美語情景對話 第481期:Three Things 三選一

Todd: OK, Eucharia, we're going to play a game: 'Choices'. I will say 3 things, you tell me which would you choose. Ok, the first one: coffee, tea or water in the morning?

託德：好，尤查里亞，我們要玩個遊戲：選擇。我會說三件東西，你告訴我你的選擇。好，首先是：你早上會喝咖啡，茶還是水？

Eucharia: Water.

尤查里亞：水。

Todd: Water!

託德：水！

Eucharia: Yeah, when I wake up I usually have 2 glasses of water and then at the moment I'm trying not to drink coffee and not to drink caffeine so at the moment it's water but if I were given a choice normally it would be coffee.

尤查里亞：對，我起牀後一般會喝兩杯水，現在我會盡量不喝咖啡還有含咖啡因的飲料，現在我的選擇是水，不過通常情況下如果你問我我會選擇咖啡。

Todd: Ok how about at night time. You're at a party, which would you rather have: beer, wine or a cocktail?

託德：好，那晚上呢？假設你在參加派對，你想喝什麼：啤酒、葡萄酒還是雞尾酒？

Eucharia: It depends on the party. If I'm going dancing, cocktail. If I'm going out eating, wine and if it's just friends getting together, beer.

尤查里亞：這要取決於哪種派對。如果我去跳舞，我會選雞尾酒。如果我是去享受美食，我會喝葡萄酒，如果是朋友們聚在一起，那就會喝啤酒。

Todd: You're on an aeroplane and you're flying across the ocean. What would you prefer to read: newspaper, a magazine or a book?

託德：假設現在你在飛機上，正在飛越海洋。你會選擇看什麼：報紙、雜誌還是書？

Eucharia: A book, definitely.

尤查里亞：當然是書。

Todd: A book, why a book? That was a very strong answer!

託德：書，爲什麼是書？這個回答很肯定啊！

Eucharia: I love reading. I have to read every night before I go to sleep for maybe 30 minutes so I really enjoy reading and I find that I emotionally engage with the book and what's happening in the book and I forget the fact that I'm on a 12 hour inter-continent flight.

尤查里亞：我喜歡讀書。每天晚上睡前半小時我都會讀書，我真的很喜歡看書，我發現我會把情感投入到我看的書上和書中講述的內容上，我會忘記我坐的航班是12個小時的洲際航班。

Todd: Ok you have to choose between 3 seasons: summer, fall or winter.

託德：好，你要從三個季節中選擇：夏季、秋季還是冬季？

Eucharia: Summer.

尤查里亞：夏季。

Todd: Summer?

託德：夏季嗎？

Eucharia: I love sunshine, I love heat, I can't stand rain, which is why I don't live in my home country and I don't like snow.

尤查里亞：我喜歡陽光，我喜歡熱度，我不能忍受雨水，這就是我不在我的祖國生活的原因，而且我也討厭下雪。

Todd: Ok I'm with you on that. Ok next one. To pass the time at night you can watch TV, you can check the internet or you can watch a movie, a dvd. What would you prefer?

託德：在這點上我和你一樣。好下一個。晚上消磨時間可以看電視、上網或者看電影光盤。你更喜歡哪個？

Eucharia: Probably watching a dvd because, yeah if I'm on the internet I'm on the internet at work and so I don't want to go on the internet late at night because I start thinking too much and I can't sleep.

尤查里亞：可能是看電影光盤，因爲我白天工作時就一直在網上，所以晚上我不太想繼續上網，因爲那樣我會想很多事情而無法入睡。

Todd: Ok last one. You're at the beach. Would you prefer to: play a sport on the beach, on the sand; go in the water and swim or surf; or lie on the beach and get a tan?

託德：好，最後一個問題。想象一下你現在在海灘。你喜歡哪個：在沙灘上進行運動；在海里游泳或衝浪；還是躺在沙灘上曬日光浴？

Eucharia: Lie on the beach and get a tan! Yep, I'm from a country we don't see a lot of sunshine so I still get very excited when I see sunshine. Maybe I'll go to the beach and maybe I'll go to the water and swim a bit but my favourite thing is to lie on the beach and get a tan.

尤查里亞：躺在沙灘上曬日光浴！我們國家的陽光並不充足，所以我看到陽光時會非常興奮。也許我會在沙灘上玩，然後去水裏遊會兒泳，不過我最喜歡的是躺在沙灘上曬日光浴。

Todd: Thanks Eucharia.

託德：謝謝你，尤查里亞。

Eucharia: You're welcome.

尤查里亞：不客氣。

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重點講解：
1. depend on
取決（於）；有賴（於）；
eg. Human mind constantly depend on objects which are taken from visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile means.
人的心理不斷地依賴於從視覺，聽覺，嗅覺，味覺和觸覺得到的目標。
eg. This shift is rapid and does not depend on natural selection.
這種變遷的過程很快而且並不取決於自然選擇。
2. get together
開會；聚會；
eg. Let's get together and talk it over.
大家聚在一起商量商量。
eg. They get together once a year at Christmas time.
他們每年聖誕節時聚會一次。
3. be with sb.
贊成；支持；
eg. 'I'm with you all the way.' — 'Thank you.'
“我會一直支持你。”——“謝謝！”
eg. We will be with you all the way.
我們始終支持你。
4. pass the time
消遣；打發時間；
eg. She stopped by just to pass the time of day.
她來串門只是爲了打發時間。
eg. Playing chess is a lovely way to pass the time.
下棋是一種令人愉快的消遣方法。