美语情景对话 第486期:20 Questions 20个问题
Akane: Hey, Ruth, let's play a game?
茜:嗨,鲁斯,我们来玩游戏吧?Ruth: Oh, great idea.
鲁斯:哦,好主意。Akane: So, you think of one person in your head and I'll ask you questions and I'll try to guess who you're thinking of.
茜:你现在先想一个人,然后我会问你问题,我要试着猜出你想的人是谁。
Ruth: So does it need to be a famous person?
鲁斯:要想个名人吗?Akane: Yes, make it a famous person.
茜:对,得是名人。Ruth: OK. OK, I've got one.
鲁斯:好。好,我想好了。Akane: OK, is this person an athlete?
茜:好,这个人是运动员吗?Ruth: No.
鲁斯:不是。Akane: Is this person a movie star?
茜:是电影明星吗?Ruth: No, not that either.
鲁斯:也不是。Akane: Is this person a politician?
茜:那是政治家吗?Ruth: No.
鲁斯:不是。Akane: Is this person a singer?
茜:是歌手吗?Ruth: Yes.
鲁斯:是的。Akane: Oh, OK. Now, is this person a man or a woman?
茜:哦,好。那这个是男性还是女性?Ruth: It's a woman.
鲁斯:女性。Ruth: Oh, OK. Is it a child or an adult?
茜:哦,好的。是儿童还是成年人?Ruth: An adult.
鲁斯:成年人。Akane: Oh, I see. So a woman, and an adult. Is this person from Asia?
茜:哦,我知道了。是一个女性成年人。是亚洲人吗?Ruth: No, definitely not.
鲁斯:不是,肯定不是。Akane: Is she from North America?
茜:那是来自北美吗?Ruth: No.
鲁斯:不是。Akane: Hm. Is she from Africa?
茜:嗯,是非洲人吗?Ruth: Not Africa either.
鲁斯:也不是非洲人。Akane: Is she from Europe?
茜:那是欧洲人?Ruth: Nope.
鲁斯:不是。Akane: Oh, dear. Is she from Australia?
茜:哦,天哪。那她是来自澳大利亚吗?Ruth: That's right.
鲁斯:没错。Akane: Oh, Australia. OK. Let me think about this. Does she have brown hair?
茜:哦,澳大利亚。好,让我想想。她的头发是不是褐色的?Ruth: Kind of brown, kind of blond.
鲁斯:偏褐色,类似金发。Akane: Kind of brown. OK. Does she have big eyes?
茜:偏褐色。好,那她的眼睛是不是很大?Ruth: Yes she does.
鲁斯:对。Akane: Oh, big eyes, blond hair. Is she very beautiful?
茜:哦,大眼睛,金发。她是不是很漂亮?Ruth: Yes.
鲁斯:对?Akane: Is she muscular?
茜:她有肌肉吗?Ruth: I think she's got a good body.
鲁斯:我认为她身材很好。Akane: Has this person been famous for a very long time?
茜:那她是不是很长时间一来一直很出名?Ruth: Yes, as far as I can remember, actually.
鲁斯:对,就我记得的情况来说,是这样的。Akane: For a very long time. And is she popular amongst older people?
茜:很长时间。她在老人中很受欢迎吗?Ruth: Not very old people but popular among twenty and thirty year olds, I think.
鲁斯:不是年纪很大的人,我想大概是二三十岁的人很喜欢她。Akane: Twenty and thirty year olds. OK. Alright. Is this person on TV a lot?
茜:二三十岁。好。她不是经常上电视?Ruth: Yes, and she used to be on TV even more than she is now.
鲁斯:对,以前她经常上电视,现在不常在电视中出现了。Akane: Oh, I see. So does that mean she used to be an actress?
茜:哦,我知道了。那是不是说她以前做过女演员?Ruth: Yes she did.
鲁斯:对,没错。Akane: Well, I think I know who she is.
茜:嗯,我想我知道她是谁了。Ruth: Go on then. You have a guess.
鲁斯:说吧。你可以猜猜看。Akane: Kylie Minogue.
茜:凯莉·米洛。Ruth: Correct. You got it.
鲁斯:回答正确。你说对了。
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重点讲解:
1. think of
想到;想起;想出;
eg. I can't think of any reason why he should do that.
我想不出来他为什么非要那样做。
eg. We'll have to think of a way to solve the problem.
我们得想个法子解决这个问题。
2. as far as
就……而言;据……;
eg. That's the problem as far as I can see.
在我看来,那就是问题所在。
eg. As far as I know, he is kind.
就我所知,他人不错。
3. used to do sth.
过去常常;过去曾;
eg. Back in Nigeria we used to play a lot of tennis.
我们以前在尼日利亚经常打网球。
eg. The place used to be a stretch of barren land.
早先这里是一片不毛之地。
4. go on
继续说下去;
eg. Meer cleared his throat several times before he went on.
梅尔清了几次嗓子,又接着往下说。
eg. 'Go on,' Chee said. 'I'm interested.'
“接着说啊,”奇说道,“我很想听。”