实战口语情景对话 第102期:我为阅读狂 Reading

 Todd: Keri, let's talk about reading. 凯莉，我们来聊聊阅读。

Kerri: OK. 好的。

Todd: First of all, do you like to read? 首先，你喜欢阅读吗？

Kerri: Yes, I do! 是的，我喜欢！

Todd: What do you read usually? 你一般都读些什么？

Kerri: I kind of alternate between fiction and non-fiction. 我通常读小说，或者非小说。

Todd: OK. What are you reading now? 好的。你现在在读什么？

Kerri: I'm reading two books now. The Ethics¹ of Startrek, which my uncle gave me, which is non-fiction, and I just started it today: A Spy in the House of Love. 我现在读的有两本书。一本我叔叔给我的小说《星际迷航》，另一本是非小说，我今天才开始读，《A Spy in the House of Love》。

Todd: Oh, OK. It looks like a pretty good book. What is it about? 好的。这本书听起来很棒。它讲的是什么？

Kerri: Right now I've just started, so it's about a women who has been having an affair, basically. 我才开始读，它主要讲的是一个有外遇女人的故事。

Todd: OK. When do you read? When do you find time to read? 好的。你都是什么时候读书？你都是利用什么时间读书？

Kerri: I read on the trains while I'm commuting² to work. I read at night, on the weekends. 我在上班的途中看书。周末的晚上也读。

Todd: OK. What is your favorite author? 好的。你最喜欢的作家是谁？ Kerri: I don't have a favorite author. 我没有特别喜欢的作家。

Todd: Yeah. it's kind of hard to pick. 是的。很难做出选择。

Kerri: Yeah. 是的。

Todd: OK. Do you go to the library often? 是的。你经常去图书馆吗？

Kerri: No, I don't. 我不怎么去。

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 commuting   

交换（的）

参考例句：

• I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
• Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。