英语访谈对话 531 Three Things

 　　Todd: OK, Eucharia, we’re going to play a game: ‘Choices’. I will say 3 things, you tell me which would you choose. Ok, the first one: coffee, tea or water in the morning?

　　Eucharia: Water.

　　Todd: Water!

　　Eucharia: Yeah, when I wake up I usually have 2 glasses of water and then at the moment I’m trying not to drink coffee and not to drink caffeine so at the moment it’s water but if I were given a choice normally¹ it would be coffee.

　　Todd: Ok how about at night time. You’re at a party, which would you rather have: beer, wine or a cocktail²?

　　Eucharia: It depends on the party. If I’m going dancing, cocktail. If I’m going out eating, wine and if it’s just friends getting together, beer.

　　Todd: You’re on an aeroplane³ and you’re flying across the ocean. What would you prefer to read: newspaper, a magazine or a book?

　　Eucharia: A book, definitely⁴.

　　Todd: A book, why a book? That was a very strong answer!

　　Eucharia: I love reading⁵. I have to read every night before I go to sleep for maybe 30 minutes so I really enjoy reading and I find that I emotionally⁶ engage⁷ with the book and what’s happening in the book and I forget the fact that I’m on a 12 hour inter-continent flight.

　　Todd: Ok you have to choose between 3 seasons: summer, fall or winter.

　　Eucharia: Summer.

　　Todd: Summer?

　　Eucharia: I love sunshine, I love heat, I can’t stand rain, which is why I don’t live in my home country and I don’t like snow.

　　Todd: Ok I’m with you on that. Ok next one. To pass the time at night you can watch TV, you can check the internet or you can watch a movie, a dvd⁹. What would you prefer?

　　Eucharia: Probably watching a dvd because, yeah if I’m on the internet I’m on the internet at work and so I don’t want to go on the internet late at night because I start thinking¹⁰ too much and I can’t sleep.

　　Todd: Ok last one. You’re at the beach. Would you prefer to: play a sport on the beach, on the sand; go in the water and swim or surf; or lie on the beach and get a tan⁸?

　　Eucharia: Lie on the beach and get a tan! Yep, I’m from a country we don’t see a lot of sunshine

　　so I still get very excited when I see sunshine. Maybe I’ll go to the beach and maybe I’ll go to the water and swim a bit but my favourite thing is to lie on the beach and get a tan.

　　Todd: Thanks Eucharia.

　　Eucharia: You’re welcome.

1 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

2 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

3 aeroplane   

n.(英)飞机 (=airplane)

参考例句：

• I can see that aeroplane,but I can't see a bird.我能看见那架飞机，但是小鸟我就看不见了。
• The aeroplane was flying a few feet above the sea.飞机正在距海面几英尺的低空飞行。

4 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

5 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。

6 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 engage   

vt.使从事于，使忙着；使订婚；雇用，聘；接合，啮合；vi. 从事于，参加

参考例句：

• I have no time to engage in the debate.我没时间参加辩论。
• It is difficult to engage teachers of quality.很难招聘到优秀教师。

8 tan   

n.鞣制革，黄褐色；adj.黄褐色的，鞣皮的；vt.晒黑，鞣(革)，鞭打；vi.晒成棕褐色

参考例句：

• She had gotten a good tan after the holiday at the sea.在海边度假之后，她的皮肤晒得黑黑的。
• His arms and legs had a dark tan.他的手臂和腿晒得黑黑的。

9 DVD   

n.数码影碟(digital versatile disk)

参考例句：

• DVD systems are rapidly taking the place of videos.数字影碟设备正在迅速取代录像。
• This DVD player is damaged.这个DVD机坏了。

10 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。