高频英语口语对话 第176期:黄昏恋
时间：2019-01-21 作者：英语课 分类：高频英语口语对话
英语课
unit 195
黄昏恋
dialogue
英语情景对话
A: They are nice middle-aged 1 couple, just like us.
A: 他们是一对幸福的中年夫妻，就像我们一样。
B: If they are just like us, they are not middle-aged.
B: 要是像我们一样，他们就不是中年人了。
A: Of course they are.
A: 当然是。
B: Middle-aged means 2 in the middle, Ethel, middle of life. People don't live to a hundred and fifty.
B: 中年意味着在中间，埃塞尔，一生的中间时段。可是谁也活不到150岁。
A: Oh, we are the part on the edge 3 of middle. That's all.
A: 哦，我们是在中年的边缘，如此而已。
B: Oh, you know, we are not middle-aged. You're old, and I'm aging.
B: 你知道，我们不是中年人了，你老了，我也不年轻。
A: Oh, fool! You're nearly seventy and I'm in the low sixties. Would you like to spend the rest of the afternoon squabbling about this?
A: 哦，傻瓜，你快70了，我也是60多。你打算就这一点和我争论到天黑吗？
B: I can if you like.
B: 行啊，只要你愿意。
adj.中年的
- I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
- The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。
n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富
- That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
- We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。