表达关于无趣的情景英语口语

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A: How in the world can you type so fast? I could watch you do that all day!

B: It’s second nature to me now, and I don’t even think about it. At home I have a real typewriter, but my kids say it’s old hat. I should use the computer, so I only use it for notes and envelopes.

A:你怎么打字打得那么快!我都看傻了!

B:习惯成自然，我现在想都不想了。我家里有台打字机，可我的孩子们都说那是老古董了。我应该用k1q6-0.html" target="_blank" >电脑，写个便笺或是写个信封什么的才用打字机。

2

A: How is your work going?

B: Terrible! I’ve got tons of numbers to add up everyday, and that’s all I do. I never thought I would have a plodding job like this.

A:工作干得怎么样了?

B:糟透了!我每天都要加成堆成堆的数字，除了这个就没有别的了。从没想过我会做这么单调乏味的工作。

【语言点精讲】

second nature:第二天性。

old hat:过时的，无聊的。

tons of:大量的。

add up:加在一起。

plodding:单调乏味的;沉重缓慢的。

1

A: This is where you live? In this dark, old apartment, with old furniture and no pictures on the walls?

B: I know. It is a little drab. But it’s cheap, and I can fix it up a little bit each week.

A:这就是你住的.地方?房子又黑又旧，家具也很陈旧，墙上连幅画也没有。

B:这我知道。是单调了点，不过很便宜，而且可以每周修整一点。

2

A: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B: Can’t you think of something new to say? That hackneyed old expression doesn’t even mean anything anymore!

A:患难见真情。

B:能说点新鲜的吗?那种被用滥的落俗套的话现在已经没有任何意义了。

【语言点精讲】

apartment:公寓。

drab:单调乏味的;无生气的;死气沉沉的。

fix up:修缮。

hackneyed:指语言陈腐的;老一套的。