ESL杰夫的一天 第80期:开车回家和跑腿讲解(6)

The car that is stalled is in the fast lane. 汽车在快车道上抛锚了。 The fast lane on an American freeway or highway is the first lane on the left, 美国高速公路或公路的快车道是在左边的第一条车道， what we would say t

ESL杰夫的一天 第79期:开车回家和跑腿讲解(5)

I hear on the radio that there's a stalled car in the fast lane near La Brea. 我从广播上得知，靠近拉布雷阿街的快车道上有一辆车子抛锚了。 I'm listening to the radio to the drive time traffic report, and they tell me that t

ESL杰夫的一天 第78期:开车回家和跑腿讲解(4)

A hassle, hassle, is the same as a problem. Hassle就是麻烦的意思。 So, it is always a bit of, meaning a little bit somewhat of a problem at this hour. 因此，在这个点时总会有点麻烦。 Traffic is stop-and-go all the way from downt

ESL杰夫的一天 第77期:开车回家和跑腿讲解(3)

So, I signal my turn left or right onto the street and drive toward the freeway onramp. 因此，我打开转向灯往左转或往右转开上了大街，然后开向高速公路匝道。 I merge as best as I can onto the freeway. 我尽可能地并入

ESL杰夫的一天 第76期:开车回家和跑腿讲解(2)

If you work at a big company, usually you are divided into smaller groups that work on the same topic the same type of work. 如果你在大公司上班，一般你会被分到工作类型相同的小组里。 So, there is an accounting section and t

ESL杰夫的一天 第32期:吃早餐讲解(7)

Remember, Americans eat a big breakfast, that's why there's so many big Americans. 请记住，美国人早上吃大餐，这就是为什么美国会有很多大块头。 Getting back to our story, I am not having ham, eggs or waffles; I'm having a b

ESL杰夫的一天 第33期:吃早餐讲解(8)

Other people in a restaurant may call them utensils. 饭店里的人可能会把它们叫做器皿。 Utensils, utensils. If you go to a restaurant and you sit down and you don't have a spoon or a fork or a knife, 器皿（utensils）。如果你坐在

ESL杰夫的一天 第34期:吃早餐讲解(9)

Usually I just have time to read a couple of stories, a few of the stories. 我一般只有看几个故事的时间， When I've finished my cereal, I grab a banana and maybe make a slice of toast with jam. 吃完麦片后，我掰一根香蕉，还可

ESL杰夫的一天 第36期:吃早餐讲解(11)

By the time I'm finished rinsing off my breakfast dishes, my coffee is ready and so I pour myself a cup. 等到我冲洗完了吃早餐时用的碟子后，咖啡就煮好了并且我会先倒出一杯。 Notice the use of that verb, pour. 注意倒这

ESL杰夫的一天 第37期:吃早餐(2)

I walk into my kitchen and turn on the coffeemaker. 我走进厨房，打开咖啡机。 I always put the coffee, filter, and water in the night before so it's ready to go. 我总是在前一天晚上放好咖啡、滤纸和水，这样我随时都能用

ESL杰夫的一天 第38期:穿好衣服 准备上班(1)

I go back into my bedroom and open up my closet door. 我回到我的卧室，打开壁橱。 I have about 30 dress shirts, 10 pairs of pants, a half-dozen ties, and some sweaters, suit jackets, and t-shirts. 我约有30件西装衬衣、10条裤子、

ESL杰夫的一天 第39期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(1)

Part four is called Getting Dressed and Ready for Work. 第四部分叫做穿好衣服、准备上班。 We began by me going into the bedroom and opening up my closet door. 故事开始，我走进卧室，打开壁橱。 To open up means here to op

ESL杰夫的一天 第40期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(2)

Pants are what you put on your legs. 裤子是穿在腿上的。 You can have different kinds of pants. 你可以有不同种类的裤子。 Jeans is a type of pants. 牛仔裤就是裤子的一种。 We might say dress pants for nice pants that you

ESL杰夫的一天 第41期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(3)

For a man it would be pants and a, probably, white shirt and a suit jacket that goes over your shirt. 就男士而言，这套正式服装会是裤子，可能是白色衬衫和穿在衬衫外面的西装外套。 Usually, you would also have a tie t

ESL杰夫的一天 第42期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(4)

Normally you don't wear white socks with a formal suit; you would wear black or dark blue socks. 正常情况下，你穿正装就不会穿白色袜子；你会穿黑色或深蓝色的袜子。 Underwear is the piece of clothing that you put on and i

ESL杰夫的一天 第43期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(5)

I then decide which shirt I'm going to wear today. 我然后决定今天要穿哪件衬衫。 I'm terrible, I say, at color coordinating. 我说，我不擅长色彩搭配。 Color coordinating means you wear things that have similar or matching colo

ESL杰夫的一天 第44期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(6)

I put on my belt with the silver buckle and polish my shoes. 我系上带有银搭扣的皮带，然后把鞋擦干净。 A belt, belt, is what you use to keep your pants from falling down. 皮带（belt），是你用来防止裤子掉下去的物品。

ESL杰夫的一天 第45期:穿好衣服 准备上班讲解(7)

So, I put my keys and cell phone in the front pocket and my wallet in the back pocket. 因此，我把钥匙和手机放进前兜里，钱包放在后兜里。 My wallet, wallet, is where I put my money and my credit cards and my driver's license; al

ESL杰夫的一天 第35期:吃早餐讲解(10)

And, jam is made from fruitsuch as strawberriesand sugar, 而果酱是由草莓这类的水果和糖做成的， and they put them together and it makes a thick liquid that you can put on a piece of toast. 人们把它们放在一起，这样就能做出

ESL杰夫的一天 第31期:吃早餐讲解(6)

And, you put that thick sugar liquid on top of the waffle. 你在华夫饼上放上那浓稠的液态糖。 You can also put some sort of fruit on top of the waffle also; I just like the sugar, myself. 你也可以在华夫饼上放上一些水果；可