miyunTake_it_easy配套文本和练习

2021年1月13日发(作者：娄枢)
Take it easy配套文本
Peter: Mmm, this is good. I've been so hungry all day. Actually, I've been starving
since we played basketball last night.
彼得：嗯，好吃。我一整天都很饿。事实上，从我们昨晚打篮球起我就饿坏了。
Martin: Me too. I've been dying for some chicken wings.
马丁：我也是。我想死鸡翅了。
Yan: What's the matter, Martin? Are you OK?
闫：你怎么了，马丁？你没事吧？
Martin: Sure. Why are you asking?
马丁：当然。为什么这么问？
Yan: Well, you said something about
闫：哦，你刚才说什么“死”，所以我以为出什么事了呢。
Martin: Oh, no, it's just an expression. Don't worry, Yan. There's nothing wrong with
me!
马丁：哦，不，那只是一种说法。别担心，闫。我什么事都没有！
Yan: Sorry, I don't understand. What do you mean by that?
闫：对不起，我不太明白。你那么说是什么意思？
Martin: When someone says,
that thing.
马丁：当有人说“我想死什么了”，意思是说非常想得到那个东西。
Peter: We use tons of expressions like that in English, Yan.
彼得：闫，类似的说法我们在英语里使用得非常多。
Yan: I have so much to learn. I wish I could understand everything you guys say.
What can I do to learn English faster?
闫：我要学的东西可真多。我真希望能明白你们说的每句话。我怎么样学英语才
能学得更快？
Peter: It takes time, Yan. But if I were you, I would use English whenever I could.
Talk to English- speaking people, watch English videos, read English books...
彼得：这需要时间，闫。不过如果我是你的话，我会尽 可能的多说英语。和讲英
语的人交谈，看英语录像，读英文书……
Martin: Actually, I try to do that with Chinese. If I only used Chinese in Chinese class,
I'd never get better. I absorb a lot when I listen to Chinese television and radio, or talk
to people.
马 丁：事实上，我试着用这种办法学汉语。如果我只在汉语课上用汉语，那我永
远都学不好。我在看中文电 视、听收音机或与人交谈中学到很多东西。
Peter: And you should try to think in English. It slows you down if you try to translate
everything from Chinese to English.
彼得：还有你应该试着用英语思考。如果你事事都想着从中文翻成英文，那就会
很慢。
Yan: All right. I'll try those things. I just want to learn English as fast as I can.
闫：好吧。我会试着去做的。我只是想尽可能快的学习英语。
Martin: There is a huge amount of vocabulary to learn but you're doing fine. Just take
it easy!
马丁：你还要学习大量的词汇，不过你学得不错。慢慢来！
Yan: Easy? English is not easy, Martin. It's really difficult.
闫：容易？英语可不容易，马丁。真是太难了。
Peter:
彼得：闫，“慢慢来（take it easy）”不过又是一个英语习惯说法而已！