英語趣味課堂：周日 Sunday

Todd: Hello, Adrienne!

Adrienne: Hi, Todd!

Todd: How are you?

Adrienne: Fine, how are you?

Todd: Good. Adrienne, can we talk about what you like to do on Sunday morning?

Adrienne: Usually, on Sunday mornings, I like to sleep as late as possible.

Todd: Sleep, huh! Like how late do you normally sleep?

Adrienne: Um, probably until 10 or 11 o'clock.

Todd: Ooh, that's pretty late.

Adrienne: I know. That's the best part.

Todd: That's terrible actually.

Adrienne: It's not terrible. It's good for you. You can catch up on your sleep, from a busy week.

Todd: Yeah, but don't you think you're giving away the best time of the day. Like that's, if you sleep, you give away that time. You're never going to have it back.

Adrienne: But, it's also relaxing which is something that you don't get to do during the week.

Todd: Mm, that's true. That's true. But for me, it's, I like to get up early. I mean, do you ever get up early on Saturday or Sunday?

Adrienne: Ah, sometimes, if I have an activity planned for the day - errands, shopping, hiking3 - that kind of thing.

Todd: OK, well, what about food. What do you normally eat?

Adrienne: On Sundays? I like to make an omelet for breakfast, ah, cheese omelet usually.

Todd: What do you put inside the omelet besides cheese?

Adrienne: Mushrooms (Ooh, that's good) and sometimes avocado, if I can find it. It's delicious.

Todd: Do you do this every Sunday?

Adrienne: No, it's not a habit but when I can, when I think of it, when I'm up early enough.

Todd: OK, well, let's talk about last sunday? What did you do last Sunday? Do you remember?

Adrienne: Mm, last Sunday? I was packing.

Todd: Packing for what?

Adrienne: To come to Japan.

Todd: Oh, yeah! So where did you come from?

Adrienne: I came from Minneapolis.

Todd: OK. How long was your flight?

Adrienne: 14 hours.

Todd: Ooh, that's long!

Adrienne: Give or take, yeah.

Todd: Did you sleep on the plane?

Adrienne: I did. 2 hours, and then I was up, and then 1 hour, and then I was up, and then 20 minutes and then 40 minutes.

Todd: So, it was never solid?

Adrienne: No, sporadic. We had a lot of turbulence.

Todd: Ooh, what's turbulence?

Adrienne: Turbulence is when the plane hits some kind of air pockets and bounces around. You have to put your seatbelt on so you don't get knocked over.

Todd: Yeah, they go "bong!"

Adrienne: Exactly!

1 normally

adv.正常地，通常地

參考例句：

I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六買東西。

My pulse beats normally.我脈搏正常。

2 errands

n.errand的復(fù)數(shù);差使( errand的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );差事

參考例句：

He often runs errands for his grandmother. 他經(jīng)常給他的祖母跑腿兒。

I have a few errands to do in the town. 我在城里有些差事要辦。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 hiking

n.徒步旅行

參考例句：

He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他圍著蘇格蘭徒步旅行了一個月。

Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中國還不流行。

4 mushrooms

n.蘑菇( mushroom的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );如蘑菇般生長迅速的事物

參考例句：

a mixed grill of bacon, sausages, tomatoes and mushrooms 由咸熏肉、香腸、番茄和蘑菇做成的烤雜排

Some mushrooms contain a deadly poison. 有些蘑菇含有致命毒素。

5 solid

adj.固體的，結(jié)實的，可靠的，實心的;n.固體，實心;adv. 一致地

參考例句：

Water may change from a liquid to a solid.水可以由液體變?yōu)楣腆w。

I know that James is a solid type of person.我知道詹姆斯是個可信賴的人。

6 sporadic

adj.偶爾發(fā)生的 [反]regular;分散的

參考例句：

The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能聽見零星的槍聲。

You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你們比我更清楚，而我聽到的只是零星消息。

7 turbulence

n.喧囂，狂暴，騷亂，湍流

參考例句：

The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空氣的激流導(dǎo)致飛機(jī)翻轉(zhuǎn)。

The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在動蕩中前進(jìn)。

8 bounces

v.彈回( bounce的第三人稱單數(shù) );(電子郵件)被退回;拒付;(朝某個方向)顛簸行進(jìn)

參考例句：

Although fatigue shows readily on Carter, he bounces back quickly. 卡特雖然容易顯出疲勞的樣子，但他恢復(fù)得很快。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

A rubber ball bounces well. 橡皮球彈力好。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》