洪恩环境英语中高级篇 Part3

洪恩环境英语中高级篇

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潘小鹏编辑整理　

二零零三年十月　

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LESSON 1 THIS STORY ISN'T BIG ENOUGH TO HELP MY CAREER.　

这个新闻题材不够大，对我的事业没什么帮助

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Jake: Good morning, Steven. Are you all right?

杰克：早上好，史蒂文。你没事吧？

Steven: Hi, Jake. Yes, I'm fine. I'm just a little tired.

史蒂文：嗨，杰克。还好，只是有点累。

Jake: Late night last night, huh? Party? Dancing? What was it?

杰克：昨天晚上又熬夜了，是吗？聚会？跳舞？你到底干什么了？

Steven: The baby. He wakes up every three hours--at eleven, two, and five. When the alarm clock goes off at seven, I'm too tired to get up.

史蒂文：是孩子。他每三小时醒来一次。——11点、2点和5点各一次。当7点钟闹钟响时，我都累得起不来了。

Jake: Every three hours? Why?

杰克：每三小时醒一次？为什么？

Steven: Because he's hungry.

史蒂文：因为他肚子饿。

Jake: Can't you just leave a bottle of milk next to his bed?

杰克：你不能在他床旁边放一瓶牛奶吗？

Steven: Peter isn't old enough to feed himself. He's only two months old.

史蒂文：彼得太小了，还不会自己吃呢，他才两个月。

Jake: When will he be old enough to feed himself?

杰克：他什么时候才能学会自己吃呢？

Steven: In a few years.

史蒂文：还得几年。

Jake: A few years! Can't you just tell him to wait until morning?

杰克：几年！难道你不能告诉他等到早上再吃吗？

Steven: He isn't old enough to understand what people say.

史蒂文：他太小了，听不懂大人说话。

Jake: Poor Steven. You need to drink lots of coffee.

杰克：可怜的史蒂文，你得多喝点咖啡。

Steven: Usually I rush to work without any breakfast at all. Anne and I are too busy to eat regular meals. We're even too busy to go grocery shopping.

史蒂文：通常我根本不吃早饭就赶来工作。我和安妮太忙了，不能按时吃饭，我们甚至忙得没时间去食

品店买东西。

Jake: You must be glad to come to the office, where it's quiet.

杰克：那你一定喜欢来办公室，这里安静。

Steven: Oh, no. I hate to leave the baby for more than a few hours.

史蒂文：噢，不。离开孩子几个小时我都受不了。

Jake: Oh, Steven, by the way, I forgot--I have a gift for Peter.

杰克：噢，史蒂文，顺便说一下，我差点忘了——我有个礼物送给彼得。

Steven: You do?

史蒂文：噢，是吗？

Jake: Yeah. Wait here. I'll get it.

杰克：是的，等着，我去拿。

Jake: Open it, Steven. It's the perfect gift for a baby boy.

杰克：打开，史蒂文。这绝对是给小男孩的最好的礼物。

Steven: This is nice of you, Jake.

史蒂文：你真好，杰克。

Steven: It's a book. . . about baseball?

史蒂文：是一本书……讲棒球的？

Jake: Isn't it great? He'll learn all about baseball. We can take him to the park and practice.

杰克：不错吧？他会学会所有的棒球知识。我们可以带着他去公园练习。

Steven: It's a great gift, Jake. But Peter. . . is too young to read. And he's too young to play baseball. He isn't even old enough to crawl.

史蒂文：真是个好礼物，杰克。但是，彼得……他太小了，还不会看书。更别提打棒球了。他现在太小，还不会爬呢。

Jake: When will he be old enough to play baseball?

杰克：他要多大才能打棒球呢？

Steven: In a few years.

史蒂文：还得几年。

Jake: Show him the book anyway. Tell me what he says when he sees it.

杰克：不管怎样，你得给他看看这本书。告诉我他看到这本书时，说了些什么？

Steven: Jake, Peter isn't old enough to talk. He's a baby. You know about the news, Jake, but there's a lot you need to learn about babies.

史蒂文：杰克，彼得还不会说话。他是个婴儿。你了解新闻，杰克。但是小孩的事你还有很多要学。

Jake: OK, Maria, I understand. Our next feature story is about the Stamford Museum and Nature Center. . . Maria, are you sure this story is interesting enough to be on "Hello America"?

杰克：好的，玛丽亚，我明白。我们下一个专题新闻是关于斯坦福德博物馆和“自然中心”……玛丽亚，