实战口语情景对话 第322期:Abilities 能力

Todd: OK. Cat, we're back. We're gonna talk about things you can do.
托德：好。凯特，我们回来了。我们要谈谈你可以做到的事情。

Cat: OK.
凯特：好的。

Todd: Can you cook?
托德：你会做饭吗？

Cat: Not really!
凯特：不会！

Todd: No!
托德：不是吧！

Cat: Well, I can, but not very well.
凯特：其实我会做饭，不过做得不太好。

Todd: OK. What do you do for dinner?
托德：好。那一般你晚饭都吃什么？

Cat: Buy take-away food.
凯特：买一些外卖食品。

Todd: OK. When you buy take-away food what do you buy?
托德：好。那你一般买什么外卖食品？

Cat: Normally, normally stuff from the supermarket you can just throw in the microwave, ready meals, not from take-away from a pizza place or a restaurant but just stuff that I can cook at home.
凯特：通常来说，我会从超市买那种可以直接扔进微波炉的食物，那种即食食品，不是从速食店或批萨店或餐厅买的食物，就是那种我可以在家烹饪的食物。

Todd: OK. And can you sing?
托德：好。那你会唱歌吗？

Cat: Not at all.
凯特：完全不会。

Todd: No.
托德：不会吗。

Cat: No.
凯特：不会。

Todd: OK! Now, we're in Japan, have you ever been to Karaoke here in Japan?
托德：好！现在我们在日本生活，你去过日本的卡拉OK吗？

Cat: No.
凯特：没有。

Todd: No.
托德：没有啊。

Cat: And I really don't want to go either.
凯特：而且其实我也不想去。

Todd: OK. Um, can you play any musical instruments?
托德：好吧。嗯，你会演奏乐器吗？

Cat: I used to be able to play the piano and the guitar. But I haven't played them for a long time. I can remember a bit but...not much.
凯特：我以前可以弹钢琴和吉他。但是我已经很长时间没有练习过了。我还能记得一点，不过，记得的不太多。

Todd: Which one did you prefer the most?
托德：那你最喜欢哪个乐器？

Cat: Guitar. The piano was too difficult.
凯特：吉他。钢琴太难了。

Todd: Oh, really! Did you take lessons?
托德：哦，真的吗！你有去上课吗？

Cat: Yes, And I had to play scales all the time and it was really boring. I hardly ever got to play any tunes.
凯特：有。我要一直练习演奏音阶，那真的特别枯燥。我几乎没有演奏过曲子。

Todd: OK. Alright. Thanks a lot Cat.
托德：哦，好的。非常谢谢你，凯特。