时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语练习册


英语课

阮问玛丽擅长什么,有什么爱好,看看他们在讨论的吧


Ron: Hi, I'm Ron from Hawaii. I'm here with Mari from Japan. Today we will be talking about abilities. So, Mari, are you a good cook?


Mari: I like to cook, more specifically 1, I like to cook for people. I like to have people over and eat with people. I don't really like to eat alone, so I don't like to cook for myself. I like to cook for other people, but more than cooking I like to bake.


 


Ron: Baking. What do you like to bake?


 


Mari: Cookies and brownies and cake.


 


Ron: That sounds very good. I would like to eat one of your brownies. OK, next, are you a good singer?


 


Mari: I am terrible at singing. I don't like going to karaoke and I don't like to sing. I like music, but I can't sing for my life. I, yesterday, or I guess in class it was a students birthday and I made my students sing Happy Birthday but they wouldn't start so I had to start them off singing and my voice was so bad, they started laughing at me, so I'm just a terrible singer.


 


Ron: That's funny. OK, next. Are you a good dancer?


 


Mari: No, I'm not a good dancer. I can't dance at all. I used to when I was younger, my parents would enroll 2 me in ballet classes, so I did ballet for six years but I am not very good at dancing.


 


Ron: So, you're a teacher now right? So, were you a good student when you were a student?


 


Mari: I was a good student because I'm a dork. No, yeah, I think I was a good student. I tried hard in all of my classes. I always did my homework. I was always focused and took notes during class. If I didn't understand something, I would either ask questions in class or speak to the teacher or professor after class. I always really liked learning 3 and so I think that's why I was a really good student.


 


Ron: And athletics 4? Were you a good athlete, and are you a good athlete now?


 


Mari: That's a tricky 5 question. I like sports, and I like playing sports. I don't think I'm a very good athlete, probably compared to you, I'm probably not, but I really enjoy playing sports. In high school, I played soccer. I ran cross-country. I played ice-hockey and a little bit of lacrosse.


 


Ron: And which one was your favorite sport?


 


Mari: My favorite sport was ice-hockey.


 


Ron: Interesting.


 


Vocabulary


 


more specifically


 


I like to cook, more specifically, I like to cook for people.


 


We use the phrase 'more specifically' when we want to give more detailed 6 information. Notice the following:


 


That college is famous for sports. More specifically, it is famous for football.


Our company makes tires. More specifically, we make tires for large buses.


can't .... for my life


 


I can't sing for my life.


This phrase means we have absolutely no skill at something.  Notice the following:


I can't dance for my life.


My wife can't cook for her life.


a dork


 


I was a good student because I'm a dork.


 


A dork is someone who likes to study, is not usually attractive or popular, and is definitely 7 not cool.  Notice the following:


 


I am such a dork. I did not mean to step on you.


He is such a dork, but all the girls like him.


enroll


 


My parents would enroll me in ballet classes.


 


When we enroll in something that means we join or sign up.  Notice the following:


 


She plans to enroll at the local junior college.


We just enrolled 8 in a free Arabic class at the community center.


tricky question


 


That's a tricky question.


 


Something that is tricky is difficult to do or answer and requires that we think carefully: Notice the following:


 


Hmm. Do I like cooking? That's a tricky question.


Asking someone how much money they make is a tricky question. You need to be careful asking it.



1 specifically
adv.明确地,具体地;特别地,特意
  • The book was written specifically for children.这本书是特地为儿童编写的。
  • I told you specifically not to do that.我明确地告诉你不要那样做。
2 enroll
v.招收;登记;入学;参军;成为会员(英)enrol
  • I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
  • They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
3 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
4 athletics
n.运动,体育,田径运动
  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
  • Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中,我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。
5 tricky
adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的
  • I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手,你能帮我吗?
  • He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题,只做了个笼统的表述。
6 detailed
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
7 definitely
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
8 enrolled
adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 );登记,招收,使入伍(或入会、入学等),参加,成为成员;记入名册;卷起,包起
  • They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起,他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
.xlv
abstract simplex
acoustic input
Africanization
air-terminal
alogism
ameboid blastodermic cell
anthranilic-n
be like a waxwork
beak welding
benzodiphenylene oxide
Blagoljub
block height
bloodspot
blucky
busy day
butt gauge
chipping bed
Chomolangma
codalltoin
compression-expansion refrigerator
contra-wound helix coupler
crop architecture
de-seed
decussatio fontinalis
Diefenbaker, L.
disavouches
double coil holder arrangement
dynamic precision
earthing device
epithelial-mesenchymal interaction
error in omission
exundancy
forward superstructure
frame timing
Freycinet, C.
frogtown
gas tetrode
gossberite
grid melter
ground-driven reel
gundown
helots
hen-and-chickens
heptadecenedicarboxylic acid
hide (or skin)
idioticons
inlance
interference loss
International Association of Seed Crushers
International Maritime Organization Clause
Iris forrestii
joint speculation
junksts
kibbler
Lambeth degree
location?based service
loyamycin
mailshot
manganese type electrode
miskas
Moorish style architecture
more-than cumulation
myelinated
Nicklaus, Jack
off-record loan
pechenga
Pedro Luro
play foul foully
policy of containment
portal crane
postdorsulum
preaugurate
prize-fightings
production of services
Puobli
pupil trained in the herbal garden
quadriplegia
red coral
relapsing erysipelas
revisals
roof-lines
shape-breakdown system
shoot his wad
silicono-
small fry
sphaerosiderite
strong object
surplus late crop
tariff premium
thermal profile
thirty pieces of silver
thixotropic behaviour
time-budgeting of purchases
tokoyama
triple condenser
uranium(iv) sulfide
URouLette
vahine
vegetative cell phase
vertical deflection circuit
yst.