美语会话实录第109期(MP3+文本):Morning yoga

英文原文:

Kathy: Good Morning, Mrs. Schmidt! I see you're standing on your head again.
Kim: Hi, Kathy! I'm just doing my morning yoga! You're up awfully early today.
Kathy: I have to finish preparing a paper for my Western Civilization class.
Kim: How has school been going? You come home so late every night! You're really a hard worker...
Kathy: Actually, I study a lot less here than I did in Taiwan! My classes are great, though. Sociology is the perfect major for me.

参考译文:

凯晰：早安，史太太！瞧你又在倒立了。
阿金：嗨，凯晰！我只是在做晨间瑜珈！你今儿个起得还真早。
凯晰：我得把西方文明史的报告准备完。
阿金：学校还好吗？你每天都很晚才回家！你真是个用功的学生……
凯晰：其实我在这里比在台湾混多了！不过我的课都很棒。主修社会学对我来说真完美。

重点词汇:

stand on one's head 　
用头站立，即“倒立”
yoga (n.) 　
瑜珈
awfully (adv.) 　
非常，了不得
paper (n.) 　
报告，论文
civilization (n.) 　
文明
major (v.,n.) 　
主修，“副修”是minor
A: What was your major in college? 你在大学的主修是什么？
B: I majored in English language and literature. 我主修英国语文。