英语访谈对话 387 Valentine's Day

 　　Adrienne: So, Trina, Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited?

　　Trina: No!

　　Adrienne: That was a pretty direct¹ answer. Why are you not excited? It's a holiday.

　　Trina: It's a holiday for people that have other people.

　　Adrienne: So, you're not happy because you don't have other people?

　　Trina: I have other people. I have my sister and my mom and my dad and my friends, but Valentine's day is more of a holiday for people that have a boyfriend² or a girlfriend, or a wife, or a husband, or children as opposed³ to being⁴ a single person with nobody to share it with.

　　Adrienne: But could you share it with your sister, or your mother, or your father?

　　Trina: I could. I could, and we do. We send each other gifts. We, well this year, I won't be with anybody, but I get to celebrate it with my sister this weekend.

　　Adrienne: Well, that sounds fun.

　　Trina: It is.

　　Adrienne: So what kinds of things have you done on Valentines day in the past?

　　Trina: Ah, gone out to dinner, gone to a movie, had dinner at my parents house, had dinner at my grandparent's house.

　　Adrienne: That's interesting. Why your grandparent's house?

　　Trina: It was their wedding⁵ anniversary⁶.

　　Adrienne: Wow! That's a great day to have a wedding anniversary.

　　Trina: It is and it was a lot of fun. I got to spend some of their last few years together having dinner with them.

　　Adrienne: That sounds lovely. So are you looking forward to maybe having a Valentine next year?

　　Trina: Maybe! We'll, see.

1 direct   

adj.直接的；直达的；v.指挥；知道；监督；管理

参考例句：

• This train is direct,you do not have to change.这辆火车是直达的，你不必换车。
• The army is under the king's direct command.军队由国王直接统帅。

2 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。

3 opposed   

vt.和…起冲突；和敌军起冲突；反抗，抗拒；相对：放在某事物对面以对比或平衡vi.对抗，对立adj.强烈反对某事物的；（表示对比）而，相对于；相反的；敌对的

参考例句：

• The development was bitterly opposed by the local community. 这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
• We hold diametrically opposed views. 我们的观点大相径庭。

4 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

5 wedding   

n.婚礼，结婚，结婚仪式，结合

参考例句：

• I have to attend a wedding.我必须去参加婚礼。
• Their wedding was very quiet.他们的婚礼很平淡。

6 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。