英語口語迷你小對(duì)話：第10課 無趣的 - 8

　　第10課：無趣的 - 8

　　【迷你小對(duì)話1】

　　A: You never talk about work anymore.

　　B: Well, now that you are an international journalist, my job as a secretary seems too humdrum to mention.

　　A: 你怎么不再談你的工作了?

　　B: 你現(xiàn)在是國(guó)際新聞?dòng)浾吡?，我那單調(diào)乏味的秘書工作還有什么好談的。

　　【迷你小對(duì)話2】

　　A: Can you tell me, Mr. Gates, what you do on an average day?

　　B: Well, I’ll be happy to tell you. But compared to most famous people, it’s pretty prosaic. I just get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, and go to bed.

　　A: Gates先生，能告訴我您平時(shí)都做些什么嗎?

　　B: 我當(dāng)然愿意告訴你了。不過和大多數(shù)名人相比，我的生活平淡無奇——起床、吃早飯、上班、回家，然后睡覺。

　　【語言點(diǎn)精講】

　　humdrum: 平凡的;單調(diào)的;乏味的。

　　average: 平常的;普通的。

　　prosaic: 平淡無奇的;無詩意的;乏味的。