【一起闲话英语】昨天晚上做什么了？-What did you do yesterday?

Ray¹ / United² States

speaker What did I do yesterday? Well yesterday was Thanksgiving and I had the good fortune³ of being⁴ invited to the house of a friend where a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner was prepared. So I was able to eat delicious food and good company and I had some good conversations all and all it was a very, very, very pleasant day. Though I did eat too much.

 

Emily / Djibouti

speaker I was at school until 6 o'clock I think, 6pm, yeah. And, I got back home, I had my dinner, did my homework and I was actually chatting with a Chinese friend and she showed me a lot of Chinese movies and like famous people in China, and it was quite interesting.

 

Nick / Australia

speaker Yesterday I went to work, I taught at school. I taught English at school and played sports with my kids. It was lots of fun. We have our sporting festival next week. So there's lots of preparation⁵ happening.

 

Hoa / Vietnam⁶

speaker What did I do yesterday? I had a part-time job yesterday, yeah, actually. And, I worked in a co-op in my university which is like a little cafeteria⁷ where they sell a lot of goods⁸ like sweets and books and everything else. And, I had work in the morning and in the evening I went out a little bit with my friends because my friend threw a party last night like a welcome party so I went there and met some new friends and enjoyed my time and just a relaxing day for a weekend.

 

Jonathan / Canada

speaker What did I do yesterday? Well, it wasn't that different or special a day. I worked most of the day so I got up, took a shower and so on and went to work most of the day. In the evening I went to an international party, I met a friend of mine and met some new friends, had some good single malt scotch⁹, some good conversation and went to sleep with a smile on my face.

 

Demelza / Australia

speaker Yesterday I chilled¹⁰ out at my apartment and then I had some lunch in a nice restaurant in a shopping mall in town and after that I went to work.

1 ray   

n.光线，放射线；闪烁，光辉；微量；vi.射出光线，浮现，放射光线；vt.放射，显出

参考例句：

• You should probably have an x ray taken.你大概应该去照x光。
• The red ray represents life force and change.红色光象征着生命力量和变化。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 fortune   

n.财富，运气，兴隆，大量财产，好运，命运

参考例句：

• Fortune has always smiled at him.他的命运一向很好。
• To live in a city is a great fortune itself.住进城市是伟大的财富。

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 preparation   

n.准备，预备；制剂，制备品；筹备

参考例句：

• Plans for selling the new product are now in preparation.销售新产品的计划现在正在准备之中。
• He didn't do enough preparation for his exam,and failed.他考试前没有充分准备，结果不及格。

6 Vietnam   

n.越南

参考例句：

• Vietnam is suffering from food shortage.越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
• Laos is on the west of Vietnam.老挝在越南西面。

7 cafeteria   

n.自助餐厅

参考例句：

• In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的。
• I can't stand eating in the cafeteria.我实在不想在自助食堂吃了。

8 goods   

n.商品，货物

参考例句：

• He is loading the goods into the back of the car.他正把货物装入车的后部。
• The boy delivered the goods to the right house.那个男孩送货给要货的人家。

9 scotch   

n.伤口，刻痕；苏格兰威士忌酒；v.粉碎，消灭，阻止；adj.苏格兰(人)的

参考例句：

• Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
• Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景，真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。

10 chilled   

adj. 冷却的, 冷藏的，冷冻了的 动词chill的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He felt totally chilled. 他感觉完全放松了下来。
• Rain chilled the glittering pageant. 雨使华丽的庆典大为逊色。