旅游英语口语-海边冲浪

STEVE: This place serves good breakfasts, don't you think?
HOWARD: Yes. But I'm not used to eating American-style breakfast.
STEVE: What are you planning to do today?
HOWARD: I saw yesterday that they rent windsurfers at the beach. I want to rent one.
STEVE: Have you done windsurfing before?
HOWARD: No, but it looks fun. I always wanted to try it.
STEVE: Can you take a little advice from a friend?
HOWARD: Sure. What?
STEVE: Don't waste your money. Windsurfing is very hard. And it will be windy today.They will charge you fifty dollars for a half-hour, and you won't be able to windsurf.You will fall and fall and fall.
HOWARD: But I always wanted to try it.
STEVE: Yes, but it takes a long time to learn.You would spend a thousand dollars to learn it on  a rental¹ windsurfer.
HOWARD: Well, I will see. How was your day at the office?
STEVE: Hectic². It's always hectic. But how was your windsurfing?
HOWARD: I tried it for a half-hour.It was interesting, but... well... I couldn't really do it.
STEVE: See? I told you. It's very hard.
HOWARD: I couldn't even stand on it and hold the sail. I probably fell down fifty times.
STEVE: Fifty times?
HOWARD: Yes, it was really stupid.
STEVE: And how much did it cost to rent it?
HOWARD: It was fifty dollars for a half-hour.
STEVE: Well, that's not too bad then.
HOWARD: What do you mean? It's expensive!
STEVE: Yes, but you have to calculate³ a little.You paid fifty dollars and you fell down fifty times.So you only spent one dollar per fall. That's cheap.
史帝芬：这家的早餐不错吧？
郝华：不错，但是我还是不习惯美国的早餐。
史帝芬：你今天打算做什么？
郝华：昨天我在海边看到有人租冲浪板，我想租一个。
史帝芬：你以前冲过浪吗？
郝华：没有，但是看起来很好玩，我一直想试试看。
史帝芬：你可以听听朋友的意见吗？
郝华：当然，请说。
史帝芬：别浪费钱了，冲浪很困难的，而且今天风很大。他们半小时收费五十元，你根本冲不起来。你会一直落水的。
郝华：但是我一直想试试看。
史帝芬：不过学这个要很久。你租冲浪板来学会让你花上一大笔钱。
郝华：我再看看。今天工作得如何？
史帝芬：忙啊，一直很忙。你有去冲浪吗？
郝华：我冲了半小时。挺有趣的，但是我真的不太会。
史帝芬：看吧！我告诉过你很困难的。
郝华：我甚至站不上去，也抓不到帆，我大概落水五十次。
史帝芬：五十次？
郝华：对啊，真笨。
史帝芬：你租它花了多少钱？
郝华：半小时五十元。
史帝芬：那还不算糟嘛。
郝华：你说什么？很贵的！
史帝芬：没错，不过你算算看。你花了五十元，摔了五十次。所以摔一次只花了一元，很便宜啊。
 

1 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

2 hectic   

adj.肺病的；消耗热的；发热的；闹哄哄的

参考例句：

• I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
• The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。

3 calculate   

vt.计算，核算；估计，推测；计划，打算

参考例句：

• He must calculate the probability of failure.他必须计算一下失败的概率。
• I'll calculate what it will cost.我要估计一下那要花多少钱。