美語情景對話 第511期:The Roommate 室友

Todd: Hey, Jeff this is a very nice apartment.

託德：嗨，傑夫，這個公寓真不錯。

Jeff: Hmm. It's comfortable. It's cozy. Japanese style.

傑夫：嗯。舒服又溫馨。這是日式公寓。

Todd: I like it. It's got the tatami mat, small kitchen. Do you live alone?

託德：我喜歡這間公寓。有榻榻米，還有間小廚房。你是一個人住嗎？

Jeff: I live alone but right now I have a friend of mine staying with me.

傑夫：我是一個人住，不過現在有個朋友和我住在一起。

Todd: Oh, really, a roommate.

託德：哦，室友。

Jeff: Sort of like a roommate, yes. A short term, he's staying with me short-term, so yes a roommate.

傑夫：有點兒像室友。他只是暫時和我住在一起，對，是室友。

Todd: OK, how's that going?

託德：好，感覺怎麼樣？

Jeff: Ah, I don't like it.

傑夫：我不喜歡。

Todd: Why?

託德：爲什麼？

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.

傑夫：他又懶又邋遢還酗酒。他不鍛鍊，也不幫我分擔房租。

Todd: Ooh, so he lives here and he doesn't give you any money?

託德：哦，那他住在這裏可是沒有付你房租嗎？

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.

傑夫：對，他並沒有付我錢。其實房租還不是最糟糕的，主要是他太懶了，一整天都不怎麼動。

Todd: That's got to be pretty annoying.

託德：那真是很煩人。

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.

傑夫：他人不錯，是我的好朋友，我試圖激勵他去做一些事情，不過很難。

Todd: Are you going to tell him he has to move out?

託德：你會告訴他讓他搬出去嗎？

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.

傑夫：不會，他是個聰明人。他知道，他知道情況，這些他都知道，所以我想我不會讓他搬出去，因爲我並不介意他住在這裏，不過我會努力幫他塑造形象。

Todd: Oh, so you're just going to try to change him so he becomes a better roommate?

託德：所以你要試圖去改變他，使他成爲更好的室友？

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.

傑夫：我會去做女性做的事情，幫他制定一份更好的時間表，讓他去鍛鍊、合理飲食、少吸菸、少喝酒。

Todd: Well, what is his schedule?

託德：那他現在的生活是什麼樣的？

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.

傑夫：他的日常安排，他是個夜貓子，他晚上經常熬夜，大部分時間都在喝酒，他白天睡覺來恢復精神，起牀的時候會有宿醉的感覺。他行動有些緩慢，這是不健康的生活方式。

Todd: Yeah, it doesn't sound like it. Good luck.

託德：對，聽上去並不健康。祝你好運。

Jeff: No problem.

傑夫：謝謝。

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重點講解：
1. contribute to
（爲…）做貢獻；
eg. His experience contribute greatly to the success of his novel.
他的經歷對他的小說的成功幫助很大。
eg. Proper rest and enough sleep contribute to longevity.
適當的休息和足夠的睡眠有益於長壽。
2. motivate sb. to dos th.
激勵某人做某事；
eg. Stock options are a good way to motivate employees to work harder.
股票選擇權是激勵員工更努力工作的好方法。
eg. Your trainer will motivate you to keep with the training program.
你的教練將會激勵你堅持完成健身計劃。
3. whip sb./sth. into shape
把…訓練好；使…符合要求；
eg. The sergeant will whip the soldiers into shape.
警官嚴格塑造士兵的軍人形象。
eg. Few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape.
幾乎無人懷疑他整頓經濟的能力。
4. stay up
深夜不睡；熬夜；
eg. We stayed up yarning until midnight.
我們講故事一直講到半夜才睡。
eg. Mary's father will not permit her to stay up late.
瑪麗的父親不允許她熬夜。