生活英語對話 Episode 94: A quiet night in

本單元是關(guān)于清靜的夜晚的對話。

Alice: Ah, something smells fantastic! You're a whiz in the kitchen Paul.

Paul: Thank you.

Ellie: Yes, my daddy's a wonderful cooker. He's the bestest daddy in the whole wide world.

Alice: And you're the luckiest 5 year old, Ellie.

Paul: Oh, that's the pager. What is it now? Oh no, serious traffic incident. They want me at the hospital right away.

Alice: Oh, I'll come too. I'm sure they'll need some extra nurses.

Paul: That's so professional of you Alice. But could I ask you to do me a huge favour here instead?

Alice: Sure. What is it?

Paul: Would you mind looking after Ellie?

Alice: Oh Paul, you don't even need to ask.

Vocabulary 詞匯

a whiz at something 某方面的能手(奇才)

someone who is very good or fast at a particular activity or task

a pager 傳呼機(jī)

a small machine which receives signals from a telephone

right away 立刻，馬上

immediately

a favour 恩惠;幫忙

something you do for someone to help them out

本單元的語言點(diǎn)是關(guān)于不同職業(yè)的詞匯，請看下面的解釋和職業(yè)的名稱。

Jobs vocabulary

People who work with food 與食品烹飪有關(guān)的人

a cook 廚子;廚娘

someone who cooks and prepares food

a chef 大師傅，廚師

a cook who has qualifications and is very skilled at cooking

a sous-chef 副廚師長

a chef who works below the main chef and who is directly in charge of what is produced in the kitchen

a baker 面包師

someone who makes bread and cakes

People who work with children 照顧孩子的人

a child-minder 保姆

someone who looks after children during they day while their parents are working, in the child-minder's house

a nursery school teacher 托兒所老師

someone who cares for and teaches young children (3 - 5 year-olds) before they go to primary or infants school

People who work in politics 與政治有關(guān)的人物

a canvasser 游說拉票者

someone who goes to people's houses and tries to persuade them to vote for a particular politician or political party in an election (canvassers are usually volunteers, they don't get paid for this work)

a spin doctor (媒體、政治公關(guān))幕僚

someone who makes ideas, events and political speeches seem better than they really are

a speech writer (政治家的)講稿撰寫人

someone who writes speeches for a politician

People who work in newspapers or magazines 為報社或雜志工作的人

an agony aunt (排解大家苦悶煩心事的)"知心大姐"

someone who answers people's emotional, work or family problems

a gossip columnist 八卦專欄作家

someone who writes about what famous people are doing, what parties they go to and who's dating who

an editor 編輯

the person who is responsible for what is written in a newspaper

People who work outside 在戶外工作的人

a traffic warden (交通違章車輛的)抄牌員

someone who enforces parking rules and gives out tickets to drivers who park their cars illegally

a bicycle courier 單車速遞員

someone who delivers letters and parcels within a city (usually in the business district) by bike

a road sweeper 道路清掃工

someone who brushes up and collects litter on pavements and streets