【大家说英语】 第332期:洗手间大小事(2)

 　　Hi, Susie. Sorry I'm late. 嗨，苏西。很抱歉我迟到了。

　　That's OK. Did something happen? 没关系。出了什么事儿吗？

　　Yes. I took a shower this morning. But I wasn't careful with the shower curtain. 是的。我今早冲了个澡。但是没有注意把浴帘拉好。

　　And you got water all over the floor? 那你把水淋得满地都是吗？

　　Yes. What a mess! I spent an hour cleaning it up. 是的，一片混乱啊！我花了一个小时来清理。

　　I'm sorry. But look at the bright side.  真遗憾。但是要往好的一面看。

　　What's that? 好的一面是什么？

　　Now you have a nice, clean floor! 那就是你有一个干净的地板啊!

　　Did you get a new hot water heater¹, Ben? 本，你买新的热水器了吗？

　　Yes, I did. I feel much better this morning. I enjoyed a nice, hot shower. 是的，我买了。今天早上我感觉好多了。我冲了个舒服的热水澡。

　　I don't take showers in the morning. I enjoy a nice, hot shower at night. 我今早没有冲澡。我是在晚上冲一个舒服的热水澡。

　　Why? A shower wakes me up in the morning. 为什么？冲个澡会让我早上清醒些。

　　A shower relaxes me, so I can go to sleep. 冲澡会让我放松，所以我就能入睡了。

　　Maybe I'll try that sometime². 也许我也该找个时间试试。

　　Look at this bathroom, Linda. It's really big and fancy³! 琳达，看看这间浴室。真的好大好豪华啊！

　　Wow, it is. It has carpet on the floor. And it has a nice shower! 哇，是啊。地板上有个地毯。还有一个很棒的淋浴间。

　　It has a big bathtub⁴, too! I don't have a bathtub in my bathroom. 而且还有一个大浴缸！我的浴室里就没有浴缸。

　　I like taking a bath. I like to lie in the hot water and relax. 我喜欢沐浴。我喜欢躺在热水里放松一下。

　　That sounds wonderful. You can't do that in a shower! 听起来很舒服。不过冲澡时你就不能这样了！

1 heater   

n.加热器，火炉，加热之人

参考例句：

• If you are hot you can turn the heater down.如果你觉得热，你可以把暖气拧小。
• The heater is on a timer switch.加热器连在一个定时开关上。

2 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

3 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。

4 bathtub   

n.浴缸

参考例句：

• Please let the water out of the bathtub.请把浴缸里的水放掉。
• Clean out the bathtub when you are done.洗完澡后请把浴缸洗干净。