【英语趣味课堂】她最好的朋友-Her Best Friend

Gareth: Okay, Rebecca, you quizzed¹ me about my best friend, now your turn. Who's your best friend?

 

Rebecca: My best friend is maybe one of my best friends from college. His name is Richard.

 

Gareth: Where did you meet him?

 

Rebecca: Actually, we met in college because my roommate was out hunting for people with similar interests, and so she put on a t-shirt from Final Fantasy² Seven. Actually she caught me with the same t-shirt. And she found this guy's. She's like "Oh, I know that game. It's Final Fantasy Seven" and so we all started talking because of that.

 

Gareth: So is that why you're good friends, because of this common interest?

 

Rebecca: I think that does have a lot to do with it. We had a lot of good times as a group playing video games together or watching different Tv shows and a lot of cartoons and anime and stuff³, but I think we're good friends because of the amount of time we spend together. When we were in college, we both had similar majors. We were both doing the English major with our foreign language which is Japanese, so you only have a certain number of classes you can take, and we ended up being in all the same classes, so we spent a lot of time together.

 

Gareth: So, how often do you meet each other these days?

 

Rebecca: Nowadays we both live really far apart. He's out in Tokyo and I'm actually down here in Kyuushuu so we're really far apart, but the modern world is all full of technology so meet online a lot. Like we talk using skype, so we talk on the phone basically⁴ for hours on end.

 

Gareth: Do you ever fight with him?

 

Rebecca: If we stay apart from each other, we don't fight, but if we visit each other which we do on occasion⁵, we have to keep the visit to under a week because if not, we'll start trying to kill each other.

 

Gareth: So what do you usually fight about?

 

Rebecca: Oh, it's always silly little things like he does one of my pet peeve's is people who chew⁶ with their mouth open. Like I can't handle it and normally⁷ for you know like the first so many days, I can get over it, but once you get past that week part, it's you know, the one week, it's like "Uh, nope, nope. I'm gonna kill you now. Done! I've reached my limit. Game over." (Note: There are two separate⁸ notes)

 

Gareth: Great. Thanks very much.

 

Rebecca: No problem.

 

重点词汇：

 

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for hours on end

 

We talked on the phone for hours on end.

 

When we do things for hours on end, that means⁹ we just do them for a very long time, hour after hour. Notice the following:

 

I can play poker¹⁰ for hours on end.

Teenagers can stroll¹¹ through a mall for hours on end.

not handle

 

I can't handle people chewing¹² with their mouth open.

 

When people say they can't handle something, they mean that they cannot deal with it or accept it without feeling unpleasant¹³. Notice the following:

 

He doesn't handle losing very well.

Some people just can't handle the truth.

get over something

 

 

Usually, I can get over it.

 

When people get over something, they stop letting it bother them and start to ignore it or accept it. Notice the following:

 

After I got fired, I couldn't get over it for months.

She had no trouble getting over her last boyfriend.

reach my limit

 

 

I've reached my limit.

 

When someone says they've reached their limit, they mean they must stop doing something because it is becoming unpleasant. Notice the following:

 

After studying for ten hours, I reached my limit. I needed a break.

Usually after about three beers, I reach my limit.

game over

 

 

I've reached my limit. Game over.

 

Game over just means something is finished. Notice the following:

 

A: So did you break up with your girlfriend?

B: Yep, game over!

1 quizzed   

vt.盘问（quiz的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He quizzed me about where I had been last night. 他询问我昨晚在哪儿。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The teacher quizzed the students on last week's work. 教师测验了学生上星期的功课。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 fantasy   

n.幻想，白日梦

参考例句：

• Your husband is living in a world of fantasy.你丈夫正生活在一个虚幻世界。
• The whole story is a fantasy.整个故事只是一个虚构。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

5 occasion   

n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起

参考例句：

• Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。
• Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。

6 chew   

vt.咀嚼，嚼碎；vi.咀嚼，细想；n.咀嚼，咀嚼物

参考例句：

• This candy is so hard that no one can chew it.这种糖太硬，没人嚼得动。
• You should chew over this thing.你应当好好思量这件事。

7 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。

8 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

9 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

10 poker   

n.扑克；vt.烙制

参考例句：

• He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
• I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。

11 stroll   

n.闲逛，漫步；v.闲逛，漫步

参考例句：

• We are ready to take a stroll in the village.我们准备到村里遛遛。
• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。

12 chewing   

v.咀嚼，咬( chew的现在分词 )；（因为紧张等）咬住，不停地啃，（为尝味道）不停地咀嚼

参考例句：

• She was admonished for chewing gum in class. 她在课堂上嚼口香糖，受到了告诫。
• cows chewing the cud 在咀嚼反刍食物的牛

13 unpleasant   

adj.使人不愉快的，使人厌恶的，煞风景的

参考例句：

• A very unpleasant thing has happened.一件令人很不愉快的事发生了。
• The kind advices are often unpleasant to the ear.好言常常不入耳。