英语访谈对话 122 The Moon and Beyond

 　　Todd: Ebony, we were looking at the internet and we saw that the U.S. is going to try to put people on the moon, again, in a few years. What do you think about that?

　　Ebony: OK, about people on the moon, I think it's really cool! I say that as a natural reaction, but I know they've tried it before. I think it would be maybe a good idea economically, but then again not.

　　Todd: SureEbony: I mean, because first of all, how are we finacially in the US? What are they doing? I think they are trying to pick up spirits or distract¹ right now with all the other underlying² issues!

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Ebony: Honestly, when I heard that, I was like, is this some kind of propoganda, some kind of billboard³ distraction⁴ in my opinion, I mean, it's an awesome⁵ idea though if you really think behind it, but I don't know if that's what we should be looking at right now.

　　Todd: Sure, so do you think it is a waste of money or do you think it helps science?

　　Ebony: I think eventually it's a great thing, and it does help, and I think it's a wonderful thing to be paying attention to, but I don't know whether it's the right moment for it. But either way, they're doing it, so I think it would be really neat, I mean I've always wanted to say to my, you know, one day my kids, "Ok, let's go to vacation on the moon...I feel like going out to the suite⁶ hotel you know.Let's go look at the stars" you know a few meteors passing by, wouldn't that be neat..to say that and really be able to do that someday.

　　Todd: Gosh, it must be really, really beautiful on the moon. Well, actually, you are very young. I think 20! 20 years old?

　　Ebony: Yes.

　　Todd: So, do you think that is going to be possible, that...

　　Ebony: Yeah! Yeah!

　　Todd: Really?

　　Ebony: Since I was 10. Since I was 10 years old my father would always say to me, you know, he's about 62 right now, and so, he said, I've seen everybody go from cars to everything and all the advances in technology is so fast, he said, 'I can't imagine when your are my agewhat's it's going to be like for you at the rate technology is advancing.

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Ebony: So I thought, "Wow, that's really cool!" I'll be able to do that and I always did. I always thought that and so, in a way too I'm saying, "What took you so long guys?"Todd: Wow, so that's amazing. You could actually be going for vacation to the moon in forty yearsEbony: Wouldn't that not be cool!

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Ebony: Just sit there.

　　Todd: Or Mars⁷.

　　Ebony: Mars.

　　Todd: Yeah! Lot of rocks.

　　Ebony: The red planet. I don't know about mars. I think the moon sounds kind of cooler not as far.

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Ebony: It depends on what they do with travel.

　　Todd: Yeah. You definitely would need a round-trip ticket.

　　Ebony: OK, thanks a lot Ebony

1 distract   

vt.分散注意力，转移注意力，使分心

参考例句：

• Don't distract my attention.不要分散我的注意力。
• It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.那纯粹是障眼法,用以分散人们对他真正意图的注意力。

2 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

3 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

4 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

6 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

7 Mars   

n.火星，战争

参考例句：

• As of now we don't know much about Mars.目前我们对火星还知之甚少。
• He contended that there must be life on Mars.他坚信火星上面一定有生物。