Conversation 1
对话
1
Thanks
for
inviting me ou
t
tonigh
t
.
谢谢你今晚邀请我出去。
I've been
wanting
to
try this place
for
weeks.
几个星期以来我一直想来这里吃饭。
I usually pa
ss i
t
on my way home
from
work, bu
t
never seem
ed
to
have time
to
stop.
我经常在下班回家的路上经过这儿，但似乎从来没有时间停一停。
I've
been
dying
to
come here
as
well.
我也很想来这里。
I
was
worri
ed
tha
t
the
menu migh
t
no
t
b
e a
ccommodating, bu
t
o
ne
o
f
my close friends a
te
here las
t
week.
我担心菜单上的菜可能不太好，但我的一个好朋友上周在这里吃过饭。
She's a vegetarian.
她是个素食主义者。
She tol
d
me
tha
t
there were
a
lo
t
o
f
options
for
her
an
d
they offer
ed
alternative dishes.
她告诉我，这儿有很多选择，他们提供替代菜肴。
Bu
t
you're no
t
vegetarian, are you?
但你不是素食主义者，对吧
?
Well, no
t e
ntirely.
嗯，不完全是。
I don'
t
ea
t
mea
t
a
t a
ll, bu
t I
don'
t
ha
ve
a
problem eating fish, seafood or eggs.
我一点肉也不吃，但我会吃鱼、海鲜或鸡蛋。
Isn'
t
tha
t
very difficult?
这不是很难吗
?
I can'
t
imagine givi
ng u
p
a
premium juicy steak
or
bacon cheeseburgers.
我无法想象放弃美味多汁的牛排或培根芝士汉堡会是什么样。
I wouldn'
t
know.
我不知道。
My parents follow
ed
the
same diet.
我的父母也有同样的饮食习惯。
Even whe
n I
was
younger, we never ha
d
mea
t
during meals.
即使在我小时候，我们也从不在吃饭时吃肉。
An
d
I
never really ha
d
a
craving
to
tr
y i
t.
我从来没有想过要尝试一下。
I be
t i
t
woul
d
be
har
d
, though, giving up something
you're
accustom
ed
to
eating.
不过，我敢打赌，放弃你习惯吃的东西会很困难。
I tri
ed
cutting ba
ck o
n coffee in
the
morning
an
d
i
t
was
awful.
我试着在早上少喝咖啡，但那实在是太糟糕了。
Come
to
thin
k
of
i
t
.
仔细想想。
I
t
was
probably even worse
for
my colleagues
tha
t
ha
d
to
deal
with
me
a
t
morning meetings.
对我的同事来说，情况可能更糟，他们不得不在上午的会议上与我打交道。
That'
s e
ven harder
to
imagine you withou
t
coffee.
如果没有咖啡，就更难想象你的状态了。
So you say your parents also followed
a
partially vegetarian die
t
?
所以你说你的父母也属于部分素食主义。
Why di
d
they deci
de
to
do tha
t
?
他们为什么决定那样做
?
That's an interesting question.
这是个有趣的问题。
I never though
t
to
ask them, though.
但我从没想过去问他们。
My best guess is
for
health reasons.
我猜是为了健康。
They're
no
t
terribly active
or
knowledgeable abou
t
animal preservatio
n e
fforts, bu
t
they're
serious abou
t
their health.
他们对动物保护工作不是很积极，也不了解，但他们对自己的健康很重视。
Both
are
in their 70s now.
两人现在都已经
70
多岁了。
Bu
t
eat organic a
s o
ften as possible
an
d
take par
t
in regular physical exercise, neither
of
them has any health problems
an
d
they hardly ever ge
t
sick.
但他们还是尽可能多吃有机食品，定期参加体育锻炼，他们都没有任何健康问题，也几乎从不生病。
In tha
t
case, I migh
t
gi
ve it a
try someday.
那样的话，我也许哪天可以试一试。
Now back
to
the
menu.
现在回到菜单。
Wha
t
are
you
going to
have?
你准备吃点什么
?
Conversation One
对话
1
Hi, Lily, how's
the
new apar
t
ment?
嗨，莉莉，你的新公寓怎么样
?
It'
s o
kay.
还好。
What? How ca
n i
t
be
jus
t
okay when las
t
wee
k
you were thrill
ed a
bou
t
the
place
an
d
ke
pt
posting photos
o
f
i
t online?
什么？上周你还很喜欢这个地方，还在网上不停地发照片，怎么会是还好呢
?
Well, las
t
week whe
n I
move
d i
n,
the
apar
t
ment seemed cozy, jus
t
the
righ
t
size
for
one person.
嗯，上周我搬进来的时候，公寓看起来很舒适，刚好是一个人住的大小。
Bu
t
now i
t
jus
t
seems tiny, shabby
an
d
solitary.
但现在这个公寓看起来又小又破，而且感觉孤零零的。
Ah, that's
the
problem. You mi
ss y
our roommates
from
university, don'
t you
?
啊，这就是问题所在。你想念你的大学室友，是吗
?
I'm going
to
soun
d
like an idio
t
, because I use
d
to
complain
to
you all
the
time abou
t
how crowd
ed
our dormitory room
was
,
an
d
a
bou
t
all
the
things they di
d
to
irrita
te
me, like watching movies la
te a
t
nigh
t
withou
t
headphones, or talking lou
d
ly early in
the
morning.
我要说的话听起来像个白痴，因为我以前总是向你抱怨我们的宿舍有多拥挤，抱怨舍友做的所有让我生气的事情，比如深夜看电影不戴耳机，或者一大早大声说话。
Bu
t
now I miss them terribly.
但现在我非常想念她们。
Of course, you do. That's perfec
t
ly normal.
你当然会想他们。这很正常。
When I go
t
my firs
t
place, I remember thinking I couldn'
t
wai
t
to
live by myself
an
d
ge
t a
way
from
my juvenile roommates
an
d
all their annoying habits.
当我拿到第一名的时候，我想我迫不及待地想要一个人住，远离我那些年轻的室友和他们所有令人讨厌的习惯。
Bu
t
the
n I
began missing them
an
d
feeling lonely
an
d
thinking
tha
t
our
dormitory
was
like paradise.
但后来我开始想念他们，感到孤独，觉得我们的宿舍就像天堂。
Even though
there were
si
x o
f
us guys
in
one small room.
尽管我们六个人挤在一个小房间里。
I though
t i
t
was
jus
t
me who fel
t
like that.
我以为只有我有这种感觉。
Look, you live
d
a
t
home wi
th u
s,
an
d
then you ha
d
three roommates,
an
d
this i
s you
r firs
t
time living alone, so it's hard.
听着，你过去和我们一起住在家里，后来和三个室友住在一起，这是你第一次独自生活，所以很难。
Bu
t
your firs
t
apar
t
ment i
s
a
milestone in your life.
