Join a club 社團活動
talk show【脫口而出】
1、Are you in any clubs at school?
你在學校有沒有參加社團?
club:社團,協會也可以說 association
Are you a member of any clubs?
2、Are there any membership dues?
需要交會費嗎?
dues:會費,手續費(用的是due 的復數形式,要注意哦)。與此相關的:port dues 港口稅,
custom dues 關稅
此外due還有一個意思在口語中比較常用,“到期的,截止日期的”eg:when is the homework due? 什么時候交家庭作業?
3、Do I have to fill out an application to join?
我是不是要填申請表格才能加入?
fill out:填寫……,此處省略了表格form,全部的應該是application form, fill out a form 填寫表格。
近義詞:fill in填空 fill in the blanks 4、I am craving for the guitar club.
我很想參加吉他社團。
很想做某事:be craving for sth/doing sth
I am dying to join the guitar club.
I am itching for joining the guitar club.
I am really longing to join the guitar.
很想做某事的表達:be dying to do/be itching for doing/be longing to do5、I am afraid joining a club will take up much of my time.
我擔心參加社團耽誤許多時間。
耽誤時間:take up time 占用、花費:take up二、Reply fluently【對答如流】
A: Hey, jenny. You look worred.
B: Yes, I am thinking of joining a club. Let’s join the football club.
A: Actually, I am not in to football at all.
B: Neither am I.
A: How about the classical music club.
B: Give me a break. Have you seen the guys in that club? You can tell them right off-total nerds.
A: That’s not completely true. I know one guy in the club who’s very nice.
in to…… 口語中表示:擅長做某事
neither be/do + 人稱代詞表示:某人也不……
so do/be + 人稱代詞表示:某人也……
give me a break: 繞了我吧,口語中常用
eg: come on, give me a break. 得了吧,少來這一套
you can tell…… 可以看出來……eg:you can easily tell the difference of these two books 你可以很容易的看出這兩本書的區別。off-total nerds:書呆子、行為古怪的人
中文翻譯
A:嗨,珍妮,你看起來有點焦慮。
B:是的。我在考慮加入社團的事。咱們加入足球社吧。
A:實際上,我根本不會踢足球。
B:我也不會。
A:你覺得古典音樂社怎么樣。
B:繞了我吧!你見過那個社團的仁兄嗎?你可以馬上看出他們都是些古怪的家伙!
A:那也不盡然。我就認識那個社團里面一位非常好的男孩子。