实战口语情景对话 第1190期:My English Family 我的英国家庭

Todd: So, Katie, let's talk about family.
托德：凯蒂，我们来谈谈家庭。

Katie: Okay.
凯蒂：好。

Todd: In your family, who is nice?
托德：你家里谁比较和蔼？

Katie: In my family, I think my, my mum is really nice. She's always looking out for everyone. She always makes sure everybody is happy. And she's just really nice and kind.
凯蒂：我认为我妈妈很和蔼。她一直在照顾所有人。她要确保所有人都开心。她友好又善良。

Todd: Wow! That's great. Who is a funny person? Who is very funny?
托德：哇哦！那太棒了。那你家里谁最有趣？谁最有意思？

Katie: I think in my family; my dad is very funny. But I don't think he knows he's very funny.
凯蒂：我想我家里最有趣的人应该是我爸爸。不过我认为他自己并不知道自己很幽默。

Todd: Alright. Oh, that's interesting. Now who is serious? Is anybody serious?
托德：好。哦，那很有意思。那谁比较严肃？你家里有严肃的人吗？

Katie: I don't think anybody is serious in my family.
凯蒂：我想我家里没有严肃的人。

Todd: No uncles or aunts?
托德：叔叔和阿姨也不严肃吗？

Katie: Everyone likes to have a laugh. Everyone likes to have a good time.
凯蒂：我家里所有人都喜欢笑。所有人都喜欢开心的生活。

Todd: Oh that-
托德：哦……

Katie: Everyone is always joking.
凯蒂：所有人都一直在开玩笑。

Todd: Oh, what I nice family.
托德：哦，真是一个不错的家族。

Katie: (laughs)
凯蒂：（笑）

Todd: OK. Who is very hardworking?
托德：好。那你家里谁最勤劳？

Katie: Ooohh. Well obviously, my mum is very hardworking. And she's always been very hardworking. She has to make sure that the whole family knows what they're doing. She has to make sure the whole family is ready for every day. Yeah, I think my mum is the hardworking one.
凯蒂：哦。显然我妈妈非常勤劳。她一直非常勤快。她要确保整个家庭知道他们要做什么。她要确保整个家庭为每一天做好准备。我认为我妈妈很勤劳。

Todd: OK. Is anybody not hardworking? Maybe a little lazy?
托德：好。那有人不勤劳吗？有没有比较懒的人？

Katie: Definitely me. (laughs) Definitely me especially when I was younger. I would never help with any of the chores in the house. I was definitely the lazy one.
凯蒂：那一定是我。（笑）一定是我，尤其是我小时候。我以从来不会帮忙做任何家务。我绝对是那个懒的人。

Todd: Oh, I understand, I'm the same way. OK. Now in your family, who is very smart?
托德：哦，我理解，我也一样。好，那你家里谁比较聪明？

Katie: My brother is really, really smart. He actually went to Oxford University.
凯蒂：我哥哥非常非常聪明。实际上他考上了牛津大学。

Todd: Whoa.
托德：哇哦。

Katie: Yeah, he's very smart. But I didn't get any of that. My brother has all the smart genes.
凯蒂：对，他非常聪明。不过我就没有遗传到聪明的基因。所有的聪明基因都遗传到我哥哥身上了。

Todd: Wow, that's a good school. OK. Who is very fit?
托德：哇哦，那是个很好的大学。好，那你家里谁身材好？

Katie: Hmm... Well, my dad is a chef and-
凯蒂：嗯……我爸爸是厨师……

Todd: Oh, really?
托德：哦，真的吗？

Katie: Yeah. My dad makes really, really good food, so no one in my family is fit. We all eat too much food.
凯蒂：对。我爸爸做饭非常好吃，所以我家里没有人身材好。因为我们都吃的很多。

Todd: Oh, nobody exercises a lot?
托德：哦，没有人经常运动吗？

Katie: Not really.
凯蒂：我们都不怎么运动。

Todd: Oh, okay. Yeah, in my family, my dad is super fit.
托德：哦，好。我们家，我爸爸非常健壮。

Katie: (laugh)
凯蒂：（笑）

Todd: OK. In your family, who is talkative?
托德：好。那你家里谁比较健谈？

Katie: Oh, I keep saying my mum for all of these but my mum is definitely the most talkative. She talks to anybody who - even people who she doesn't know. She will talk to anybody, strangers on the street, people she meets at the bus stop. She talks to everybody.
凯蒂：哦，你问的问题我一直在回答是我妈妈，不过我妈妈的确是我家里最健谈的。她和所有人聊天，她甚至和不认识的人聊天。她和所有人都聊天，无论是街上的陌生人，还是在公交站遇到的人。她和谁都聊天。

Todd: Oh, that's cool. Now, who is quiet?
托德：哦，那真酷。那你家里谁比较安静？

Katie: Hmm, I think when he's meeting people for the first time, my brother is very quiet. He's very shy. He doesn't like speaking to new people a lot.
凯蒂：嗯，在初次和别人见面时，我哥哥会非常安静。他非常害羞。他不喜欢和刚认识的人聊天。

Todd: OK. Thanks a lot. Sounds like a nice family.
托德：好。非常谢谢你。听起来你家真是个不错的家庭。

Katie: Yeah. I think so too.
凯蒂：对，我也这么想。