时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:2013年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Being Tidy and Messy


Carole: It is beyond me how you and Oscar can be roommates. You’re very tidy and he’s, well, a slob. 


Felix: It’s not always easy, but we’re making it work. 


Carole: Isn’t Oscar really messy all the time? Whenever I see him, his clothes are rumpled 1 and his hair is unkempt. 


Felix: His room is really cluttered 2, but he keeps the common areas in passable condition. I do have to straighten up fairly often, and I sometimes have to pick up after him, but that’s because I’m pretty nitpicky. 


Carole: That’s very tolerant of you. 


Felix: Well, we have set up a system so that if things get too messy, I have some recourse. 


Carole: Really, what’s your system? 


Felix: Oscar and I agreed that every time he leaves a big mess, I can fine him. 


Carole: That seems kind of drastic, but maybe it works for you guys. 


Felix: Yeah, it keeps the place pretty clean. 


Carole: Still, knowing Oscar, you must have had to fine him a lot. 


Felix: Let’s just say that my next vacation will be in Monte Carlo! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 rumpled
v.弄皱,使凌乱( rumple的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She rumpled his hair playfully. 她顽皮地弄乱他的头发。
  • The bed was rumpled and strewn with phonograph records. 那张床上凌乱不堪,散放着一些唱片。 来自辞典例句
2 cluttered
v.杂物,零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 );乱糟糟地堆满,把…弄得很乱;(以…) 塞满…
  • The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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0874
acrrospiroma
aesthetases
ambient networking
an angle of incidence
arithmetic frequency scale
atmospherics
automatic production
Barkhera
Bora Bora
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cd-xes
centrilobular
chrysopal
church organ
clearance loading gage
cross disking
crosslinked polyester
curly maple
cyber-school
DDVF (dimethyl-dichlorovinylphosphate)
deep volar arch
defect of eyebrow
derating curve
dictamnolid
DLEUROTOMARIOIDEA
dodgerblues
doubletree
dulias
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environment contamination
fair sex
feed inlet
fibrae arcuatae externae dorsales
flap extraction of cataract
glass tube pressure gauge
glucosephosphate
Gujranwala Division
Haeju-man
handybilly
heliotropian
hemicorporeal
hermetic sealing
high-voltage switch
hot trim
hydrous bucholzite (hydrobucholzite)
i-peinted
ice drink
induced labour
iraggic
jamstec
kindermuseum
Lascari
latent defect
luminol
M'F. R.
main and by-product production
malinski
manganese copper alloys
mechanical pressure recorder
Mobert
multicolor Nanking brocade
museumwide
Nephroselmis
newbies
nimbility
nonmarine
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normatron
Numto Uval
option charge
overprioritizing
Pan-American Highway
prometaphase movement
property information system
prororoca
rastle
revivor
Ribostamin
rivalty
roquin
RSLD
schiafino
Schultze's placenta
sea water science
sialism
spiral scale
stab(punctured)
susceptibility to failure
tabular cell
thermoplastic welding strip
thin skinned ingot
trampler
treaty of brest-litovsk
tsung
Turbotville
twospeed axle
uncontent
Urban Cowboys
ventilated supercavitating propeller
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