英语访谈对话 345 Holiday Hobbies

 　　Simon: Hi! What's your name?

　　Lesie: My name is Lesie Gregory.

　　Simon: And do you want to tell us about your hobbies?

　　Lesie: Sure, I'll tell you about my hobbies.

　　Simon: OK. What are they?

　　Lesie: My first hobby is going to the gym. I go to the gym three times a week. I do floor execises, aerobics¹ classes, swimming and I do weight training.

　　Simon: Of all those things, what are your favorites? What's your favorite? What's your favorite thing to do?

　　Lesie: My favorite thing to do is either swimming or what they call auqa-aerobics.

　　Simon: Aqua-aerobics? What's that?

　　Lesie: Well, actually, there's different kinds of aqua-aerobics. It's just like an aerobics class but it's in a swimming pool, so there's, so you're not putting pressure on your joints² when you're jumping up and down.

　　Simon: Ah, cool! Any other hobbies?

　　Lesie: Yeah, um, because it's going to be Christmas soon, I'll be able to enjoy my hobby of baking.

　　Simon: So what kind of things do you bake?

　　Lesie: Oh, well, sometimes I bake pies, like pumpkin³ pies or pecan pie. Pecan pies are very famous where I come from in Florida because we have pecan trees and then sometimes I do cakes, like really rich cakes like red velvet⁴ cakes, or carrot cakes, but this year I'm going to be baking cookies.

　　Simon: Cookies! What kind of cookies, Leslie?

　　Lesie: Ah, let's see this year's cookies are going to be the traditional Christmas sugar cookie, which is a big cookie in a kind of a Christmas shape, like a Christmas tree or Santa Claus with icing or some colored sugar, very yummy, and some M&M cookies with red a green M&M's.

　　Simon: Oh, wow! Sounds interesting! OK. I've got a question, or I've got something to ask you.

　　Lesie: Describe how your cookies taste? Use your three favorite adjectives⁵?

　　Three favorite adjectives? Soft, moist⁶, and sweet!

1 aerobics   

n.健身操，健美操，韵律操

参考例句：

• Doing aerobics is a good way to improve one's health.做有氧健身操是改善健康状况的一个好方法。
• Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?今天上午你不是去上有氧运动课吗？

2 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

3 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

4 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

5 adjectives   

n.形容词( adjective的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We can form nouns from adjectives. 我们可以用形容词来构成名词。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Attributive adjectives precede the noun. 定语形容词位于名词前。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 moist   

adj.潮湿的，湿润的；(果物)多汁的；[医]有分泌物的，湿性的；n.潮湿

参考例句：

• There were no windows to admit moist atmosphere to enter.没有窗户使潮湿的空气进入室内。
• Winds from the sea are usually moist.海风通常是潮湿的。