【学习笔记】懂你英语 核心课 Level 5 Unit 1 Part 1（IV）Dialogue The Teenage Years
西服男 X
帽子男 M 写作
X
What's so funny?有什么好笑的？
What are you writing about?你在写什么？
M
I'm writing about something I saw earlier this morning.我在写今天早上看到的东西。
X
Really? Do you keep a journal?真的？你有日记吗？
M
Yes, I do.是的，我喜欢。
Every weekend I write about things that happened during the week.【跟读】每个周末，我都会写下这周发生的事情。
【选择】-What does he write about in his journal? -Things that happened during the week.
【选择】-How does he react to hearing about the journal? -He is surprised.
X
How long you've been doing it?你干了多久了？
M
I've been doing it fairly regularly since high school.【填空】【跟读】 我从高中起就经常这样做。
X
Are you going to turn it into a book?你打算把它翻到书上吗？
I don't know.我不知道。
Maybe I will someday but for now it's just for me.【填空】也许有一天我会的，但现在，这对我来说是必须的。
【填空】To turn something into something else means to transform or rework it, from one thing into another.把某物变成其他某物意味着把它从一件事转变成另一件事。
X
So, what was so interesting about what you saw this morning? 你今天早上看到的东西有什么有趣的？
M
I was in the same coffee shop I usually go to and a group of teenagers came in. 我和平常去的咖啡店在一起，一群十几岁的孩子进来了。
I couldn't help watching them and trying to hear some of their conversation. 我禁不住看着他们，想听听他们的谈话。
X
That must have been interesting. 【跟读】 那一定很有趣。
M
Yes, it was. 是的，是的。
The more I watched them the more I realized how glad I am that I don't have to go through that stage of life again.【填空】 我看得越多，就越意识到我是多么的高兴，因为我不必再经历人生的那个阶段。
【选择】-What did he encounter in the coffee shop this morning? -A group of teenagers.
X
So it brought back some memorizes? 所以它带回了一些记忆？
M
Yes, it did.是的，的确如此。
It was so clear how uncomfortable some of them were, yet they were pretending to have a good time.【填空】 很明显他们中的一些人有多不舒服，但他们假装玩得很开心。
At least, that's how it seemed to me. 至少在我看来是这样的。
X
Why do you think they were pretending?【跟读】你认为他们为什么假装？
M
It was just the way they smiled and laughed.他们笑着笑着。
It seemed unnatural and overdone, as if they were bad actors.这似乎不自然和过度，好像他们是坏演员。
【选择】-What did he think was unnatural and a bit exaggerated? -It was the way that they interacted with each other.
【填空】It seemed to him that some of them weren’t really having a good time.在他看来，他们中的一些人过得并不愉快。
【填空】Click on the correct choice. It seemed to him that some of them were pretending to have a good time.单击正确的选项。在他看来，有些人假装玩得很开心。
M
A couple of the boys were really awkward around the girls, and two of the girls were wearing too much makeup.两个男孩在女孩周围真的很尴尬，两个女孩化妆太多了。
I had to stop myself laughing.我不得不停止自己的笑。
X
Yes, I can imagine it.是的，我可以想象。
I can remember wanting to be popular when I was in high school. 我记得我在高中的时候想受欢迎。
Now that you mention it, it wasn't a great time, though I had some fun too. 既然你提到这件事，虽然我也很开心，但那不是一个好时机。
M
I guess it wasn't so bad at the time, except when I was preparing for my university entrance examinations. 我想当时情况还不错，除了我准备大学入学考试的时候。
X
Yes, that was awful.是的，那太糟糕了。
My parents put tons of pressure on me, so I thought I was going to go crazy.我父母给我很大的压力，所以我以为我会疯的。
【选择】His parents put lots of pressure on him... to do well in the examinations.
【跟读】He is surprised to hear that his friend is keeping a journal.
【朗读】This kind of journal is a collection of observations rather than personal experiences.这类期刊是一个观察的集合，而不是个人经验。
【朗读】In his opinion, the way they interacted with each other was a bit unnatural and exaggerated.在他看来，他们相互交流的方式有点不自然，有些夸张。
X
What about girls?女孩呢？
Did you have any girlfriends?你有女朋友吗？
M
There was one girl I hada crush on, but I thought she was interested in somebody else.有一个女孩我很喜欢，但我觉得她对别人很感兴趣。
I didn't find out until much later that she was interested in me too.【跟读】直到很久以后我才知道她也对我感兴趣。
It was a lost opportunity, one of many.【跟读】这是一个失去的机会，很多机会中的一个。
X
Really? you should become a writer or make a movie.真的？你应该成为一名作家或是一部电影。
You have a great imagination.你很有想象力。
M
To be honest, it's much easier to image things than actually do things.说实话，想象事情要比实际做事情容易得多。
X
You can say that again.说得好。
【选择】-What was one of his lost opportunities? -He didn't realize that the girl he had crush on was interested in him.
他失去了什么机会？他没有意识到他迷恋的那个女孩对他感兴趣。
【选择】-Why didn't he try to connect with the girl he had had a crush on? -He thought she liked somebody else.