每天說一說，口語不再愁。出國留學(xué)網(wǎng)為您提供常用英語口語對話，希望可以給大家?guī)韼椭?BR> 1.減肥
Todd: OK, Devon, I've been putting on a few pounds and you're quite a lean fit guy.
好的，戴文。我最近長了幾斤，而你看上去苗條又健康。
Devon: Well, thank you.
謝謝。
Todd: What do you recommend? What can I do to lose weight?
你的建議是什么?我怎樣才能減肥呢?
Devon: Well, I exercise a lot. I go running at least three times a week. But more than that I enjoy playing sports and so different sports use different muscles and all of it helps to lose that weight that you might have gained.
我經(jīng)常運動。我一周至少跑步三次。除了這點我還喜歡其他運動，不同的運動會鍛煉不同的肌肉，這些運動都會幫助你減掉多余的重量。
Todd: Yeah, well, actually, one of the problems is that I actually exercise a lot.
好的，問題是，實際上我經(jīng)常運動。
Devon: Do ya?
真的嗎?
Todd: Yeah, so maybe it's my diet.
是的，也許是我的食譜有問題。
Devon: It could be and so in that case you might want to eat something perhaps more nutritious or maybe even less of what you do eat. Maybe, I eat three meals a day and I try not to snack in between. No potato chips. No popcorn. No candy bars.
有可能，如果是這樣，你應(yīng)該吃些高蛋白的食物，并減少食物攝取的總量。我每天吃三頓飯，并且努力在餐食間拒絕零食。不吃薯條，爆米花，也不吃糖果。
Todd: That's pretty tough!
這很難做到!
Devon: It is tough but......Well, I must admit that I cheat every once in awhile but...
確實很難，但我必須承認(rèn)我也許騙得了一時，但……
Todd: Ok, I'll give it a try....but actually, you see my problem is that I like junk food. So I have to choose: either I eat less or I eat a better diet. What do you think is more important?
好的，我會努力嘗試的……但實際上，我的問題是我喜歡垃圾食品。所以我必須選擇：是吃少點兒，還是吃得更好點兒。你認(rèn)為哪條更重要?
Devon: I think that if you are exercizing then you should just eat what you want and eat less.
我認(rèn)為如果你最近在運動，那么最好吃想吃的食物，但是要減少量。
Todd: Eat less. OK. This is going to be tough!
少吃點兒。好的，這會很有難度!
Devon: Well, I have no dought that you will do the best that you can.
我毫不懷疑你會做到最好。
Todd: Alright! Thanks a lot Devon.
好的，謝謝你，戴文。
2.回家
Todd: Hello, Gabrielle!
你好，加布里埃爾!
Gabrielle: Hello!
你好
Todd: How are you doing today?
你今天好嗎?
Gabrielle: Good thanks.
很好，謝謝。
Todd: Now, Grabrielle, I hear that you are going back home to New Zealand.
加布里埃爾，我聽說你要回新西蘭的家去。
Gabrielle: That's right. I'm going home for summer.
是的。我要回家過夏天。
Todd: OK. What are your plans?
你是怎么計劃的?
Gabrielle: Probably a week relaxing, going camping, and then I'm going back to work.
也許先休息一周，去露營，接著我會回去工作。
Todd: Oh, OK. Where do you work?
好的，你在哪工作?
Gabrielle: I teach as an English teacher in Christchurch, in New Zealand.
我在新西蘭克賴斯特徹奇市教英語。
Todd: Oh, OK. And that's where you're from, naturally.
哦，好的。你來自那里。
Gabrielle: That's right.
是的。
Todd: Were you born there?
你在那里出生嗎?
Gabrielle: I was, yeah!
是的，我是!
Todd: Well, you are going to have this short little break, or vacation, are you gonna go to the beach...themountains?
在這短暫的休息，或者說是假期中，你打算去海灘，或者山區(qū)嗎?
Gabrielle: Probably..probably to the beach and camping for about a week with friends, yeah!
也許，我會和朋友一起去海灘露營一周。
Todd: Actually, how warm is it in the summer?
夏天那里到底有多熱?
Gabrielle: Probably a maximum of about 30 degrees. A nice dry heat! Very comfortable.
也許最高達(dá)到了30度。干爽，很熱!很舒服!
Todd: So when you go to the beach is the water warm enough to swim in?
那么你去海灘的時候水溫很適合游泳?
Gabrielle: No, no, no! We swim but it is not warm. Yeah! It's pretty chilly actually.
不，不!我們會去游泳，但水并不熱。海水其實很冷。
Todd: OK. Any other plans when you go home?
好的，回家后還有什么其他計劃嗎?
Gabrielle: Yeah, I'm looking forward to catching up with friends and family and animals.
我很期待見到我的朋友，家人，和寵物。
Todd: Animals!
寵物!
Gabrielle: Well, I miss my pets.
是的，我想念我的寵物。
Todd: OK, well, what pets do you have?
那么，你養(yǎng)了什么寵物?
Gabrielle: Well, I have a cat and a dog and a sheep called Sydney and two gold fish.
我養(yǎng)了一只貓，一只狗，一只叫做Sydney的羊，還有兩只金魚。
Todd: Wow!
哇!
Gabrielle: Yeah! And I really miss them.
是的，我真的很想念它們。
Todd: I'm sure they're really excited to see you. Alright, thanks a lot.
我肯定它們見到你一定很興奮。好的，十分謝謝。
Gabrielle: You are welcome!
不客氣!
3.新房子
Todd: Oh, so what's your new house like?
你的新房子什么樣?
Keri: It's small, it's old. It's mostly wooden in the inside. It has two rooms and a balcony off of those rooms and downstairs there's like a living room area and a tatami mat room, kitchen, bathroom.
很小，很舊。房子內(nèi)部主要是木質(zhì)結(jié)構(gòu)。樓上有兩間房，各有陽臺。樓下有一塊生活區(qū)，一間榻榻米房間，廚房和廁所。
Todd: Wow, so do you live in the tatami mat room?
哇，你住在榻榻米房間嗎?
Keri: No, there's two tatami mat rooms. There's one upstairs and there's one downstairs and I don't live in either. One we use as kind of a spare room and the other one is my roommate's bedroom.
不，一共有兩間榻榻米房間。樓上一間，樓下一間，我不住那里。一間是空房，一間是我室友的房間。
Todd: Oh, OK. So you have a roommate?
好的。也就是說你有一名室友了?
Keri: Yes.
是的
Todd: What's it like having a roommate?
和室友住在一起感覺怎么樣呢?
Keri: It's good. It's good. I like living alone too but sometimes it's nice to come home and have someone there and my roommate gets home before I do and she likes to cook so often she's cooked dinner for me.
很好。我也喜歡一個人住，但有時候回去看到家里有人也挺好，我的室友比我早到家，而且喜歡做飯，經(jīng)常是我回去看到她在為我們燒飯。
Todd: Wow, that's nice.
哇，真棒。
Keri: I know.
是的。
Todd: Well, you do all the cleaning?
那么，你負(fù)責(zé)清潔?
Keri: Well, now that you mention it, I do a lot of the cleaning, but not all of it. Oh, OK.
是的，你提到了，我做大部分清潔，但不是全部。
Todd: Well, what kind of things does she make you?
她經(jīng)常給你做什么吃?
Keri: Last night she made curry. I think it was an Indian curry, tomato-based.
昨晚她做了咖哩。我想那是印度咖喱，西紅柿是主要食材。
Todd: Spicy?
辣的?
Keri: Yes.
是的。
Todd: Cool.
酷。
4.暑假
Todd: OK. We're back with Jeanna. You wanna talk about your summer vacation.
好的，吉娜。能談?wù)勀愕氖罴賳帷?BR> Jeanna: Sure. I went to Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Tahoe, California; and San Diego, California and I went to Disneyland.
好的。我去了內(nèi)華達(dá)州的拉斯維加斯，里諾，和加利福尼亞州的塔霍湖，圣地亞哥，我還去了迪斯尼樂園。
Todd: Wow! Sounds like a really good time.
哇!聽上去你玩得很愉快。
Jeanna: Yeah, it was. It was a lot of fun.
是的。我玩得很有趣。
Todd: What was the best place?
最棒的地方是哪里?
Jeanna: Probably Las Vegas. It was the most interesting.
也許是拉斯維加斯。那里最有趣。
Todd: OK. why was it the most interesting?
好的。為什么那里最有趣呢?
Jeanna: It was just really busy and there was always stuff going on. Ya know, never resting.
那里很繁華，總有各種娛樂活動，你知道，那里從來不閑。
Todd: OK. Ah, for example what stuff is going on? Like, what did you do?
好的，例如什么活動，你在那里做什么?
Jeanna: Well, we went shopping a lot, in a lot of different casinos that had malls in them, we went and visited the Hoover Dam.
我們經(jīng)常購物，在不同的賭場里都有購物中心，我們還去了胡佛水壩。
Todd: Oh, wow! It's pretty big.
哇!水壩很大。
Jeanna: Yeah, really big.
是的，很大。
Todd: That's a lot of water. Did you go swimming?
那里有很多水，你游泳了嗎?
Jeanna: No.
沒有。
Todd: Can you swim in the Hoover Dam?
能在胡佛水庫里游泳嗎?
Jeanna: You can swim in the reservoir.
能在蓄水池里游泳。
Todd: I mean in the reservoir. Yeah. OK. How did you get to Las Vegas?
我就是說在蓄水池里。好的。你怎么到拉斯維加斯的?
Jeanna: By plane from Oakland to Las Vegas.
從奧克蘭搭乘飛機到拉斯維加斯的。
Todd: OK. How long did it take?
路上花了多長時間?
Jeanna: About an hour and forty-five minutes.
大約花了1小時45分鐘。
Todd: OK. Do you think you'll go back to Las Vegas someday in the future?
好的。
Jeanna: Hopefully.
希望如此。
Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot Jeanna.
好的。謝謝你，吉娜。
Jeanna: You're welcome.
不客氣。
5.跑步
Todd: OK, Tim, we're going to talk about running.
好的，蒂姆，我們將討論討論跑步。
Tim: OK.
好的。
Todd: Now, we've been running the last couple of nights.
我們前幾天晚上一直一起跑步。
Tim: Yeah, that's true.
是的。
Todd: And, uh, your much faster than me. You're a fast runner. How often do you run?
你跑得比我快多了。你跑得很快。你多久跑一次步?
Tim: Well now I only run about four days a week. But, when I was younger everyday.
現(xiàn)在我每周跑四次。我更年輕的時候每天都跑。
Todd: Oh, really. Wow! Did you run in high school or college?
哦，真的。哇!你在高中或大學(xué)就開始跑步嗎?
Tim: I ran, I started when I was six years old.
是的，我從6歲開始跑步。
Todd: No kidding!
你沒開玩笑吧!
Tim: And I started running and I ran all through the university.
沒錯，我經(jīng)常跑步穿過大學(xué)校園。
Todd: Really!
真的!
Tim: Yeah!
是的!
Todd: OK. So what events did you do?
好的。你跑過什么項目?
Tim: Middle distance, middle distance which is 1,500 meters to 5,000 meters.
中等距離，1,5000到5000米。
Todd: Wow! Are you a better short distance runner or long distance runner?
哇!你短跑更好，還是長跑更好?
Tim: Middle distance runner.
我擅長中等距離的跑步。
Todd: Middle distance. OK, how far is a middle distance?
中等距離。好的，中等距離有多長?
Tim: Oh, 1,500 meters, about.
大概1,500米。
Todd: 1,500.
1,500米。
Tim: Yeah.
是的。
Todd: OK! Ah, what's your fastest time in the 1,500 meters?
好的!你1500米的最好成績是多少?
Tim: Ah, 3.... about 3:47.
大約3分47秒。
Todd: Three minutes and forty seven seconds.
3分47秒。
Tim: Yeah!
是的!
Todd: That's pretty fast.
那真是很快了。
Tim: Yeah. I did that in high school actually. I wasn't so fast in the university.
是的。那是我在高中時候的成績。我到了大學(xué)成績就沒那么好了。
Todd: Oh, wow, man you can fly? No I don't feel so bad when you run so much faster than me.
哦，哇，你成飛人了?那我不會沮喪你比我跑得快了。
Tim: I've been slowing down. I've been drinking beer so I don't run so fast anymore.
我現(xiàn)在跑得慢了。自從我喝了啤酒就再也跑得不快了。
Todd: Yeah, we're getting older. Actually, um, I'm 33. How old are you?
是的，我們都變老了。事實上，我有33歲。你多大?
Tim: I'm 27.
我27歲。
Todd: 27. Oh, OK. So, do you think you'll be running your whole life?
27歲。哦，好的。你認(rèn)為你會一輩子都堅持跑步嗎?
Tim: I think so, yeah. I grew up in the woods, everyday in the woods, so I really want to get back to running in the woods. I think it is really healthy to do.
我想是的。我在林間長大，每天都泡在樹林里，所以我很想回到森林中繼續(xù)跑。我想那樣很健康。
Todd: Yeah. That's nice. OK. Thanks a lot, Tim.
這很好。好的，謝謝你蒂姆。
6.季節(jié)
odd: Hey, James!
嗨，詹姆斯!
James: Yeah!
嗨!
Todd: Let's talk about seasons.
我們來聊一聊季節(jié)。
James: OK.
好的。
Todd: James, what is your favorite season?
詹姆斯，你最喜歡的季節(jié)是什么?
James: My favorite season is spring.
我最喜歡的是春天。
Todd: Yeah, why is that?
為什么是春天?
James: Because it's not so cold but it's not so hot that I'm sweating on the train. I can go to the beach. I can relax with my friends outside. It's very nice.
因為春天的天氣不是很冷也不是很熱，參加訓(xùn)練正合適。我還能去海邊玩兒，和我的朋友一起出去。天氣非常好。
Todd: OK. What is your least favorite season?
好的，你最不喜歡的季節(jié)是什么?
James: My least favorite season in Japan is the rainy season ...because I don't like rain at all.
我最不喜歡的是日本的雨季……因為我一點兒都不喜歡雨。
Todd: OK. What season are we in right now?
好的。我們現(xiàn)在正處于什么季節(jié)?
James: Right now it is the very end of winter. It is just starting to become spring.
現(xiàn)在正是冬天的末尾，我們即將迎來春天。
Todd: What's the weather like today?
今天的天氣怎么樣呢?
James: Today, it's very sunny. It's a little cool. A little breezy. It's very nice. I enjoy it.
今天天氣很晴朗，威風(fēng)，有一點冷。今天天氣很好，我很喜歡。
7.電視
Todd: Marika let's talk about television.
茉莉，我們來聊聊電視。
Marika: OK.
好的。
Todd: Do you like to watch a lot of TV?
你喜歡經(jīng)?？措娨晢?
Marika: Yeah, I watch a lot of TV.
是的，我經(jīng)?？措娨暋?BR> Todd: Now you've been in Japan for awhile. Do yo watch TV in English or in Japanese?
你現(xiàn)在在日本已經(jīng)有一段時間了。你是看英語電視節(jié)目還是看日語電視節(jié)目?
Marika: I watch TV in Japanese, but if it's on in English I will watch it in English. Yeah, I'm the same way.
我看日語節(jié)目，但如果有英語的我就看英語節(jié)目。是的，我也是。
Todd: Um, how good is your comprehension? How much can you understand?
你的日語對話能力怎么樣?你能聽懂多少?
Marika: If it's a drama I can understand most of what's happening, and definitely the story, but if a talk show and there's young people on and there're speaking fast, with a lot of slang, I don't really understand a lot of what they're saying, although I might know what topic they're discussing, I won't know what exactly their stand is.
如果是戲劇，我能看懂，明白故事情節(jié)，但如果是脫口秀節(jié)目，而且有年輕人在節(jié)目上說得很快，用很多俚語，我就不太懂他們在說些什么了。雖然我能大致明白他們所討論的節(jié)目主題，但我不明白他們是什么立場。
Todd: Do you think that TV is bad for people?
你認(rèn)為電視會對人有壞的影響嗎?
Marika: Yeah, I think that TV is bad for people. It's really bad.
是的，我認(rèn)為電視對人會產(chǎn)生不好的影響，很壞的影響。
Todd:Why?
為什么?
Marika: Because instead of reading a book or doing something outside, or doing something productive you just sit in front of a TV and absorb bad information or things that don't really help, help you learn anything probably, although Japanese television I think does have a lot of good documentaries and a lot of informative television programs.
因為人們不再讀書，進行戶外運動，或者做其他富有成效的事，而是坐在電視機前吸收一些沒有幫助的信息，吸收那些你學(xué)不到任何東西的信息。但我認(rèn)為日本電視節(jié)目中有許多好的紀(jì)錄片和有意義的電視節(jié)目。
8.早餐
Todd: Hello!
你好!
Kentaro: Hello!
你好!
Todd: Did you have breakfast this morning Kentaro?
你今天早晨吃早飯了嗎，健太郎?
Kentaro: Yeah!
吃了!
Todd: Really! What did you have?
真的!你都吃了什么?
Kentaro: I had a traditional Japanese type of breakfast, natto and miso soup and rice, white rice, and fish.
我吃了一頓日本傳統(tǒng)早餐，納豆，味噌湯，米飯和魚。
Todd: Wow! Do you eat that every day?
哇!你是每天都吃這些嗎?
Kentaro: Yeah, maybe five days a week I will eat Japanese style breakfast.
是的，大概每周有五天我會吃日式早餐。
Todd: Oh, really! OK. Nice. And do you eat it at home or at a restaurant?
哦，真的!你是在家吃還是在餐館吃?
Kentaro: At home.
在家吃。
Todd: At home?
在家吃?
Kentaro: Mm-hm.
嗯。
Todd: OK. Do you make it yourself?
好的。你是自己做嗎?
Kentaro: Mm-hm.
嗯。
Todd: Oh, really. OK. What is a typical American breakfast?
真的!典型美式早餐是什么樣的?
Kentaro: Well, I would say something like just toast and / or cereal and orange juice or milk.
我認(rèn)為是吐司，谷物，橙汁或牛奶。
Todd: OK. Great and have you ever had breakfast in bed?
好的，你在床上吃過早餐嗎?
Kentaro: In bed?
在床上?
Todd: Yeah!
是的!
Kentaro: No, not really.
沒有。
Todd: No, OK. And what time do people usually eat breakfast in Japan?
沒有。好的。一般日本人什么時候吃早餐?
Kentaro: Well, I would say but maybe 7to 8. Something around that.
大約7,8點。這個時間左右。
Todd: Around 7 or 8. OK. Great. Thanks a lot.
7,8點。好的，謝謝你。
Kentaro: You are welcome.
不客氣。
9.彈吉他
Todd: OK, Diana we are going to talk about your hobby.
黛安娜，我們來聊一聊你的興趣愛好。
Dianna: OK.
好的。
Todd: What is your hobby?
你的愛好是什么?
Dianna: I have lots of different hobbies but right now I'm learning to play the guitar.
我有許多不同的愛好，但最近我正在學(xué)習(xí)彈奏吉他。
Todd: Great. How long have you been playing or practicing?
太棒了你練了多久了?
Dianna: I got my guitar two years ago but I've probably spent a total of two weeks practicing.
兩年前我得到一把吉他，但我總共也就練習(xí)了兩周時間。
Todd: Did you bring your guitar to Japan?
你把吉他帶到日本來了嗎?
Dianna: I didn't. Actually, my brother wants to learn to play also so he's taking good care of my guitar while I'm here, but when I get back I'll jump right back into practicing.
沒有。實際上，我兄弟也想學(xué)，因此我在日本的時候都是他好好照料我的吉他，但我一回去就會馬上去訓(xùn)練。
Todd: OK, great. Well, who's a better player?
很棒。那你們誰彈奏的更好?
Dianna: I am for sure, but I told him that if he gets better than me while I'm away that he has to teach me everything he knows.
當(dāng)然是我了，但我告訴他，如果我不在的時候他超越了我，他要毫無保留地把所有技巧教給我。
Todd: Oh, that's only fair. OK. Can you play any songs?
哦，這很公平。你能彈出曲子嗎?
Dianna: Yes, I can play "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" and just the last part of the "Star Spangled Banner". Not the beginning, the beginning's way too hard.
是的，我會彈《快樂，快樂，我們崇拜你》和《星條旗永不落》的最后部分，前部分太難了不會彈。
10.第一份工作
Todd: OK, Roe, why don't we talk about your first job.
羅伊，我們問什么不談?wù)勀愕牡谝环萋殬I(yè)呢。
Roe: OK
好的。
Todd: Yeah, tell us about your first job.
跟我們談?wù)勀愕牡谝环莨ぷ鳌?BR> Roe: You mean my official full-time first job, talking about!
你是指談?wù)勎业牡谝环菡降娜毠ぷ?
Todd: Yeah, sure. How about that?
是的，沒錯。你的第一份工作怎么樣?
Roe: OK. That was right after graduating university. I became a salesman.
好的。那時我剛從大學(xué)畢業(yè)。我成為了一名銷售人員。
Todd: Oooh, salesman! Nice.
唔，銷售!很棒。
Roe: Yep, salesman.
是的，一名銷售。