在美國:29 飯桌進餐, 八卦不可少
來源:滬江聽寫酷
2011-07-16 10:35
原汁原味故事,風趣實用英語。
通過常見的生活場景,聽寫重點單詞,學習美國地道的常用詞匯。
(資料來源:《Drew和Nancy的美國生活英語》 大連理工大學出版社)
〖At the table〗
<聽寫方式: 填空, 一空一詞, 不用帶數字序號>
A: So, did you hear that Mark quit this morning?
B: No! Why did he quit?
C: I heard he just wants more time with his family so he's going to take a job with another firm that requires less hours.
A: Well I heard it was because he never gets along with our boss and thinks he gets put in all of the worst work groups.
B: Do you think that's true?
A: I'm not really sure. I guess we could just ask him.
C: Ah, water ____1____ talk can be so interesting sometimes. We have nothing better to talk about than our coworkers I guess.
B: I just don't like it when people spread ____2____ about other workers without talking to them face to face.
A: Well, after lunch let's go see if we can find Mark packing up his office. Then we can ask him ourselves why he quit!
C: Wait a second, Mina, can we make a quick trip to get coffee first? I need to get my ____3____ fix before lunch is over.
A: Good idea. I was running late this morning so I didn't get my normal cup of ____4____ yet either. Lo, want to come?
B: I don't really like coffee that much but I'll ____5____ along.
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<本期重點詞匯>
water cooler 飲水機
water cooler talk 是指在辦公室里的閑談
rumor n.謠言
cup of joe=cup of coffee
tag along 尾隨
<參考譯文>
A: 聽說了嗎,馬克今天上午辭職了。
B: 不會吧,他為什么要辭職啊?
C: 我聽說他想有更多的時間和家人在一起,所以他換了一家公司,工作的時間會短一些。
A: 我聽說是他和我們老板相處得不好,他認為總是被安排在最差的工作組。
B: 你覺得是真的嗎?
A: 我不敢確定。我想我們最好問問他。
C: 啊,有時候辦公室閑聊也是很有趣的,我想聊聊同事是最有意思了。
B: 我只是不喜歡沒有和同事直接聊過就散步一些關于他們的謠言。
A: 好吧,等吃過午飯,我們去看看,如果馬克在辦公室收拾東西,我們就可以問問他為什么辭職了。
C: 等一下,麥娜。我們快點去買咖啡吧,吃完午飯前,我需要喝一杯咖啡。
A: 好主意。早上我遲到了,還沒喝上一杯。羅,你要嗎?
B: 我沒那么喜歡喝咖啡,但是我隨你們。