英语流行口语 26.Excitement激动

[00:05.50]26 激动 期望 愿望与渴望
[00:11.00]A:You must be excited at the prospect¹ of starting your spring break next week
[00:14.47]A:想到下周春假就要开始了你一定很激动吧？
[00:17.95]B:Yes,I am.I've been looking forward to it for ages.
[00:20.83]B:是的,我盼了好久了.
[00:23.72]It seems such a long time since we had a holiday last time
[00:26.54]从上次假期到现在时间可不短了。
[00:29.36]A:What about your classmates?
[00:31.35]A:你的同学们呢？
[00:33.33]B:Oh,they're desperated to get away too.
[00:35.51]B：他们也想离开，
[00:37.69]they are anxious to their parents agagin.
[00:39.77]都迫切希望看看父母。
[00:41.85]A:Oh,you'll be staying with your parents then?
[00:44.33]A：哎呀,那么你们要和父母在一起了？
[00:46.81]B:Yes,for most of the time,
[00:48.94]B：在部分时间吧
[00:51.07]but some are keen² on the idea of spending a few days travelling
[00:54.19]可有人很想花几天时间旅行！
[00:57.31]A:It'd be nice to go travelling.
[00:59.09]A：去旅行很好啊
[01:00.87]I must say I'm looking forward to this break,too.
[01:03.15]说真的我也盼着休假。
[01:05.44]B:You haven't decided³ where you're going then?
[01:07.57]B：还没有决定去什么地方吧？
[01:09.69]A:No,not exactly.
[01:11.52]A：没有，
[01:13.35]I'd love to go to the south,but I can't afford it at the moment
[01:16.08]我想去南方，可是目前又没有钱。
[01:18.81]I may borrow my friend's bike
[01:20.64]我可以借我朋友的自行车
[01:22.47]and go on a cycling tour of the country around the city.
[01:24.90]骑车到城市周围的农村看一看
[01:27.33]Seven days isn't really long enough though,to do justice to the suburban⁴ areas
[01:30.61]要想好好看看的话一周还直不够。
[01:33.88]B:Would it be lovely to have a really long holiday;say a couple of months?
[01:37.36]B：休个长假,比如休上几个月,不好吗？
[01:40.83]A:Yes,marvelous!I'd give anything for a long,relaxing holiday!
[01:44.02]A:好简直妙不可言！要我休长假的话叫我怎么都行！
[01:47.21]B:Still,seven days isn't bad.
[01:49.34]B：不管怎么说，一周不错了。
[01:51.46]We should count ourselves lucky.Let's just enjoy it
[01:54.39]我们应该觉得够幸运的了。咱们好好乐一乐吧！

1 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

2 keen   

adj.热心的；敏锐的；激烈的；锋利的

参考例句：

• There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。
• The children are mad keen to go to the zoo.孩子们非常想去动物园。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。