美語情景對話 第1098期:His Dream House 他的理想之家

Spencer: Yeah. So Curtis, what would your dream house be like? Tell me about the kitchen, living room, yard.

斯賓塞：好。柯蒂斯，你的理想之家是什麼樣的？和我說說你理想中的廚房、客廳和花園。

Curtis: Well, I've thought a lot about my dream house and designing it. Actually, that's the kind of work that my father does, so he said he could draw the plans up for me. But I've done a lot of art and I really want to work my art into the house. So the living room, I would like there to be kind of a frieze around the outside of the room where I actually do the art myself. Now, I used to do a lot of construction when I was younger, and so I would really like to take part in the process so that I have a kind of sense of ownership with the house that I've really built a part of that. The kitchen, I want it to be a very large space and next to a room that has a lot of media so that you can kind of pay attention to things or watch tutorials and recipes while you're cooking, follow along with your favorite chefs or cooking channels. I'd like a really big industrial refrigerator and a huge island that I can work with, as well as a massive sink for cleaning things. I used to work at a restaurant and I loved the dishwasher there because it was so quick and easy. So I would like a restaurant-style dishwasher in my kitchen, too.

柯蒂斯：就理想之家來說，我想了很多，也進行了設計。實際上，那是我父親的工作，他說過他可以爲我畫設計圖。不過我也學過很多與藝術相關的東西，我想自己設計我的房子。就客廳來說，我希望房外牆有壁畫，我通常自己製作這些壁畫。我以前做建築工作，我年輕的時候很喜歡建房子，這讓我感覺我是這個家的主人，房子一部分是我建的。我希望廚房空間很大，廚房旁邊的房間最好有很多媒體設備，這樣在做飯的時候，就能參考教程或是食譜，按照你喜歡的主廚或是美食頻道教的那樣做。我想要一個大的工業冰箱，一個大的工作臺，以及清潔用的洗滌糟。我在餐廳工作過，我喜歡餐廳的洗碗機，因爲可以很快就把碗洗完，而且很好操作。我也想在我的廚房裏裝一個餐廳用的洗碗機。

Spencer: Yeah. So tell me about – what would your yard be like?

斯賓塞：好。那花園呢？

Curtis: I would like a lot of grass. I really love a yard with nice grass especially when you're playing soccer, you can get under the ball and have a lot of fun like that.

柯蒂斯：我希望有塊大草坪。我非常喜歡帶草坪的花園，可以在草坪上踢足球、玩躲避球，享受快樂時光。

Spencer: It's nice to have a big backyard to play sports.

斯賓塞：有個能進行體育活動的大後院不錯。

Curtis: Yeah. I think so as well.

柯蒂斯：對。我也是這麼想的。

Spencer: What about your bathroom?

斯賓塞：那浴室呢？

Curtis: My bathroom. Well, I would like to have a kind of a spa in there, honestly. I would like to have a big bathtub. But I want my house to have geothermal heating. And if I have a geothermal heating system, I can also probably have a hot spring in the bathroom. I like it to be quite big and have a nice shower as well. Just very nice open area with nice sinks. I don't want to feel constrained in my bathroom. I don't want it to be small. It has to be big.

柯蒂斯：浴室。說實話，我想在浴室裝一個水療設施。我也想浴室裏有個大浴缸。我希望我的房子用地熱供暖。如果我有地熱供暖系統，我還可以在浴室裏泡溫泉。我還希望浴室面積大一些，有不錯的淋浴器。浴室要有開孔面積，配備優質的水槽。我不希望浴室給人壓抑的感覺。浴室也不能太小，面積一定要大。

Spencer: What about your living room?

斯賓塞：那客廳呢？

Curtis: My living room. One of the things that was really important to me for my living room again, is the art that I want to have a lot of details around the outside that are murals or friezes that I have actually created on the wall and so that there's almost a kind of entertaining sense about it. Just being in there before you turn on any other devices or televisions or anything like that. That there is kind of a artistic and comfortable feel to it. It doesn't feel sterile, it feels very homey.

柯蒂斯：客廳。我認爲，對客廳來說其中一件重要的事是，我希望外牆有很多藝術作品，比如我製作的壁畫，這會使人愉快。在打開其他設備或是電視以前，看看那些藝術品。那種藝術性會讓人感覺舒適。不會給人刻板的感覺，而是會讓人感受到溫馨。

Spencer: Cool. Would you have a big garage?

斯賓塞：真酷。你想要個大車庫嗎？

Curtis: I probably would have a big garage because I really love driving, and I used to race cars at the track. And for the purposes of doing work on cars, or any other DIY work around the house, I would like to have a really big nice garage.

柯蒂斯：我可能需要個大車庫，因爲我喜歡開車，我以前在賽道上賽過車。爲了改裝汽車，或是自己設計房子，我想有個非常大的車庫。

Spencer: Would you have any sort of like swimming pool or – I know you said you wanted a sauna in your bathroom but...

斯賓塞：你想要游泳池嗎？你說過你想在浴室裏建個桑拿房。

Curtis: I would really like a portion that's maybe separate from the bathroom, that has shutters that open up. So on a nice night, you can actually open it and see out over the yard or whatever landscapes that the house is built next to.

柯蒂斯：我希望浴室有一部分區域和浴室隔開，安裝百葉窗。在一個美好的夜晚，你可以打開百葉窗，俯視花園或是房子周圍的景色。

Spencer: That would be cool.

斯賓塞：那一定很酷。

Curtis: But I would like the area to be a little bit private, hopefully surrounded by woods a little bit where you can't see your neighbors immediately.

柯蒂斯：不過我希望那個區域能隱私一些，希望周圍有樹木之類的可以遮住，這樣就不會直接看到鄰居了。

Spencer: Yeah, exactly.

斯賓塞：對，沒錯。

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重點講解：
1. take part in 參加；參與；
例句：Thousands of students have taken part in demonstrations.
數千學生參加了遊行。
2. pay attention to 關心；注意；
例句：More than ever before, the food industry is paying attention to young consumers.
食品工業比以往任何時候都更加關注年輕消費者。
3. turn on 打開（設備）；接通（…的供應）；
例句：She asked them why they hadn't turned the lights on.
她問他們爲什麼不開燈。
4. be separate from 分開的；單獨的；獨立的；
例句：It is separate from the rest of the bathroom.
它與浴室裏的其它地方是隔開的。