Everyday English每日會(huì)話:Funkytown - Li Inc

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    Bobby: Kelly, do you have any spare batteries that I can borrow?
    Kelly: More? You borrowed fifteen batteries from me last week.
    Bobby: I know but they have run flat already.
    Kelly: What are you doing with all of these batteries?
    Bobby: They are for my new boom-box!
    Kelly: Your boom-box! You must have the volume turned all the way to ten.
    Bobby: Actually my boom-box volume goes to eleven!
    Kelly: You'll go deaf if you're not careful.
    Bobby: Maybe, but I'll have a great time doing it.
    鮑比:凱莉,你有備用電池可以借給我嗎?
    凱莉:還要借?上周你從我這借了十五節(jié)電池。
    鮑比:我知道,不過它們已經(jīng)用光了。
    凱莉:你用那些電池來做什么?
    鮑比:用在我新的便攜式立體聲錄放機(jī)上!
    凱莉:你的便攜式立體聲錄放機(jī)!你肯定把音量一放就放到10。
    鮑比:實(shí)際上我的便攜式立體聲錄放機(jī)的最高音量為11。
    凱莉:如果你不小心你會(huì)聾的。
    鮑比:也許吧,不過這么做我很高興。
    NEW WORDS(生詞)
    1) Boom-box: a CD, radio and cassette player with speakers that you can take wherever you go
    便攜式立體聲錄放機(jī):帶有喇叭、可播放CD或盒帶和接收廣播的錄放機(jī),可隨身攜帶
    My school had a 'no boom-box' policy and teachers would take them off you if you did bring one.
    我的學(xué)校有一條“不許帶便攜式立體聲錄放機(jī)”的規(guī)定。如果你帶了,老師就會(huì)沒收掉。
    2) Deaf: not able to hear
    聾:失去聽覺
    The concert that I went to last night was so loud that I had to wear earplugs so I would not become deaf.
    昨晚我去的音樂會(huì)聲音太大了,我不得不帶上耳塞,要不然我會(huì)變聾的。
    3) Punks: people who listen to punk music, wear leather clothes and believe in anarchy
    蓬克搖滾樂迷:聽蓬克搖滾音樂、穿著皮衣并且喜歡騷亂的人
    The punk club that I went to was so tough that you had to cut yourself with a razor just to get in the door.
    我去的蓬克搖滾樂俱樂部可真狠,光進(jìn)門你就得扒層皮。
    4) Sucks: a slang way for saying that something is not good (be careful how you use this one when you speak or write English)
    不好:說某事不好的俚語(口頭或書面用此說法時(shí)你要注意怎么用)
    I wanted to see a movie last night with my girlfriend but she had already seen it and said that it really sucks!
    昨晚我想和女朋友去看場電影,可是她已經(jīng)看過了,而且還說那片子很爛!
    Dialogue(對話)
    Jessie: I really feel like dancing, Tina.
    Tina: I love to dance. What type of music is your favorite for dancing to?
    Jessie: Disco! Anything from the 1970s is just fine by me.
    Tina: Oh. I hate disco music. Punks say that disco sucks.
    Jessie: But the music that punks listen to is the worst type of music!
    Tina: I think I have an old cassette with some disco music on it.
    Jessie: See if you can find it and we can dance together in your room.
    Tina: Here it is. I bet you don't know this song!
    杰西:我真的很想跳舞,蒂娜。
    蒂娜:我喜歡跳舞。你最喜歡的舞曲是哪種音樂?
    杰西:迪斯科!只要是70年代的我都喜歡。
    蒂娜:哦,我討厭迪斯科音樂。蓬克搖滾樂迷說迪斯科不好。
    杰西:可是蓬克搖滾樂迷聽的可是最糟糕的一種音樂!
    蒂娜:我好像有一盒老帶子,里面有一些迪斯科音樂。
    杰西:看看你能不能找到它,我們可以在你的房里一起跳舞。
    蒂娜:給,我打賭你不知道這首歌!