今天的這段對話,在討論閱讀,
你一般都讀些什么?最喜歡的作家是誰
來聽今天的講解:
A: Keri, let's talk about reading.
凱莉,我們來聊聊閱讀。
B: OK.
好的。
A: First of all, do you like to read?
首先,你喜歡閱讀嗎?
B: Yes, I do!
是的,我喜歡!
A: What do you read usually?
你一般都讀些什么?
B: I kind of alternate between fiction and non-fiction.
我通常讀小說,或者非小說。
A: OK. What are you reading now?
好的。你現在在讀什么?
B: I'm reading two books now. The Ethics of Startrek, which my uncle gave me, which is non-fiction, and I just started it today: A Spy in the House of Love.
我現在讀的有兩本書。一本我叔叔給我的小說《星際迷航》,另一本是非小說,我今天才開始讀,《A Spy in the House of Love》。
A: Oh, OK. It looks like a pretty good book. What is it about?
好的。這本書聽起來很棒。它講的是什么?
B: Right now I've just started, so it's about a women who has been having an affair, basically.
我才開始讀,它主要講的是一個有外遇女人的故事。
A: OK. When do you read? When do you find time to read?
好的。你都是什么時候讀書?你都是利用什么時間讀書?
B: I read on the trains while I'm commuting to work. I read at night, on the weekends.
我在上班的途中看書。周末的晚上也讀。
A: OK. What is your favorite author?
好的。你最喜歡的作家是誰?
B: I don't have a favorite author.
我沒有特別喜歡的作家。
A: Yeah. it's kind of hard to pick.
是的。很難做出選擇。
B: Yeah.
是的。
A: OK. Do you go to the library often?
是的。你經常去圖書館嗎?
B: No, I don't.
我不怎么去。