Conversation A
對(duì)話A
Linda: Hey, Alex. What are you doing?
琳達(dá):嗨,阿萊克斯。你在做什么?
Alex: I'm writing a story for Rob's show.
阿萊克斯:我在給羅布的節(jié)目寫故事。
Linda: What's the story about?
琳達(dá):是關(guān)于什么的故事?
Alex: A woman and a rat.
阿萊克斯:一個(gè)女人和一只老鼠的故事?
Linda: What?
琳達(dá):什么?
Alex: A local woman found a giant rat. It was bigger than some pet dogs!
阿萊克斯:當(dāng)?shù)匾幻影l(fā)現(xiàn)了一只巨大的老鼠。它的體型比一些寵物狗還要大!
Linda: Ew! That's horrible. Where was the rat?
琳達(dá):額!太可怕了!那只老鼠在哪里呢?
Alex: It was sitting on a mat in the woman's living room.
阿萊克斯:它就坐在那個(gè)女人客廳的墊子上。
Conversation B
對(duì)話B
Linda: Alex, your story sounds like a kid's poem.
琳達(dá):阿萊克斯,你的故事聽起來像一首兒童詩(shī)歌。
Alex: What do you mean?
阿萊克斯:你指的是什么?
Linda: "A fat rat sat on a mat."
琳達(dá):“一只肥老鼠坐在毯子上。”
Alex: You're right! Maybe I can use that in my story.
阿萊克斯:是啊!也許我的故事里可以用到這句詩(shī)。
Linda: Perhaps. It's sometimes fun to use words with similar sounds.
琳達(dá):應(yīng)該可以。有時(shí)候用相似發(fā)音的單詞是很有意思的。
Alex: Such as, "A fat rat chases a woman's black cat!"
阿萊克斯:比如說“一只肥老鼠在追逐一個(gè)女人養(yǎng)的黑貓!”
Linda: That's perfect! That's a funny story!
琳達(dá):好棒啊!真是一個(gè)有趣的故事!