美語情景對話 第289期:Sunday 週日
Todd: OK, Raphael, I'm going to ask you about Sunday. (Yes) OK, what do you like to do on Sunday?
託德：拉斐爾，我要問你有關週日的事情。（好的）你週日喜歡做什麼？Raphael: What do I like to do on Sunday? Well, I think it's changing every Sunday. I like to go see some exhibits, art exhibitions or things like that. I like to go to the cinema. I like to stay home when it's really rainy.
拉斐爾：我週日喜歡做什麼？嗯，每週日做的事情都不同。我喜歡看展覽，類似藝術展覽這樣的展覽。我喜歡看電影。下雨天我則喜歡待在家裏。Todd: Like last weekend.
託德：就像上週末那種情況。
Raphael: Yeah, exactly. And sometimes I'm doing just nothing.
拉斐爾：對，沒錯。有時我會什麼事情都不做。Todd: OK. What time do you usually get up on Sunday?
託德：好。那你週日一般幾點起牀？Raphael: Well, quite late I guess, like 10 o'clock or 11. It's not really late but, late enough, and.
拉斐爾：嗯，我想挺晚的，大概10點或11點。其實並不是很晚，確實夠晚了。Todd: OK. I'm an early riser so. What do you normally eat for breakfast on Sunday morning?
託德：好。我是習慣早起的人。那你一般週日的早飯吃什麼？Raphael: I guess the same thing as everyday, like cereals and toast.
拉斐爾：就跟每天一樣，穀物或麪包之類的。Todd: No difference.
託德：沒什麼不同。Raphael: No difference.
拉斐爾：沒有不同。Todd: You never have brunch or anything?
託德：你不吃早午餐之類的嗎？Raphael: No, because it takes a lot of time to cook and I like spending my time like doing or composing, so I don't, I mean, I care what I eat but I don't do a lot of time for preparing so I basically eat the same things every morning.
拉斐爾：不，因爲那要花費很多時間來烹飪，我喜歡花時間來創作，我是說，我對吃的東西很關心，但是我不喜歡花時間做一堆準備工作，所以基本上我每天早上都吃一樣的食物。
重點講解：
1. early riser
習慣早起牀的人；
eg. He was an early riser and he would be at the breakfast table at seven.
他習慣早起，7點鐘就坐在桌前吃早餐。
eg. It can be tough to be an early riser, especially if it's before sunrise.
早起會很痛苦, 尤其是太陽還沒升起之前。
注：late riser是習慣晚起的人；
eg. He's usually a late riser.
他經常很晚起牀。
2. no difference
沒區別；無差異；
eg. There is practically no difference.
實際上並無差別。
eg. Whether it rains or not makes no difference to me.
下不下雨對我來說都一樣。
3. the same
同樣的；相同的；
eg. The houses were all the same — square, close to the street, needing paint.
房子都一模一樣——方方正正、臨近街道、需要粉刷。
eg. People with the same experience in the job should be paid the same.
工作經歷相同的人應拿同樣的工資。
