美語情景對話 第1272期:How often do you check your e mail? 你多久查看一次郵箱?
George: Hi, I'm George from Hawaii.
喬治:嗨,我是喬治,來自夏威夷。Crystal: And I'm Crystal from America.
克里斯托爾:我是克里斯托爾,來自美國。George: And today's question is how often do you check your e-mail? So, Crystal, how often do you check your e-mail?
喬治:今天要討論的問題是,你多久檢查一次郵箱?克里斯托爾,你多久查看一次郵箱呢?
Crystal: Well, before I used to never check my e-mail. But, oh my god, if you do not check your e-mail, you get in big big troubles.
克里斯托爾:以前我從來不查收電子郵件。不過,天哪,如果不查看郵箱,那會遇到很大問題。George: Why? What happened? What happened to you?
喬治:為什麼?發生了什麼?你遇到什麼事了?Crystal: I almost got kicked out of my own house before.
克里斯托爾:我以前差點被從自己的房子裏趕出去。George: It sounds awesome. So, you ... what happened?
喬治:聽上去太可怕了。到底發生了什麼?Crystal: I haven't check my e-mail for months and they've been sending me e e-mails saying oh you're gonna get kicked out, and please remove your stuff from your house.
克里斯托爾:當時我有好幾個月的時間沒有查收郵件,而他們一直在給我發郵件,郵件上説:哦,你會被趕出去,請收拾東西離開房子。George: Hah!
喬治:哈!Crystal: And I never got it till the last day when I was leaving the country.
克里斯托爾:在我要出國前的最後一天我才收到。George: Interesting.
喬治:有意思。Crystal: A big lesson learned, you must check your e-mail. How often do you check your e-mail? George.
克里斯托爾:我學到了一個大教訓:必須查收電子郵件。喬治,你多長時間查收一次電子郵件?George: Oh..I checked it pretty often, but I just never really replied to anybody. You know I probably replied maybe once every three months.
喬治:哦,我經常查看郵箱,不過我從來不會回覆。你知道,我可能每三個月回覆一次。Crystal: Yeah, you never reply to me.
克里斯托爾:對,你從來不回覆我。George: Yeah, my bad, my bad, I'm sorry. Alright.
喬治:哦,這是我的錯,我的錯,我很抱歉。好了。Crystal: OK!
克里斯托爾:好吧!譯文屬僅供學習交流使用,未經許可請勿轉載
重點講解:
1. used to do sth. 過去常常;過去曾;
例句:She used to enjoy a healthy and active life as other happy children but a disease has snatched away all that she used to have.
她曾和其他快樂的孩子一樣健康活潑,但是一場病奪去了一切。
2. sth. happen to sb. (尤指不愉快的事)發生(在…身上);(某人)遭到;遇到;
例句:This sort of thing should not happen to us.
這樣的事情不應該發生在我們的身上。
3. kick out of 強使離開;趕走;
例句:The country's leaders kicked five foreign journalists out of the country.
該國領導將5名外國記者驅逐出境。
4. reply to 回覆;回答;
例句:He did not even have the courtesy to reply to my fax.
他連回復我傳真的這點兒禮貌都沒有。