美語情景對話 第1093期:What can you do? 你能做什麼?
Rory: So Abidemi, let's talk about abilities. Can you cook?
羅瑞:阿比德米,我們來談談能力。你會做飯嗎?Abidemi: Yes, and no. I can cook a little bit, the basic stuff but I really like to eat but I don't experiment too much. So no, I'm not a great cook, but I can cook. I cook to survive. What about you, Rory? Can you cook?
阿比德米:可以說會,也可以說不會。我會做點兒飯,基本的食物我會做,我非常喜歡吃,不過我不經常創新菜式。我不是好廚師,但是我會做飯。我做飯是爲了生活下去。你呢,羅瑞?你會做飯嗎?Rory: Yeah, I can. I really like cooking. I love cooking Italian food. I also love baking. So I can bake cakes and cookies and bread, stuff like that.
羅瑞:我會。我非常喜歡烹飪。我喜歡烹飪意大利美食。我也喜歡烘焙。我可以烘焙蛋糕、餅乾和麪包等等。
Abidemi: Okay.
阿比德米:好。Rory: How about singing? Can you sing?
羅瑞:那唱歌呢?你會唱歌嗎?Abidemi: I think I can sing. Yes, I enjoy singing. I love singing. I sing a lot in church, so I can sing. What about you? Can you sing?
阿比德米:我認爲我會唱。我很喜歡唱歌。我愛唱歌。我經常在教會唱歌,我會唱歌。你呢?你會唱歌嗎?Rory: I can't sing at all. Like even when I go to karaoke, I'm too embarrassed to pick up the microphone.
羅瑞:我完全不會唱歌。即使去KTV,我也會因爲太尷尬而沒法拿起麥克唱歌。Abidemi: Oh, it's too bad. What about you, Rory, can you play – okay, can you play an instrument?
阿比德米:哦,那太糟了。那羅瑞,你會演奏樂器嗎?Rory: I can't. No. I'd love to be able to play an instrument but I can't play anything. How about you? Can you play an instrument?
羅瑞:我不會。我希望我會演奏樂器,可是事實上我完全不會。你呢?你會演奏樂器嗎?Abidemi: No, I can't. I really wish that I had learned something when I was younger. But I say I can play my voice. Ha, ha.
阿比德米:我也不會。我非常希望我小時候學過樂器。不過,我可以演奏我的聲音,哈哈。Rory: That's nice.
羅瑞:這很好。Abidemi: What about juggling? Can you juggle, Rory?
阿比德米:那雜耍呢?羅瑞,你會雜耍嗎?Rory: Yeah, I can juggle. I can juggle with three balls and I can almost juggle with four.
羅瑞:我會。我會3球雜耍,我還可以做4球雜耍。Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米:哇哦。Rory: Like I can do it for about 10 seconds. Yeah.
羅瑞:我可以堅持10秒鐘。Abidemi: I can't juggle at all. So please teach me. It's always something that I've always wanted – I wanted to learn.
阿比德米:我完全不會雜耍。請教教我。我一直想學雜耍。Rory: Okay. Can you speak three languages?
羅瑞:好。你會說三種語言嗎?Abidemi: Yes. I think I can speak three languages.
阿比德米:對,我可以說三種語言。Rory: Which ones?
羅瑞:哪三種?Abidemi: I think English is my best language but I also speak Yoruba, a Nigerian language, and I speak French as well. Yes. And you?
阿比德米:我最擅長的語言是英語,我還會約魯巴語,這是尼日利亞的一種語言,我也會法語。你呢?Rory: Well, I can speak English and I can speak some Czech. I lived in the Czech Republic for six years.
羅瑞:我會英語和捷克語。我在捷克共和國生活了六年。Abidemi: Wow.
阿比德米:哇哦。Rory: And I can also speak a little bit of French but it's very rusty.
羅瑞:我還會兒一點兒法語,不過非常生疏。Abidemi: Okay. Maybe next time we'll have this conversation in French then.
阿比德米:好。也許下次我們可以用法語對話。Rory: Okay.
羅瑞:好。譯文屬僅供學習交流使用,未經許可請勿轉載
重點講解:
1. pick up 拿起;提起;拾起;撿起;
例句:Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
裏德利拿起一支鉛筆,不停地在手裏擺弄着。
2. be able to do sth. 可以…的,能夠…的;
例句:The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive.
該公司說他們能夠使定價保持競爭力。
3. as well 也;還;
例句:'What do you like about it then?' — 'Erm, the history, the shops—people are quite friendly as well.'
“那麼你喜歡這兒的什麼?”——“嗯,它的歷史啦,商店啦,還有這兒的人也都很友好。”