英语小达人 302 Writing Home with Ease(在线收听) |
Writing Home with Ease 方便地写家信
Dear Parent(s), Date:
亲爱的爸爸妈妈,日期:
I am too busy to write, but this checklist covers most of the topics of interest to both of us.
我太忙了,没时间给你们写信。不过下面的清单里包含了所有你们和我都感兴趣的话题。
Please send me:
请给我寄:
Money (Cash) Amount:
钱(现金)数额:
Food (Cookies) Dozens:
食物(饼干)打数:
Clean clothes!
干净衣服!
Relationships:
关系:
What?
什么?
I am in love with myself.
我爱上自己了。
I am in love!
我恋爱了!
I am engaged.
我订婚了。
I got married last weekend.
我上个周末结婚了。
My Roommate:
我的同屋:
Worships the ground I walk on.
极其崇拜我。
Gave me a black eye.
把我打得鼻青脸肿。
Committed suicide and left a note blaming me.
自杀了还留了张字条怪我。
Has fleas.
有跳蚤。
My Professors are:
我的教授们:
Sadistic water walkers.
是变态。
Mental institution escapees.
是神经病。
Brain dead nerds.
是大笨蛋。
Super oxygen thieves.
是大肥猪。
Latest News:
最新消息:
I wrecked the car.
我把车撞坏了。
I can’t use your credit card because I exceeded the credit limit.
我的信用卡不能使了,因为我透支过了限额。
You are going to have a grandchild.
你们要抱孙子了。
False alarm--you aren’t going to have a grandchild.
虚假警报——你们还没有要抱孙子呢。
Food:
这里的饭菜:
is great!
太好吃了!
Even makes me appreciate your cooking.
甚至让我想念你做的菜了。
I have had pizzas and soda for the last twenty meals.
我已经吃了20顿批萨饼就苏打水了。
I stopped eating out of fear.
出于恐惧心理,我已经不吃饭了。
Grades:
我的学习成绩:
I am making all A’s.
我门门都是“优”。
I am not being properly challenged.
考查我的方式不对。
I will be home after this semester.
这学期结束我就要回家了。
I never knew they had a letter grade below F.
我从来不知道还有比不及格更低的分数。
I study:
我学习的时间:
Night and day.
夜以继日。
All the time.
整天。
Eighty hours a week.
一星期80小时。
Only on Sunday afternoon.
只有星期日的下午。
None of the above.
以上全不是。
Daily Devotions:
每天的祈祷:
I read my Bible everyday.
我每天都读《圣经》。
I can’t read.
我不能读。
Someone stole my Bible while I was at the local bar.
我去酒吧的时候有人偷了我的《圣经》。
On my last visit home, I left:
上次我回家的时候,落下了:
My glasses.
我的眼镜。
My paper that was due yesterday.
我昨天要交的作业。
The clothes you washed for me.
你们给我洗好的衣服。
The check to cover my delinquent tuition payment.
支付我拖欠的学费的支票。
Other.
其他 。
Please send above items by FedEx (Priority One) or UPS (Blue).
请把上面提到的物品用FedEx(加急件)【联邦快递】或UPS【联合包裹服务公司】(蓝色件)快递给我。
Laundry:
关于洗衣服:
My white underwear is now .
我的白色内衣现在已经 。
I am saving money but not using detergent.
我现在为了省钱而不用洗涤剂了。
I don’t worry, I washed my clothes last semester.
别担心,上学期我洗衣服了。
I hang my clothes out the window when it rains.
下雨时,我把衣服挂在窗外。
My room:
我的宿舍:
Can pass your “white glove” test.
能通过你们严格的检查。
Is only % full.
只装了%的东西。
Could not be located last Saturday night.
上星期六找不着了。
Was rented by the ROTC for hazardous terrain training.
后备军官训练队租了我的房子做危险地形训练基地。
Parties:
聚会:
I don’t inhale.
我不吸烟。
I only go to meet people.
我只是去见人的。
Haven’t been to one since this morning.
从今早算起还没去过。
Hope you:
希望你们:
Miss me.
想念我。
Can live without me.
没有我也能过下去。
重点讲解:
1. be in love with sb.
对…倾心;爱慕;热恋;
eg. I've never really been in love with anyone.
我从来没有真正爱上过谁。
eg. It is said that Jenny is in love with Tom.
据说詹妮正在和汤姆恋爱。
2. stop doing
停止;停下做某事;
eg. Stop throwing those stones!
不要再扔那些石头了!
eg. I've been told to lose weight and stop smoking.
我被告知要减肥并戒烟。
3. out of
出于;由于;
eg. He took up office out of a sense of duty.
他就任公职是出于一种责任感。
eg. Some people have left out of embarrassment at what's happened to them.
一些人已经由于为发生在自己身上的事感到难堪而离开了。
4. night and day
日日夜夜;夜以继日;
eg. Chantal kept a fire burning night and day.
尚塔尔让一堆火日夜不熄地一直燃着。
eg. He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.
会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。
5. all the time
一直,始终;
eg. Conditions are changing all the time.
情况始终都在变化。
eg. I've kept on thinking about that all the time.
我一直惦记着这件事。 |
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