象社？

I remember now! You will never guess it.

我记起来了！你们绝对猜不到的。

I was in the poetry club!

我参加诗词社！

The poetry club?!

诗词社？！

You wrote poetry?

你写诗？

That's right. I wrote a poem about my girlfriend.

没错。我写了一首关于我女朋友的诗，

It won first place in a contest.

还得到诗词比赛的第一名。

Oh, and guess what?

还有，你们知道吗？

What?

知道什么？

I was also president of the club!

我还是那个社的社长呢！

1 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。

2 poetry   

n.诗歌，诗集；诗意

参考例句：

• We are always finding new beauties in Shakespeare's poetry.我们不断地在莎士比亚的诗歌中发现美妙之处。
• Mr.Smith was a lover of poetry.史密斯先生是一名诗歌爱好者。

3 president   

n.总统；总裁；校长；院长；会(社)长；主席

参考例句：

• They selected him to be president.他们选举他为总裁。
• The president's speech lacked sincerity.校长的演讲缺乏诚意。

4 cliff   

n.悬崖，峭壁

参考例句：

• The cliff edge is dangerous and should be railed.崖边危险，应该用栏杆围起来。
• He took the measure of the cliff before he climbed it.他把悬崖的高度估量一下后再攀登。

5 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。