【英语趣味课堂】相亲-Blind Date
时间：2019-02-24 作者：英语课 分类：英语趣味课堂
英语课
Doron: I'm a bit schizophrenic when it comes to dates actually cause ... I'll either do something really boring and cheesy like pizza and a movie.
Melissa: That's not boring.
Doron: Really?
Melissa: Yeah.
Doron: Well, it's traditional then. I'll say traditional.
Melissa: It could be fun but if you're already at the point where the girl's like in your house ordering pizza and a movie that's ...
Doron: Well, I was talking about eating out and going to the cinema. You already got the guy back to your house. Very forward.
Melissa: Well, pizza and a movie sounds like pizza delivery 1 and video rentals 2, so I see what you mean. I could always go out for a pizza.
Doron: I like doing that but then on the other hand, I also like to do something totally strange and different, like when I was living in Berlin in Germany a couple of years ago, I met a girl I liked and I invited her out for a date, and she surprised me by saying yes, so I had to find something to do and I was bored of movies and pizza so we went to a restaurant near my apartment, but the restaurant was really, really cool because it was totally, totally black. There were no lights.
Melissa: Wow!
Doron: You just go in there and order from a menu in the foyer and then you get taken to a table by a blind waiter and you can't see anything.
Melissa: No way!
Doron: I think they're quite famous. There's two or three around the world. One in New York I think, and also in London and it was the craziest experience because you just have to talk, and I think that's really cool because you don't look at the person. You don't care if they're cute or whatever. You just really get to know them.
Melissa: That's cool. Were there lot's of people there?
Doron: It was packed. You had to make a reservation 3. It was really, really packed.
Melissa: How could you find your way to the restroom?
Doron: You had to ask. You had to ring a little bell and then a blind waiter would come and take you.
Melissa: What do you mean a blind waiter?
Doron: All of the waiters and the waitresses, and the waiting staff, they were all blind or partially 4 sighted.
Melissa: Oh, really.
Doron: Not the chefs 5. I think the chefs could see.
Melissa: Oh, OK.
Doron: But the staff there, they were partially sighted.
Melissa: Oh, that's interesting.
Doron: So they learned 6 the room really well because they could see and they were your guides. It was a really interesting date, just ...
Melissa: It's interesting just from the view point of experiencing what it would be like to be blind because I think people don't get to experience that enough.
Doron: Exactly, and to know that maybe when you see someone blind in the street, you think, ah, poor guy, poor girl, but then all of a sudden 7, they're the ones that know their way around and you rely 8 on them.
Melissa: Yeah, that's really cool.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
schizophrenic
I'm a bit schizophrenic when it comes to dates.
When a specific 9 situation causes us to act different than usual we say we are schizophrenic. It's an idiomatic 10 expression. Note the following:
I am schizophrenic about my appearance 11.
He became schizophrenic from watching too much news.
No way!
Melissa: No way!
When we are very surprised by something we say 'no way'! Note the following:
You got a new car. No way!
You finished already. No way.
partially
They were all blind or partially-sighted.
Here, the word 'partially' means 12 a little. Note the following:
I think you are only partially right.
I partially agree with you.
view point
It's interesting from their view point.
A view point is an opinion. Note the following:
The public view point is often different than the authorities 13'.
I don't agree with that view point.
rely on
You rely on them.
A person we can rely on is someone we trust to help us if we need it. Note the following:
We rely on our grandmother for a lot of help.
A good friend is someone you can rely on in a time of need.
Melissa: That's not boring.
Doron: Really?
Melissa: Yeah.
Doron: Well, it's traditional then. I'll say traditional.
Melissa: It could be fun but if you're already at the point where the girl's like in your house ordering pizza and a movie that's ...
Doron: Well, I was talking about eating out and going to the cinema. You already got the guy back to your house. Very forward.
Melissa: Well, pizza and a movie sounds like pizza delivery 1 and video rentals 2, so I see what you mean. I could always go out for a pizza.
Doron: I like doing that but then on the other hand, I also like to do something totally strange and different, like when I was living in Berlin in Germany a couple of years ago, I met a girl I liked and I invited her out for a date, and she surprised me by saying yes, so I had to find something to do and I was bored of movies and pizza so we went to a restaurant near my apartment, but the restaurant was really, really cool because it was totally, totally black. There were no lights.
Melissa: Wow!
Doron: You just go in there and order from a menu in the foyer and then you get taken to a table by a blind waiter and you can't see anything.
Melissa: No way!
Doron: I think they're quite famous. There's two or three around the world. One in New York I think, and also in London and it was the craziest experience because you just have to talk, and I think that's really cool because you don't look at the person. You don't care if they're cute or whatever. You just really get to know them.
Melissa: That's cool. Were there lot's of people there?
Doron: It was packed. You had to make a reservation 3. It was really, really packed.
Melissa: How could you find your way to the restroom?
Doron: You had to ask. You had to ring a little bell and then a blind waiter would come and take you.
Melissa: What do you mean a blind waiter?
Doron: All of the waiters and the waitresses, and the waiting staff, they were all blind or partially 4 sighted.
Melissa: Oh, really.
Doron: Not the chefs 5. I think the chefs could see.
Melissa: Oh, OK.
Doron: But the staff there, they were partially sighted.
Melissa: Oh, that's interesting.
Doron: So they learned 6 the room really well because they could see and they were your guides. It was a really interesting date, just ...
Melissa: It's interesting just from the view point of experiencing what it would be like to be blind because I think people don't get to experience that enough.
Doron: Exactly, and to know that maybe when you see someone blind in the street, you think, ah, poor guy, poor girl, but then all of a sudden 7, they're the ones that know their way around and you rely 8 on them.
Melissa: Yeah, that's really cool.
重点词汇：
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
schizophrenic
I'm a bit schizophrenic when it comes to dates.
When a specific 9 situation causes us to act different than usual we say we are schizophrenic. It's an idiomatic 10 expression. Note the following:
I am schizophrenic about my appearance 11.
He became schizophrenic from watching too much news.
No way!
Melissa: No way!
When we are very surprised by something we say 'no way'! Note the following:
You got a new car. No way!
You finished already. No way.
partially
They were all blind or partially-sighted.
Here, the word 'partially' means 12 a little. Note the following:
I think you are only partially right.
I partially agree with you.
view point
It's interesting from their view point.
A view point is an opinion. Note the following:
The public view point is often different than the authorities 13'.
I don't agree with that view point.
rely on
You rely on them.
A person we can rely on is someone we trust to help us if we need it. Note the following:
We rely on our grandmother for a lot of help.
A good friend is someone you can rely on in a time of need.
n.交付；投递；分娩；解救者；演讲的风格
- The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
- He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.他受雇于当地杂货店当送货员。
n.租费，租金额( rental的名词复数 )
- In some large hotels, the income derived from this source actually exceeds income from room rentals. 有些大旅馆中，这方面的盈利实际上要超过出租客房的盈利。 来自辞典例句
- Clerk: Well, Canadian Gifts is on the lower level. It's across from Prime Time Video Rentals. 噢，礼品店在楼下，在黄金时刻录像出租屋的对面。 来自口语例句
n.保留条件，限制条件；预订座位
- The instruction should be carried out without any reservation.应当不折不扣地执行这个指示。
- I accept your statement without reservation.我完全相信你的话。
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
n.厨师长( chef的名词复数 )
- one of the country's premier chefs 国家名厨之一
- He is one of the top chefs in Britain. 他是英国最好的厨师之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。
n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的
- All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
- The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。
vi.依赖，依靠；信赖，信任
- I rely upon you to finish the work on time.我相信你会准时完成这项工作的。
- You should rely on your own efforts.你应该靠自己的努力。
adj.明确的；具体的；特定的
- The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
- We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。
adj.成语的，符合语言习惯的
- In our reading we should always be alert for idiomatic expressions.我们在阅读过程中应经常注意惯用法。
- In his lecture,he bore down on the importance of idiomatic usage in a language.他在演讲中着重强调了语言中习惯用法的重要性。
n.出现，露面；容貌
- In appearance, he was a little like his father.他看起来有点像他的父亲。
- She was a young woman of good appearance.她是一位年轻貌美的女子。
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。
n.当局，权力，权威；权威( authority的名词复数 )；权力；学术权威；[复数]当权者
- They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
- At his instigation we conceal the fact from the authorities. 我们受他的怂恿向当局隐瞒了事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》