美國文化脫口秀 第393期:10句英語描述完美周末

什么是你心目中的perfect weekend?睡到自然醒、和朋友吃飯逛街、看電影泡吧、陪孩子、陪父母?今天，我們分享10句描述完美周末的英語。

關鍵詞：

10 things that sum up a perfect weekend

#1.Sleeping in：賴床，睡到自然醒

Sleep in: 睡懶覺

You don't need to go to work today, so sleep in to your heart's content: 今天不用上班，可以睡到自然醒!

Do something to your heart's content: 盡情地做某事

I'm still in my PJs：我還穿著睡衣呢， 賴床的意思

PJs (pajamas): 睡衣

有孩子和沒孩子的人，sleep in的概念完全不同：

Jenny: 9:00 am is sleeping in for me;

Diana: That's the earliest I can wake up. I usually get up around 11:00, but I can honestly sleep for the whole day!

你sleep in到幾點?

#2.Brunch：早午餐

Brunch: 早午餐

It's not breakfast, it's not lunch. It's brunch. Make brunch for your loved ones or head out for brunch with friends: 不是早飯也不是午飯，是早午飯。為你愛的人做一頓早午餐，或者出去和朋友們吃吧

If you sleep in, you've probably missed breakfast: 如果睡懶覺，那你肯定錯過早飯了

So have brunch. It combines breakfast and lunch: 所以吃早午餐吧，結合早飯和午飯

The brunch culture is big everywhere: 全球早午餐文化都很盛行

Classic brunch dishes: 經典早午餐菜式

Which is your favorite? 你喜歡哪種?

If you have a sweet tooth: 如果你愛吃甜的

French toast: 法式吐司

Pancakes: 松餅

Waffles: 華夫餅

Crepe: 法式薄餅

Cinnamon rolls 肉桂卷

Prefer something savory: 如果你愛吃咸的

Smoked salmon: 煙熏三文魚，和以下這些都很搭!

Eggs Benedict: 本尼迪水煮蛋

Bagel:貝果

Omelette: 煎蛋卷

Hashbrown: 薯餅

For savory dishes, I love anything with smoked salmon: 如果是咸的，我最喜歡煙熏三文魚類的

For sweet dishes, French toast or crepes: 甜的，我最喜歡法式吐司和法式薄餅

*What brunch dishes do you like? 大家喜歡什么早午餐食物?

#3.Pamper yourself with a facial

寵寵自己，敷個面膜

or some beer! 喝點兒啤酒

Pamper yourself: 寵寵自己

Ladies, treat yourself to a facial. Gentlemen, grab a beer at your favorite sports bar: 姑娘們，可以給自己做個臉;男士們，去運動酒吧看球賽、喝啤酒

Treat yourself to a facial: 寵自己，做個臉

外國人不太說敷個面膜，通常就會用do a facial來代替

At-home spa treatment or facial: 在家自己做個spa或者做個臉

#4.Be active! 運動

Be active: 動起來

Go for a walk, a run, or hit the gym to get your heart pumping: 出去散散步、跑個步、或者去健身房，鍛煉一下

Work out: 運動

Hit the gym: 去健身房運動

Running on the treadmill:在跑步機上跑步

#5.Quality time with your family: 陪孩子、陪爸媽

Family time: 家庭時間

Do something fun with the kids or head home to visit your parents (or at least give them a call): 好好陪孩子玩兒或回家看爸媽(至少給他們打個電話)

Spend quality time with your family：陪家人一起度過有品質的時間

If you're not in the same city as your parents, give them a call or WeChat them: 如果你和父母不在同一個城市，別忘了打個電話或微信一下

10句英語描述完美周末

#6.Hang out with friends: 約朋友

Hang out with friends: 出去會朋友

Whether it's coffee, dinner or bar hopping, catching up with friends makes for a great weekend: 不論是喝杯咖啡、吃晚飯、泡酒吧，和好朋友一起，就是完美的周末

Catch up: 聚聚、聚會

Bar hopping: 連著去不同的酒吧

Hop: 跳來跳去

#7.Catch a movie: 看電影

Watch a movie: 看電影

Grab a buddy, a bucket of popcorn and head to the movies: 拉上好友，捧盒爆米花，看部好電影

*咸甜爆米花，中美大不同*

American movie theaters usually sell salty popcorn: 美國電影院的爆米花通常是咸的

Chinese movie theatres sell sweet popcorn:中國電影院的通常是甜的

美國咸爆米花還有個名字叫：

Butter popcorn: 黃油爆米花

賣爆米花的地方會有黃油汁，你可以淋上去;這個對我們來說，實在太油膩啦!

There's also kettle corn, which is salty and sweet: 還有一種是又甜又咸的kettle爆米花

But movie tickets are too expensive: 但是電影票太貴了

You don't use apps to buy discounted tickets? 你不用app買打折票嗎?

I always buy tickets at the box office: 我都是在售票處買

大家快來教Diana如何團購電影票吧!

#8.Do some shopping (or window shopping)

逛街購物

Indulge yourself in some retail therapy or window shopping: 用買買買來治愈自己吧!或者只是逛逛也挺好

Indulge: 奢華享受

Retail therapy: 零售治療法，即血拼、購物

It could be very dangerous if you spend too much money. You might regret it. 如果花很多錢，會很危險，最后自己后悔

#9.Why not learn English? 學英語

Learn some English: 不如學英語

If you've had a hectic week, the weekend is the perfect time to do some catching up: 如果你一周非常忙碌，周末是學英語的好時機

Hectic: 非常忙碌，緊張

Catch up: 趕上、補上

我們的聽眾、會員都很努力噠：

Throughout the week, you are working hard and learning English: 其實大家一周中也都見縫插針學英語

#10.Last but not least...最后別忘了

Last but not least... Do the laundry, vacuuming, dishwashing and whatever chores need to be done. 最后也別忘了做家務!洗衣服，吸塵，洗碗……

Chores: 家務

注意，洗衣服不是“wash clothes" 是do the laundry!

I love doing dishes, it's therapeutic for me: 我最喜歡洗碗，對我來說很療愈

Sweeping is my least favorite, it's so dusty: 我最怕掃地，灰太大了