随心所欲说英语 学校生活28-3（mp3）

unit 111

dialogue 
英语情景对话

Boy:Emily, are you getting rushed by a sorority?
埃米丽，现在有女生联谊会来找你加入吗？ 

Girl:More than one. I think the count is now three, if I remember correctly.
不止一个，如果我没记错，到目前为止有三个团体找过我。

Boy:Wow. I'm getting rushed too, but just one. Are you thinking of joining any of them?
哇，兄弟会也找过我，不过只有一个，你想加入他们之中的哪一个吗？

Girl:I don't know. I know there are advantages to joining, but I'm not much into group stuff.
我不知道。我知道加入有好处，可是我对这类团体不太热衷。

Boy:The guys I've talked to say that the activities that go on in a frat house can be a little distracting depending on the group.
和我谈的那些人说，根据不同的团体，有些兄弟会的活动可能会有点让人分心。

Girl:I think I'm going to decline. I just prefer to do my own thing.
我想我还是会拒绝，我比较喜欢独来独往。

Boy:Were your parents involved in that kind of thing at all when they went to school?
你父母求学时代参加过这种团体吗？

Girl:My dad was, but not my mom.
我父亲参加过，不过我母亲没有。

rush v. 说服大学生加入女生联谊会或兄弟会
sorority n. 女生联谊会
stuff n. 东西
frat n. 兄弟会
distracting adj. 令人分心的
depend on 视……而定
decline v. 拒绝