ABC基础英语对话：互联网

brian: let's catch the bus to university today.

dario: no way. it's too slow. i want to catch a cab instead.

brian: but i like the bus.

dario: how can you like catching the bus? it's hot and sweaty and too slow!

brian: because i like to listen to the conversations that people have.

dario: there is something seriously wrong with you brian.

brian: i think i am just curious about other people.

dario: i think you are just too nosy!

brian: maybe i could become a spy then?

dario: brian 007 - i don't think so!

布莱恩：我们今天坐公共汽车去大学吧。
达里奥：不行。公共汽车太慢了。我想坐出租车。
布莱恩：但是我喜欢公共汽车。
达里奥：你怎么会喜欢坐公共汽车呢？公共汽车很热、让人出汗，而且太慢了！
布莱恩：因为我喜欢听别人的谈话。
达里奥：你太不对劲了，布莱恩。
布莱恩：我觉得我只是对其他人好奇而已。
达里奥：我觉得你太好管闲事了！
布莱恩：那也许我可以成为一个间谍？
达里奥：布莱恩007－我不这么认为！

new words 新单词

1) riot: someone very funny
好玩的人：很有趣的人
the comedian at the bar was such a riot - he had us laughing our heads off.
酒吧里的那个喜剧演员可真好玩－他把我们逗得捧腹大笑。

2) kook: strange person, weird, unusual
怪人，疯子：奇怪的人，怪异的，不寻常
there were some real kooks at the star trek convention. some had even dressed up like their favorite characters.
在《星际迷航》会上可真有一些疯子。有些人甚至打扮成他们最喜欢的角色。

3) summer camp: place young people go during summer
夏令营：夏天的时候年轻人去的地方
my parents sent me to summer camp every year so that they could have some time to themselves.
每年我的父母都送我去夏令营，这样他们就有些时间留给自己了。

dialogue-对话：

jessie: did your parents send you to summer camp when you were young?

tina: they sure did. they said they need some time to themselves.

jessie: sounds like you were a trouble child.

tina: not really. i liked going to camp.

jessie: i went twice, but i hated the food.

tina: i liked camp food, but then again, my mom was a terrible cook.

jessie: i wonder if there are camps for older people?

tina: i think there are, but i wouldn't want to go!

jessie: why not?

tina: let me sing you a song about camp life!

杰西：你小的时候你父母送你去夏令营吗？
蒂娜：当然了。他们说他们得给自己留一些时间。
杰西：听起来好像你是个问题孩子。
蒂娜：不是。我喜欢去夏令营。
杰西：我去过两次，不过我讨厌那里的食物。
蒂娜：我喜欢露营的食物，不过话又说回来了，我妈妈的厨艺很糟糕。
杰西：我在想有为年长一点的人举办的露营吗？
蒂娜：我觉得有，不过我不想去！
杰西：为什么不去？
蒂娜：让我给你唱一首关于露营生活的歌曲！