2024年4月22日发(作者：慎畅然)
双语阅读
How much TV do you watch?
你花多长时间看电视?
Hanna: Hi, I'm Hanna from Australia.
汉娜：嗨，我是汉娜，来自澳大利亚。
Diego: I'm Diego from Mexico.
迭戈：我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。
Hanna: And today we're going to be talking about how much TV do you watch? Diego
howmuch TV do you watch?
汉娜：今天我们要讨论的是，你花多长时间看电视？迭戈，你花多少时间看电视呢？
Diego: I don't watch a lot of TV any more but when I was a kid I used to watch six hour
s aday, it was ridiculous.
迭戈：我现在已经不常看电视了，不过我小时候每天会看六个小时的电视，那真是很荒唐。
Hanna: Six hours a day? You must have square eyes or something.
汉娜：每天六个小时？你的眼睛一定变方了。
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Diego: Yeah, I'm actually glad I don't wear glasses as of today, but yeah I would finish s
chooland then go home at around two, three, have lunch and then I would watch TV for a l
ong time. I would do my homework in the middle of it or I would do my homework while
watching TVand then I would go to bed. So I think for like four years I watched plenty of TV
. How aboutyou?
迭戈：嗯，其实我很高兴我直到现在都没有戴眼镜，以前我每天放学回到家的时间大概是下午
两三点，吃完午饭后我就会看很长时间的电视。我会在看电视的间隙写作业，或者一边看电视一边
写作业，然后上床睡觉。我想在四年的时间里我经常看电视。你呢？
Hanna: I don't really watch much TV. Maybe when I was twelve or thirteen in junior hig
hschool I used to watch a bit of TV but ever since then I wasn't really interested in it. I watc
h alot of YouTube though which is sort of like TV but I find I don't like advertisements on T
V and Iget bored sitting thru them and just go off and do something else.
汉娜：我不太常看电视。也许在我十二、三岁上初中那会儿，我有时会看电视，不过从那以后
我就不喜欢看电视了。我经常在Youtube网上看视频，虽然那和电视有点儿像，不过我不喜欢电视
上的广告，坐在那里看广告会让我感觉无聊，我会失去兴趣，转而去做其他事情。
Diego: Yeah, I think the internet's replacing TV. So I think the question should be how
muchinternet TV do you watch?
迭戈：嗯，我认为网络会取代电视。所以问题应该是你花多少时间看网络电视？
Hanna: Yeah, well I watch a little bit of that.
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汉娜：对，网络电视的话，我会看一会儿。
重点讲解：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：People used to come and visit him every day.
人们过去每天都来拜访他。
2. as of 在…时；从…起；自…始；
例句：As of this writing, no reply has been received.
到写这封信时为止，尚未得到答复。
3. in the middle of (某件事或某段时间的)中期；
例句：She was born in the middle of a rain storm.
她出生在一场暴风雨中。
4. go off 对…不再喜欢；失去对…的兴趣；
例句：I started to go off the idea.
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我开始对这一想法失去兴趣了。
What is your best memory of high school?
高中时代最美好的记忆
Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am fromBotswana.
特罗特洛：嗨，我是特罗特洛，来自博茨瓦纳。
Resse: Hey, I'm Resse from Botswana as well.
里斯：嗨，我是里斯，同样来自博茨瓦纳。
Tlotlo: So our question is what is your best memoryof high school?
特罗特洛：我们要讨论的问题是，你高中时代最美好的记忆是什么？
Resse: I think my best memory is probably prom night.
里斯：我想我最美好的记忆应该是舞会之夜。
Tlotlo: Prom night, oh yes. It's always everybody's favorite. But I'd have to say my very
bestmemory of high school was actually when I was crowned Miss Dumanian that is the hi
gh schoolthat I went to. It was a great
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特罗特洛：哦，舞会之夜。那一直是所有人的最爱。我认为我高中时代最美好的记忆是成为
Dumanian小姐，Dumanian是我高中的名字。那感觉真是太棒了……
Resse: So you like the beauty queens and ...
里斯：你喜欢当选美皇后……
Tlotlo: Of course. I love that, I love that so that's actually the best memory that I have a
boutmy high school. Of course the best part of it was just being with your friends and maki
ngmemories and stuff. I can still remember even today it was actually one of the best parts
of myhigh school as well.
特罗特洛：当然了。我喜欢，我非常喜欢，所以那是我高中时代最美妙的记忆。当然，高中时
代最棒的是和朋友们在一起，创造回忆。那些回忆我到今天还记得，那也是我高中时代其中一件最
棒的事。
Resse: I don't think anything beats making the friends that you make in high school.
里斯：我认为没有什么比在高中时代结交朋友更美好的事情了。
Tlotlo: Yeah, nothing beats that but the friends that you make in high school are the o
nes thatyou will have for life and I still have them. It was great the memories that we made
were justfantastic. And prom night the glitz and the glamor of prom night, yes. Yeah, every
body looksforward to prom night actually because it's the night where you just wrap the m
emories all inone package and it will always be like the memorable things.
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特罗特洛：对，没有比那更好的事情，而且在高中时代交的朋友是一生的朋友，那些朋友现在
还是我的朋友。那太棒了，我们创造的回忆非常美好。还有舞会之夜，华丽又吸引人的舞会之夜。
实际上所有人都非常期待，因为在那个晚上，你可以打包所有美好的记忆，那会一直是值得纪念的
事情。
Resse: I think that's the time you are closest to everyone that you know in high school.
里斯：我认为，那是和高中认识的人最接近的时刻。
Tlotlo: Yeah, that's a time when you really come together and just go out and have a gr
eattime like we did right?
特罗特洛：对，大家聚在一起，外出享受美好时光，我们就是这么做的，对吧？
重点讲解：
1. as well 也；还；
例句：The problems of the auto industry have created economic ripples through the
rest of the economy as well.
汽车业的问题造成其他行业也出现了经济上的连锁反应。
2. for life 终生；
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例句：Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
受害者心中留下了可能会持续一生的情感创伤。
3. look forward to sth./doing sth. 期待；盼望；
例句：We look forward to your arrival.
我们期待着你的到来。
4. come together 聚会，相见；会面；
例句：The family must come together for the parents'silver wedding.
全家必须聚会，庆祝父母的银婚。
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2024年4月22日发(作者：慎畅然)
双语阅读
How much TV do you watch?
你花多长时间看电视?
Hanna: Hi, I'm Hanna from Australia.
汉娜：嗨，我是汉娜，来自澳大利亚。
Diego: I'm Diego from Mexico.
迭戈：我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。
Hanna: And today we're going to be talking about how much TV do you watch? Diego
howmuch TV do you watch?
汉娜：今天我们要讨论的是，你花多长时间看电视？迭戈，你花多少时间看电视呢？
Diego: I don't watch a lot of TV any more but when I was a kid I used to watch six hour
s aday, it was ridiculous.
迭戈：我现在已经不常看电视了，不过我小时候每天会看六个小时的电视，那真是很荒唐。
Hanna: Six hours a day? You must have square eyes or something.
汉娜：每天六个小时？你的眼睛一定变方了。
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Diego: Yeah, I'm actually glad I don't wear glasses as of today, but yeah I would finish s
chooland then go home at around two, three, have lunch and then I would watch TV for a l
ong time. I would do my homework in the middle of it or I would do my homework while
watching TVand then I would go to bed. So I think for like four years I watched plenty of TV
. How aboutyou?
迭戈：嗯，其实我很高兴我直到现在都没有戴眼镜，以前我每天放学回到家的时间大概是下午
两三点，吃完午饭后我就会看很长时间的电视。我会在看电视的间隙写作业，或者一边看电视一边
写作业，然后上床睡觉。我想在四年的时间里我经常看电视。你呢？
Hanna: I don't really watch much TV. Maybe when I was twelve or thirteen in junior hig
hschool I used to watch a bit of TV but ever since then I wasn't really interested in it. I watc
h alot of YouTube though which is sort of like TV but I find I don't like advertisements on T
V and Iget bored sitting thru them and just go off and do something else.
汉娜：我不太常看电视。也许在我十二、三岁上初中那会儿，我有时会看电视，不过从那以后
我就不喜欢看电视了。我经常在Youtube网上看视频，虽然那和电视有点儿像，不过我不喜欢电视
上的广告，坐在那里看广告会让我感觉无聊，我会失去兴趣，转而去做其他事情。
Diego: Yeah, I think the internet's replacing TV. So I think the question should be how
muchinternet TV do you watch?
迭戈：嗯，我认为网络会取代电视。所以问题应该是你花多少时间看网络电视？
Hanna: Yeah, well I watch a little bit of that.
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双语阅读
汉娜：对，网络电视的话，我会看一会儿。
重点讲解：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：People used to come and visit him every day.
人们过去每天都来拜访他。
2. as of 在…时；从…起；自…始；
例句：As of this writing, no reply has been received.
到写这封信时为止，尚未得到答复。
3. in the middle of (某件事或某段时间的)中期；
例句：She was born in the middle of a rain storm.
她出生在一场暴风雨中。
4. go off 对…不再喜欢；失去对…的兴趣；
例句：I started to go off the idea.
3 / 7
双语阅读
我开始对这一想法失去兴趣了。
What is your best memory of high school?
高中时代最美好的记忆
Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am fromBotswana.
特罗特洛：嗨，我是特罗特洛，来自博茨瓦纳。
Resse: Hey, I'm Resse from Botswana as well.
里斯：嗨，我是里斯，同样来自博茨瓦纳。
Tlotlo: So our question is what is your best memoryof high school?
特罗特洛：我们要讨论的问题是，你高中时代最美好的记忆是什么？
Resse: I think my best memory is probably prom night.
里斯：我想我最美好的记忆应该是舞会之夜。
Tlotlo: Prom night, oh yes. It's always everybody's favorite. But I'd have to say my very
bestmemory of high school was actually when I was crowned Miss Dumanian that is the hi
gh schoolthat I went to. It was a great
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双语阅读
特罗特洛：哦，舞会之夜。那一直是所有人的最爱。我认为我高中时代最美好的记忆是成为
Dumanian小姐，Dumanian是我高中的名字。那感觉真是太棒了……
Resse: So you like the beauty queens and ...
里斯：你喜欢当选美皇后……
Tlotlo: Of course. I love that, I love that so that's actually the best memory that I have a
boutmy high school. Of course the best part of it was just being with your friends and maki
ngmemories and stuff. I can still remember even today it was actually one of the best parts
of myhigh school as well.
特罗特洛：当然了。我喜欢，我非常喜欢，所以那是我高中时代最美妙的记忆。当然，高中时
代最棒的是和朋友们在一起，创造回忆。那些回忆我到今天还记得，那也是我高中时代其中一件最
棒的事。
Resse: I don't think anything beats making the friends that you make in high school.
里斯：我认为没有什么比在高中时代结交朋友更美好的事情了。
Tlotlo: Yeah, nothing beats that but the friends that you make in high school are the o
nes thatyou will have for life and I still have them. It was great the memories that we made
were justfantastic. And prom night the glitz and the glamor of prom night, yes. Yeah, every
body looksforward to prom night actually because it's the night where you just wrap the m
emories all inone package and it will always be like the memorable things.
5 / 7
双语阅读
特罗特洛：对，没有比那更好的事情，而且在高中时代交的朋友是一生的朋友，那些朋友现在
还是我的朋友。那太棒了，我们创造的回忆非常美好。还有舞会之夜，华丽又吸引人的舞会之夜。
实际上所有人都非常期待，因为在那个晚上，你可以打包所有美好的记忆，那会一直是值得纪念的
事情。
Resse: I think that's the time you are closest to everyone that you know in high school.
里斯：我认为，那是和高中认识的人最接近的时刻。
Tlotlo: Yeah, that's a time when you really come together and just go out and have a gr
eattime like we did right?
特罗特洛：对，大家聚在一起，外出享受美好时光，我们就是这么做的，对吧？
重点讲解：
1. as well 也；还；
例句：The problems of the auto industry have created economic ripples through the
rest of the economy as well.
汽车业的问题造成其他行业也出现了经济上的连锁反应。
2. for life 终生；
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双语阅读
例句：Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life.
受害者心中留下了可能会持续一生的情感创伤。
3. look forward to sth./doing sth. 期待；盼望；
例句：We look forward to your arrival.
我们期待着你的到来。
4. come together 聚会，相见；会面；
例句：The family must come together for the parents'silver wedding.
全家必须聚会，庆祝父母的银婚。
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