美语情景对话 第1093期:What can you do? 你能做什么?
Rory: So Abidemi, let's talk about abilities. Can you cook?
罗瑞:阿比德米,我们来谈谈能力。你会做饭吗?Abidemi: Yes, and no. I can cook a little bit, the basic stuff but I really like to eat but I don't experiment too much. So no, I'm not a great cook, but I can cook. I cook to survive. What about you, Rory? Can you cook?
阿比德米:可以说会,也可以说不会。我会做点儿饭,基本的食物我会做,我非常喜欢吃,不过我不经常创新菜式。我不是好厨师,但是我会做饭。我做饭是为了生活下去。你呢,罗瑞?你会做饭吗?Rory: Yeah, I can. I really like cooking. I love cooking Italian food. I also love baking. So I can bake cakes and cookies and bread, stuff like that.
罗瑞:我会。我非常喜欢烹饪。我喜欢烹饪意大利美食。我也喜欢烘焙。我可以烘焙蛋糕、饼干和面包等等。
Abidemi: Okay.
阿比德米:好。Rory: How about singing? Can you sing?
罗瑞:那唱歌呢?你会唱歌吗?Abidemi: I think I can sing. Yes, I enjoy singing. I love singing. I sing a lot in church, so I can sing. What about you? Can you sing?
阿比德米:我认为我会唱。我很喜欢唱歌。我爱唱歌。我经常在教会唱歌,我会唱歌。你呢?你会唱歌吗?Rory: I can't sing at all. Like even when I go to karaoke, I'm too embarrassed to pick up the microphone.
罗瑞:我完全不会唱歌。即使去KTV,我也会因为太尴尬而没法拿起麦克唱歌。Abidemi: Oh, it's too bad. What about you, Rory, can you play – okay, can you play an instrument?
阿比德米:哦,那太糟了。那罗瑞,你会演奏乐器吗?Rory: I can't. No. I'd love to be able to play an instrument but I can't play anything. How about you? Can you play an instrument?
罗瑞:我不会。我希望我会演奏乐器,可是事实上我完全不会。你呢?你会演奏乐器吗?Abidemi: No, I can't. I really wish that I had learned something when I was younger. But I say I can play my voice. Ha, ha.
阿比德米:我也不会。我非常希望我小时候学过乐器。不过,我可以演奏我的声音,哈哈。Rory: That's nice.
罗瑞:这很好。Abidemi: What about juggling? Can you juggle, Rory?
阿比德米:那杂耍呢?罗瑞,你会杂耍吗?Rory: Yeah, I can juggle. I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.
罗瑞:我会。我会3球杂耍,我还可以做4球杂耍。Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米:哇哦。Rory: Like I can do it for about 10 seconds. Yeah.
罗瑞:我可以坚持10秒钟。Abidemi: I can't juggle at all. So please teach me. It's always something that I've always wanted – I wanted to learn.
阿比德米:我完全不会杂耍。请教教我。我一直想学杂耍。Rory: Okay. Can you speak three languages?
罗瑞:好。你会说三种语言吗?Abidemi: Yes. I think I can speak three languages.
阿比德米:对,我可以说三种语言。Rory: Which ones?
罗瑞:哪三种?Abidemi: I think English is my best language but I also speak Yoruba, a Nigerian language, and I speak French as well. Yes. And you?
阿比德米:我最擅长的语言是英语,我还会约鲁巴语,这是尼日利亚的一种语言,我也会法语。你呢?Rory: Well, I can speak English and I can speak some Czech. I lived in the Czech Republic for six years.
罗瑞:我会英语和捷克语。我在捷克共和国生活了六年。Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米:哇哦。Rory: And I can also speak a little bit of French but it's very rusty.
罗瑞:我还会儿一点儿法语,不过非常生疏。Abidemi: Okay. Maybe next time we'll have this conversation in French then.
阿比德米:好。也许下次我们可以用法语对话。Rory: Okay.
罗瑞:好。译文属仅供学习交流使用,未经许可请勿转载
重点讲解:
1. pick up 拿起;提起;拾起;捡起;
例句:Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
里德利拿起一支铅笔,不停地在手里摆弄着。
2. be able to do sth. 可以…的,能够…的;
例句:The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive.
该公司说他们能够使定价保持竞争力。
3. as well 也;还;
例句:'What do you like about it then?' — 'Erm, the history, the shops—people are quite friendly as well.'
“那么你喜欢这儿的什么?”——“嗯,它的历史啦,商店啦,还有这儿的人也都很友好。”