美語情景對話 第322期:Abilities 能力
Todd: OK. Cat, we're back. We're gonna talk about things you can do.
託德：好。凱特，我們回來了。我們要談談你可以做到的事情。Cat: OK.
凱特：好的。Todd: Can you cook?
託德：你會做飯嗎？
Cat: Not really!
凱特：不會！Todd: No!
託德：不是吧！Cat: Well, I can, but not very well.
凱特：其實我會做飯，不過做得不太好。Todd: OK. What do you do for dinner?
託德：好。那一般你晚飯都吃什麼？Cat: Buy take-away food.
凱特：買一些外賣食品。Todd: OK. When you buy take-away food what do you buy?
託德：好。那你一般買什麼外賣食品？Cat: Normally, normally stuff from the supermarket you can just throw in the microwave, ready meals, not from take-away from a pizza place or a restaurant but just stuff that I can cook at home.
凱特：通常來說，我會從超市買那種可以直接扔進微波爐的食物，那種即食食品，不是從速食店或批薩店或餐廳買的食物，就是那種我可以在家烹飪的食物。Todd: OK. And can you sing?
託德：好。那你會唱歌嗎？Cat: Not at all.
凱特：完全不會。Todd: No.
託德：不會嗎。Cat: No.
凱特：不會。Todd: OK! Now, we're in Japan, have you ever been to Karaoke here in Japan?
託德：好！現在我們在日本生活，你去過日本的卡拉OK嗎？Cat: No.
凱特：沒有。Todd: No.
託德：沒有啊。Cat: And I really don't want to go either.
凱特：而且其實我也不想去。Todd: OK. Um, can you play any musical instruments?
託德：好吧。嗯，你會演奏樂器嗎？Cat: I used to be able to play the piano and the guitar. But I haven't played them for a long time. I can remember a bit much.
凱特：我以前可以彈鋼琴和吉他。但是我已經很長時間沒有練習過了。我還能記得一點，不過，記得的不太多。Todd: Which one did you prefer the most?
託德：那你最喜歡哪個樂器？Cat: Guitar. The piano was too difficult.
凱特：吉他。鋼琴太難了。Todd: Oh, really! Did you take lessons?
託德：哦，真的嗎！你有去上課嗎？Cat: Yes, And I had to play scales all the time and it was really boring. I hardly ever got to play any tunes.
凱特：有。我要一直練習演奏音階，那真的特別枯燥。我幾乎沒有演奏過曲子。Todd: OK. Alright. Thanks a lot Cat.
託德：哦，好的。非常謝謝你，凱特。
重點講解：
1. take-away
<主英>（飯食）外帶的，（餐廳）供應外帶食物的；
eg. Take-away food is extremely cheap.
外賣食品十分便宜。
eg. More than half of the japanese people surveyed, whose small flats make it difficult to cook, are buying fewer take-away meals.
超過一半的日本受訪者減少了外賣的購買，儘管日本公寓狹小，不適合烹飪。
2. ready meals
現成食品；方便食品；
eg. Families graze on cholesterol-sodden take-aways and microwaved ready-meals.
家家戶戶都在吃富含膽固醇的外賣和微波熱化的現成食品。
eg. Binge drinking, ready meals and a lack of exercise all take their toll.
酗酒、吃方便食品、缺乏鍛鍊均對年輕人的健康造成了不良影響。
3. hardly ever
幾乎不；幾乎沒有；
eg. I had hardly ever spoken to him.
我很少和他講話。
eg. He hardly ever to class or to group activities.
他幾乎從不去上課，也不參加集體活動。
