Dialogue 1
Xiao Gao: Ouch! I just got bit again by another skeeter! I think summer is just around the corner.
小高:哎喲,我剛剛又被蚊子咬了??磥硐奶祚R上就要來了。
Jingjing: Yeah, you must have sweet blood.
京晶:是啊,你的血一定很甜。
Xiao Gao: Well, all I know is that my blood type is “A”, I'm not sure if it's sweet or not.
小高:我只知道我是A型血,不知道是不是甜。
Jingjing: Oh, you know your blood type eh? Did you know that there's been a lot of research done about blood type in relation to personality?
京晶:哦,你知道你的血型嗎?你知道有很多關于血型和性格的研究嗎?
Xiao Gao: No, I didn't,can you enlighten me?
小高:不知道,你給我講講吧!
Jingjing: As you know,there are four possible blood types that a human being can have: A, B, AB, and O. Since you're A, let me tell you a few things about your personality.
京晶:你知道,人類一共可能有四種血型,A型,B型,AB型和O型,既然你是A型,我就先告訴你A型血的性格特點吧!
Xiao Gao: Okay, give it your best shot.
小高:嗯,你好好給我講講。
Jingjing: Most type As are sensitive to the needs of others and are good listeners.
京晶:多數A型血的人對于他人的需求很敏感,并且是非常好的傾聽者。
Xiao Gao: Yeah, well,doesn't this describe everyone?
小高:是的,嗯,每個人不都可以這樣說嗎?
Jingjing: Hold on! I'm not done yet! You're also detail-oriented, creative and inventive. On the outside, you seem really calm, but on the inside, you are filled with anxiety and worry.
京晶:等等,我還沒說完呢!你還非常注重細節,有創造力,和創新精神。你外表上看起來是一個非常冷靜的人,但是其實內心充滿了焦慮。
Xiao Gao: You're lying! I think you are describing me on purpose.
小高:你騙人,你肯定是故意這樣描述我的。
Jingjing: I'm not kidding! The research really shows this. Also, type As are usually shy andsensitive, and a lot of them are perfectionists.
京晶:我沒開玩笑,研究結果就是這么顯示的。并且A型血的人通常很害羞和敏感,很多人還是完美主義者。
Xiao Gao: That's me to a T!
小高:這說的完全就是我。
Jingjing: Romantically,type As work best with other type As and ABs.
京晶:感情上A型血和其他A型血或AB型血的人最相配。
Xiao Gao: What do type As end up doing for jobs?
小高:那A型血的人適合做什么職業?
Jingjing: Common type A career choices include accountants, librarians, economists, computer programmers and writers.
京晶:常見的A型血的職業包括會計,圖書管理員,經濟學家,電腦工程師和作家。
Xiao Gao: I was once a computer programmer! Does it say anything about us being really stressed out?I'm usually pretty tense during the day.
小高:我原來就是一個電腦工程師。研究結果說我們A型血的人壓力很大嗎?我白天的時候精神經常容易緊張。
Jingjing: Yes it does,actually. Most type As often bottle up anxiety in order to get along with others. Many of them are tense,impatient, and unable to sleep well.
京晶:確實是,大多數A型血的人在和別人相處時會把焦慮的心情藏在心里。他們很多人都非常緊張、不耐煩,并且晚上睡不好。
Xiao Gao: Ahh! It's like you're reading my mind! What blood type are you? Tell me now!!
小高:哇,好像你會讀心術似的!快告訴我你是什么血型的!
Jingjing: That's for you to determine. Go home and research all the different blood types, then let's see if you can guess it correctly!
京晶:這個得由你來告訴我。今天晚上回家好好研究一下不同的血型,看你能不能準確猜到我是哪個血型!
習語短語
1. skeeter = 蚊子
2. Summer is just around thecorner. = 夏天馬上就要來了。
3. enlighten me = 給我講講
4. On the outside… but on theinside… = 外表是一個樣子,但內心深處是另一個樣子。
5. perfectionist = 完美主義者
6. to a T = 精準完美
7. bottle up (emotions) = 在感情藏在心里,不告訴別人,也不釋放出來