大家说英语 第633期:我不喜欢虫子(2)

Conversation A

对话A

Taylor: Tina! What's wrong?

泰勒：蒂娜！怎么了？

Tina: There's a cockroach¹ in my drawer! I hate cockroaches².

蒂娜：我的抽屉里有一只蟑螂！我最讨厌蟑螂了。

Taylor: I don't like them, either. They move really fast, and they're ugly.

泰勒：我也不喜欢蟑螂。蟑螂跑的速度很快，长得又丑。

Tina: Yes. They're hard to kill, too.

蒂娜：是啊，而且又很难打死。

Taylor: But why is a cockroach in your drawer? They don't eat pencils!

泰勒：可是你的抽屉里为什么会有蟑螂？蟑螂又不吃铅笔！

Tina: Well... I have some cookies in my drawer.

蒂娜：这个嘛...我的抽屉里有一些饼干。

Taylor: That's why! Don't keep food in your desk.

泰勒：原来如此！不要把食物放在你的桌子里。

Conversation B

对话B

Susie: Rob, what are the most dangerous animals in the world?

苏西：罗布，世界上最危险的动物是什么？

Rob: I don't know. Is it lions or tigers?

罗布：我不知道。是狮子还是老虎？

Susie: No. It's mosquitoes!

苏西：不是。是蚊子！

Rob: Really? But they are so small! They just bite people. They don't kill people.

罗布：真的吗？可是蚊子那么小！蚊子只会叮人，又不会杀人。

Susie: Oh, yes, they do! Mosquitoes spread a lot of dangerous diseases. Those diseases make people ill. They can kill people, too.

苏西：蚊子可是会杀人的！蚊子会传播许多危险的疾病，那些疾病会令人生病，也会致人死亡。

Rob: That's true. I didn't think about that.

罗布：这倒是真的，我没想到这一点。

1 cockroach   

n.蟑螂

参考例句：

• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head off.蟑螂在头被切掉后仍能活好几个星期。
• She screamed when she found a cockroach in her bed.她在床上找到一只蟑螂时大声尖叫。

2 cockroaches   

n.蟑螂( cockroach的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At night, the cockroaches filled the house with their rustlings. 夜里，屋里尽是蟑螂窸窸瑟瑟的声音。 来自辞典例句
• It loves cockroaches, and can keep a house clear of these hated insects. 它们好食蟑螂，可以使住宅免除这些讨厌昆虫的骚扰。 来自百科语句