2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐 08 Describing Duration
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐
Describing Duration
Kathryn: Are you still watching that movie? It’s been over three hours!
Martin: Yeah, it’s a little long for a feature film.
Kathryn: A little long?! It’s interminable. How can you continue to watch it?
Martin: Well, the first half was interesting and moved at a clip 1. The middle section did drag a little, but it’s picked up again. It’s nearly over.
Kathryn: I would’ve turned it off long before this. I like movies that are short and sweet. After about 90 minutes, my mind starts to wander, and after two hours, I check out.
Martin: It depends on the movie. Sometimes I watch a movie and it’s so engrossing 2 that time zips by. With other movies, though, time moves at a snail’s pace. This movie is somewhere in between.
Kathryn: Hey, the credits are rolling. You missed the ending.
Martin: No big loss. I knew how it was going to end after the first hour.
Kathryn: Then why did you stick it out and watch the rest of the movie?
Martin: One word: procrastination 3.
Kathryn: Ah, enough said.
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
- She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。
- He told us an engrossing story. 他给我们讲了一个引人入胜的故事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling. 很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。 来自辞典例句
- Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
- Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。