19-4-10 【地道美语095】叮叮咣咣！春日装修烦恼多 Spring construction
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春天是温柔的季节，是赏美好春光的时节，也是一年中大兴土木的时节，左邻右舍开始了家宅装修，敲敲打打少则半月，多则数月，钻头呜呜声令在家工作喜安静的人不胜其扰，尤其隔音不好的房宅传出的装修噪音更是令人烦躁不安。来聊聊你被装修打扰的故事。【地道美语093】Spring construction 春日装修烦恼多
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dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, are youokay? You look a little-----------------------------.
Mark: I'm alright. Don't worry about it.
Jingjing: Your eyes arered, --------------- Have you been getting enough sleep?
Mark: I've been sleepinglike a log. It's the ----------------- that's a problem.
Jingjing: So, what's up?
Mark: What's up and w------------—youcould ask. I have construction---------------------me where I live.
Jingjing: This is thetime of year for it! So, ---------- are being remodelled,right?
Mark: Yeah, one directly----------totally gutted, while another----------------- is havingsome work done.
Jingjing: That must bepretty ------------------!
Mark: ---------------------------------------------------
Jingjing: But theworkers are only allowed to make noise during the -----------. Aren't youusually out ---------------------- then?
Mark: I am. Butyesterday was my day off. ---------------- chillax andcatch up on some work, --------------------—but I couldn't do anything.
Jingjing: Why didn't youget out of there and go to a -----------------?
Mark: I did. Icouldn't even hear myself think. I had to go ---------------- stopfor a few minutes so I could ----------------------- gather my keys and stuff.
Jingjing: Were they niceabout it?
Mark: Yeah, they werepretty -----------------
dialogue 2
Jingjing: That's good,at least.
Mark: Also, when Italked with the workers, they told me it would ---------------.
Jingjing: You're luckythen. Last spring, my neighbors redid------------------. I couldn't spend any time at home except-------------------------.
Mark: Wow, that musthave sucked!
Jingjing: It did; and itwas the kind of work where it was noisy for a while, then not so much,-------------------------------------------.
Mark: You must have ------------------at coffee shops.
Jingjing: Well, you knowme, I don't drink coffee. So, I just came in to the office ---------. My boss was ------------------------------- those months.
Mark: Jeez, you'd thinkspring would be the time to enjoy ------------. But everywhere, it's ----------------------than at other times of year.
Jingjing: Hmm, all theextra noise in spring has ---------------------. Last year, because ofthe construction,-----------------------------------------
Mark: That's a great wayto start the day. It's better than what I do.
Jingjing: Um, what doyou do?
Mark: I drink coffee. I've already----------------------my allowance.
Jingjing: Haha, you'reso careless! --------------------through this month.
Mark: I know, right. Anyway, the weather's getting ----------------- in the park.
Jingjing: So, if you runout of money before you run out of month, y------------------- yournotebook PC out into the sun.
Mark: That soundsalright! Thanks for cheering me up!
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
sleep like a log sleep deeplywithout moving
remodel workers make majorchanges inside a building (not building construction, not decoration) (“Construction”is sometimes used as a general word for this work.)
gut (v) totally remove theinsides of something (for a house, this would mean taking out thenon-load-bearing walls, pulling up the flooring, etc.)
put on edge make someonenervous
chillax chill and relax
can't hear think a place is toonoisy/chaotic
from dialogue 2
redo remodel/fix(informal)
burn through spend, use up
run out of money before runout of month spendyour monthly money before the month is over
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春天是温柔的季节，是赏美好春光的时节，也是一年中大兴土木的时节，左邻右舍开始了家宅装修，敲敲打打少则半月，多则数月，钻头呜呜声令在家工作喜安静的人不胜其扰，尤其隔音不好的房宅传出的装修噪音更是令人烦躁不安。来聊聊你被装修打扰的故事。【地道美语093】Spring construction 春日装修烦恼多
Dialogue : （课堂全文本于微信公众号【英语PK台】课后发送，参与直播互动中译英练习需加京晶微信goingforgold2018 拉入群
dialogue 1
Jingjing: Mark, are youokay? You look a little-----------------------------.
Mark: I'm alright. Don't worry about it.
Jingjing: Your eyes arered, --------------- Have you been getting enough sleep?
Mark: I've been sleepinglike a log. It's the ----------------- that's a problem.
Jingjing: So, what's up?
Mark: What's up and w------------—youcould ask. I have construction---------------------me where I live.
Jingjing: This is thetime of year for it! So, ---------- are being remodelled,right?
Mark: Yeah, one directly----------totally gutted, while another----------------- is havingsome work done.
Jingjing: That must bepretty ------------------!
Mark: ---------------------------------------------------
Jingjing: But theworkers are only allowed to make noise during the -----------. Aren't youusually out ---------------------- then?
Mark: I am. Butyesterday was my day off. ---------------- chillax andcatch up on some work, --------------------—but I couldn't do anything.
Jingjing: Why didn't youget out of there and go to a -----------------?
Mark: I did. Icouldn't even hear myself think. I had to go ---------------- stopfor a few minutes so I could ----------------------- gather my keys and stuff.
Jingjing: Were they niceabout it?
Mark: Yeah, they werepretty -----------------
dialogue 2
Jingjing: That's good,at least.
Mark: Also, when Italked with the workers, they told me it would ---------------.
Jingjing: You're luckythen. Last spring, my neighbors redid------------------. I couldn't spend any time at home except-------------------------.
Mark: Wow, that musthave sucked!
Jingjing: It did; and itwas the kind of work where it was noisy for a while, then not so much,-------------------------------------------.
Mark: You must have ------------------at coffee shops.
Jingjing: Well, you knowme, I don't drink coffee. So, I just came in to the office ---------. My boss was ------------------------------- those months.
Mark: Jeez, you'd thinkspring would be the time to enjoy ------------. But everywhere, it's ----------------------than at other times of year.
Jingjing: Hmm, all theextra noise in spring has ---------------------. Last year, because ofthe construction,-----------------------------------------
Mark: That's a great wayto start the day. It's better than what I do.
Jingjing: Um, what doyou do?
Mark: I drink coffee. I've already----------------------my allowance.
Jingjing: Haha, you'reso careless! --------------------through this month.
Mark: I know, right. Anyway, the weather's getting ----------------- in the park.
Jingjing: So, if you runout of money before you run out of month, y------------------- yournotebook PC out into the sun.
Mark: That soundsalright! Thanks for cheering me up!
new words and phrases
from dialogue 1
sleep like a log sleep deeplywithout moving
remodel workers make majorchanges inside a building (not building construction, not decoration) (“Construction”is sometimes used as a general word for this work.)
gut (v) totally remove theinsides of something (for a house, this would mean taking out thenon-load-bearing walls, pulling up the flooring, etc.)
put on edge make someonenervous
chillax chill and relax
can't hear think a place is toonoisy/chaotic
from dialogue 2
redo remodel/fix(informal)
burn through spend, use up
run out of money before runout of month spendyour monthly money before the month is over
