【英语趣味课堂】她喜欢泰国的原因-Why She likes Thailand

Todd: Gloria, what are your plans for the summer?

 

Gloria: I'm going to Thailand for two weeks and then I'm going to England for three weeks and then

back to the US.

 

Todd: OK , wait, Thailand, you're going to Thailand?

 

Gloria: Yes.

 

Todd: OK, what are the plans for Thailand?

 

Gloria: I'm going with a friend of mine, Adrienne and we're going to go to the Bridge over the River Kwai and then we're going to go to the beaches and I hope to take a scuba¹ diving course.

 

Todd: OK, so you've never been Scuba diving before.

 

Gloria: No, I've only been snorkeling

 

Todd: Oh, actually, you know what, I got trained in scuba diving in Thailand in Ko Tao.

 

Gloria: Ah, that's where I'm going.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Todd: Yeah

 

Gloria: Oh, it's really good. It's pretty cheap too.

 

Gloria: Yeah, yeah, I got the brochures from that.

 

Todd: Oh, great. So who is this Adrienne person?

 

Gloria: She's another teacher, that for two semesters³ we lived, one semester² next door, and another semester she lived upstairs from me and we've just become really, really good friends and then this semester even thought we're not living near each other, somehow we still remained being friends and we love to go to flea⁴ markets and buy cheap kimono

 

Todd: Cheap kimonos?

 

Gloria: Yeah, we'll spend 500 or 1,000 yen⁵ maximum and find used antique⁶ flea market kimono.

 

Todd: Cool, how many have you bought so far?

 

Gloria: Dozens, probably

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

over

 

We're going to go to the bridge over the River Kwai.

 

To go 'over' something means to pass above it.  In this case the bridge is used to pass above water. Notice the following:

 

We live next to the airport, so planes fly over all the time.

Do you think you can climb over that fence?

got trained

 

I got trained in scuba diving in Thailand in Ko Tao.

 

When we 'get trained' to do something we learn how to do a specific task. Notice the following:

 

He had to get trained in first aid to work here.

You will get trained during the first week that you work here.

pretty cheap

 

Scuba diving is pretty cheap in Thailand.

 

If something is 'pretty cheap' it is not expensive. It costs a little money, but not a lot. Notice the following:

 

This restaurant has really good food and it's pretty cheap/

It's pretty cheap to travel here, but not as cheap as in Vietnam.

good friends

 

Adrienne and I are good friends.

 

A 'good friend' is somebody that you are emotionally⁷ close to and can trust.  You know a lot about that person and she knows a lot about you. Notice the following:

 

They have been good friends their whole lives.

We were very good friends when we were younger.

antique

 

We love to go to flea markets to find used antique kimonos.

 

Something 'antique' was made a long time ago in the past or is not modern.  We would not use this word to describe something that was made only a few years ago. Notice the following:

 

She goes shopping for antique jewelry⁸ with her friends.

My grandparents still have an antique telephone.

1 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

2 semester   

n.一学期，半学年，六个月的时间

参考例句：

• A student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.每个学生一学期可能要修四五门课程。
• I had an especially rough time during my first semester.我第一个学期的日子难受极了。

3 semesters   

n.（尤指美国的大专院校的）学期( semester的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This is a prescribed course which spreads over two semesters. 这是门两个学期学完的必修课。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• There are two semesters in a year. 一年中有两个学期。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。

5 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

6 antique   

adj.古时的，古代的；n.古物，古器，古玩

参考例句：

• The Sunday antique market is a happy hunting ground for collectors.周日的古董市场是收藏家的淘物乐园。
• I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop.我在一家古玩店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。

7 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。