英语访谈对话 80 Guitar

 　　Todd: So Tara, I see you've just bought a new guitar.

　　Tara: Yeah, I have, yeah.

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Tara: It's very nice.

　　Todd: So, what's the reasoning behind buying a guitar?

　　Tara: Well, I work at nights so I have the daytime free, and to be honest, most people they work in the day so I'm often on my own, and I just want something to keep me entertained¹ in the daytime, and I don't really like reading² books, so I want something to do with my hands, so I thought buying a guitar is a good idea.

　　Todd: Do you have any kind of music you would like to sing or learn to play?

　　Tara: I'd like to learn, have you heard, there's some English bands, like Cold Play and Turn Break so I'd like to learn that kind of style.

　　Todd: OK. Do you plan to take lessons or just learn on your own?

　　Tara: No, well a couple of my friends, they you know, they can, they learned³ guitar as well. I can't really take lessons in Japan. I think that might be a bit too much, but my friends are going to teach me. Hopefully. Yeah!

1 entertained   

v.款待，招待( entertain的过去式和过去分词 )；使欢乐；使娱乐；抱有

参考例句：

• She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa. 她讲述她在非洲的历险来使他们开心。
• Fears are entertained that the railway will be blocked by the snow. 人们生怕这场大雪会中断铁路（运输）。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。