实战口语情景对话 第511期:The Roommate 室友

Todd: Hey, Jeff this is a very nice apartment.
托德：嗨，杰夫，这个公寓真不错。

Jeff: Hmm. It's comfortable. It's cozy. Japanese style.
杰夫：嗯。舒服又温馨。这是日式公寓。

Todd: I like it. It's got the tatami mat, small kitchen. Do you live alone?
托德：我喜欢这间公寓。有榻榻米，还有间小厨房。你是一个人住吗？

Jeff: I live alone but right now I have a friend of mine staying with me.
杰夫：我是一个人住，不过现在有个朋友和我住在一起。

Todd: Oh, really, a roommate.
托德：哦，室友。

Jeff: Sort of like a roommate, yes. A short term, he's staying with me short-term, so yes a roommate.
杰夫：有点儿像室友。他只是暂时和我住在一起，对，是室友。

Todd: OK, how's that going?
托德：好，感觉怎么样？

Jeff: Ah, I don't like it.
杰夫：我不喜欢。

Todd: Why?
托德：为什么？

Jeff: He's lazy. He's messy. He drinks too much. He doesn't exercise and he doesn't contribute any money to the rent.
杰夫：他又懒又邋遢还酗酒。他不锻炼，也不帮我分担房租。

Todd: Ooh, so he lives here and he doesn't give you any money?
托德：哦，那他住在这里可是没有付你房租吗？

Jeff: Well, yeah, he doesn't give me any money. The money's not so bad, though, it's just that he's lazy and he doesn't do much all day.
杰夫：对，他并没有付我钱。其实房租还不是最糟糕的，主要是他太懒了，一整天都不怎么动。

Todd: That's got to be pretty annoying.
托德：那真是很烦人。

Jeff: He's a great fellow. He's a good friend of mine, but, yeah, he's, I try to motivate him to do a few things but he's a tough one.
杰夫：他人不错，是我的好朋友，我试图激励他去做一些事情，不过很难。

Todd: Are you going to tell him he has to move out?
托德：你会告诉他让他搬出去吗？

Jeff: Ah, no, he's a smart man. He knows. He knows. He knows the deal. He knows what's going on and I think he's, yeah, I would never ask him to move out because I don't mind having him here but I'm just going to try to whip him into shape.
杰夫：不会，他是个聪明人。他知道，他知道情况，这些他都知道，所以我想我不会让他搬出去，因为我并不介意他住在这里，不过我会努力帮他塑造形象。

Todd: Oh, so you're just going to try to change him so he becomes a better roommate?
托德：所以你要试图去改变他，使他成为更好的室友？

Jeff: I'm going to be like a woman and try to, yeah, try to get him a better schedule, a better schedule (yeah) like exercise and eating right and less smoking and less drinking.
杰夫：我会去做女性做的事情，帮他制定一份更好的时间表，让他去锻炼、合理饮食、少吸烟、少喝酒。

Todd: Well, what is his schedule?
托德：那他现在的生活是什么样的？

Jeff: Ah, his schedule is, he's like a night owl, he stays up most of the night drinking, and then he sleeps most of the day recovering, and then when he gets up he has a hangover. He's a bit sluggish and slow, so it's not a healthy lifestyle.
杰夫：他的日常安排，他是个夜猫子，他晚上经常熬夜，大部分时间都在喝酒，他白天睡觉来恢复精神，起床的时候会有宿醉的感觉。他行动有些缓慢，这是不健康的生活方式。

Todd: Yeah, it doesn't sound like it. Good luck.
托德：对，听上去并不健康。祝你好运。

Jeff: No problem.
杰夫：谢谢。