实战口语情景对话 第1093期:What can you do? 你能做什么?

Rory: So Abidemi, let's talk about abilities. Can you cook?
罗瑞：阿比德米，我们来谈谈能力。你会做饭吗？

Abidemi: Yes, and no. I can cook a little bit, the basic stuff but I really like to eat but I don't experiment too much. So no, I'm not a great cook, but I can cook. I cook to survive. What about you, Rory? Can you cook?
阿比德米：可以说会，也可以说不会。我会做点儿饭，基本的食物我会做，我非常喜欢吃，不过我不经常创新菜式。我不是好厨师，但是我会做饭。我做饭是为了生活下去。你呢，罗瑞？你会做饭吗？

Rory: Yeah, I can. I really like cooking. I love cooking Italian food. I also love baking. So I can bake cakes and cookies and bread, stuff like that.
罗瑞：我会。我非常喜欢烹饪。我喜欢烹饪意大利美食。我也喜欢烘焙。我可以烘焙蛋糕、饼干和面包等等。

Abidemi: Okay.
阿比德米：好。

Rory: How about singing? Can you sing?
罗瑞：那唱歌呢？你会唱歌吗？

Abidemi: I think I can sing. Yes, I enjoy singing. I love singing. I sing a lot in church, so I can sing. What about you? Can you sing?
阿比德米：我认为我会唱。我很喜欢唱歌。我爱唱歌。我经常在教会唱歌，我会唱歌。你呢？你会唱歌吗？

Rory: I can't sing at all. Like even when I go to karaoke, I'm too embarrassed to pick up the microphone.
罗瑞：我完全不会唱歌。即使去KTV，我也会因为太尴尬而没法拿起麦克唱歌。

Abidemi: Oh, it's too bad. What about you, Rory, can you play – okay, can you play an instrument?
阿比德米：哦，那太糟了。那罗瑞，你会演奏乐器吗？

Rory: I can't. No. I'd love to be able to play an instrument but I can't play anything. How about you? Can you play an instrument?
罗瑞：我不会。我希望我会演奏乐器，可是事实上我完全不会。你呢？你会演奏乐器吗？

Abidemi: No, I can't. I really wish that I had learned something when I was younger. But I say I can play my voice. Ha, ha.
阿比德米：我也不会。我非常希望我小时候学过乐器。不过，我可以演奏我的声音，哈哈。

Rory: That's nice.
罗瑞：这很好。

Abidemi: What about juggling? Can you juggle, Rory?
阿比德米：那杂耍呢？罗瑞，你会杂耍吗？

Rory: Yeah, I can juggle. I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.
罗瑞：我会。我会3球杂耍，我还可以做4球杂耍。

Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: Like I can do it for about 10 seconds. Yeah.
罗瑞：我可以坚持10秒钟。

Abidemi: I can't juggle at all. So please teach me. It's always something that I've always wanted – I wanted to learn.
阿比德米：我完全不会杂耍。请教教我。我一直想学杂耍。

Rory: Okay. Can you speak three languages?
罗瑞：好。你会说三种语言吗？

Abidemi: Yes. I think I can speak three languages.
阿比德米：对，我可以说三种语言。

Rory: Which ones?
罗瑞：哪三种？

Abidemi: I think English is my best language but I also speak Yoruba, a Nigerian language, and I speak French as well. Yes. And you?
阿比德米：我最擅长的语言是英语，我还会约鲁巴语，这是尼日利亚的一种语言，我也会法语。你呢？

Rory: Well, I can speak English and I can speak some Czech. I lived in the Czech Republic for six years.
罗瑞：我会英语和捷克语。我在捷克共和国生活了六年。

Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米：哇哦。

Rory: And I can also speak a little bit of French but it's very rusty.
罗瑞：我还会儿一点儿法语，不过非常生疏。

Abidemi: Okay. Maybe next time we'll have this conversation in French then.
阿比德米：好。也许下次我们可以用法语对话。

Rory: Okay.
罗瑞：好。