今天的這段對話,在討論朋友,
朋友借了你的錢沒還該怎么辦?你希望你的朋友具備什么樣的品質
來聽今天的講解:
Beginner
A: I had a big argument with david yesterday. I hope he’s not still mad at me.
昨天我和大衛(wèi)大吵了一架。我希望他不要還在生我的氣。
B: what did you argue about?
你們在爭論什么?
A: he borrowed some money from me and I needed it back. He said he didn’t have the money yet.
他向我借了一些錢,我需要還。他說他還沒有錢。
B: well, he should pay out back. It’s only fair.
好吧,他應該還錢。這才是公平的。
A: yes, but is got angry with him too quickly. He probably thought that I mistrusted him. I shouldn’t have got angry.
是的,但他對他太快生氣了。他可能認為我不信任他。我不應該生氣。
B: did you lend him a lot of money?
你借給他很多錢了嗎?
A: not much. I had to pay an unexpected bill, so I needed the money back.
不多。我不得不支付一筆意外的賬單,所以我需要還錢。
B: well, talk to him about it next time you see him. He probably feels as bad about it as you do. Close friends sometimes have disagreements. It’s nothing unusual. Neither of you said anything really nasty, did you?
好吧,下次見到他時再和他談談。他可能和你一樣對此感到難過。親密的朋友有時會有分歧。這沒什么不尋常的。你們都沒有說什么真正的難聽的話,是嗎?
A: no , we didn’t. I guess you’re right. We should patch things up.
不,我們沒有。我想你是對的。我們應該修補一下。
B: of course you should. You wouldn’t want a silly argument to ruin a long friendship, would you?
你當然應該。你不會希望一場愚蠢的爭論毀掉一段長久的友誼,是嗎?
Intermediate
A: what kind of qualities do you look for in your friends?
你希望你的朋友具備什么樣的品質?
B: I like people who are open and friendly. Those people are usually more active and fun to be with. I like spending time with my friends. We go to bars together or play sports together.
我喜歡那些開放友好的人。和他們在一起通常更活躍、更有趣。我喜歡和朋友們在一起。我們一起去酒吧或一起運動。
A: I don’t like to make friends with people who aren’t honest. Honesty is very important to me.
我不喜歡和不誠實的人交朋友。誠實對我來說很重要。
B: I think it’s important to most people. The problem is that you can usually only find out if someone is honest by getting to know them.
我認為這對大多數(shù)人來說很重要。問題是,你通常只能通過了解別人來發(fā)現(xiàn)他們是否誠實。
A: you can find out from their friends.
你可以從他們的朋友那里了解。
B: if you know any of their friends. You can’t rely on your friends to introduce people to you all the time. You have to go out and make the first move sometimes. I also like funny people.
如果你認識他們的朋友。你不能總是依靠你的朋友把人介紹給你。有時你必須走出去,邁出第一步。我也喜歡有趣的人。
A: oh, I don’t. they don’t seem to take anything seriously. You never know when they are joking and when they are being serious.
哦,我沒有。他們似乎什么都不認真。你永遠不知道他們什么時候在開玩笑,什么時候在認真。
B: sometimes it can be hard to tell, but if you know the person fairly well, you can usually see from their expression what they are really thinking.
有時很難說,但如果你很了解這個人,你通??梢詮乃麄兊谋砬橹锌闯鏊麄兊恼鎸嵪敕?。
A: it seems that we generally like different kinds of people. How is it that we are such good friends?
似乎我們一般都喜歡不同種類的人。我們怎么會是這么好的朋友?
B: maybe people don’t like to have friends that are all same. Most people like a little variety in their lives-including a variety of characteristics in their friends.
也許人們不喜歡有完全相同的朋友。大多數(shù)人喜歡生活中的一些變化,包括朋友的各種特征。