太极英语微课堂-14

【太極英語微課堂-13】如何用地道的美語介绍家人

Shifu: Hi, Joe, welcome back! Long time no see! How wasyour trip to San Francisco?

Joe:  It wasgood. Thank you, Shifu!

Shifu: Did you have any chance to see your family?

Joe: Yes. I lived with my parents during Christmas, andmy brother and his family came to visit from Oregon. They stayed a week withus.

Shifu: So how are your parents? How old are they now?

Joe: My father is 85 and my mom is 82. They are doingquite well.

Shifu: Does your brother have any children?

Joe: Yes, an 18-year-old daughter and a 14-year-oldson.

Shifu: Did you have time to practise Taichi?

Joe: The first few days were terribly crazy, I sufferedawful Jet lag and was very exhausted. I had to help my parents prepareeverything as well. But I tried my best, I practised Laojia Yilu five times aday after Christmas.

Shifu: Good! Now show me, let me see if you have madeany progress.

  師父：嗨，Joe，欢迎回来！你的旧金山之行怎么样？

Joe：很好啊！谢谢师父！

師父：你见到家人了吗？

Joe：是的。我圣诞节是跟父母一起过的。我哥和他的家人从俄勒冈过来看了我们，他们住了有一周吧。

師父：你的父母怎么样？他们有多大年纪了？

Joe：我父亲85，我妈82，他们都挺硬朗的。

師父: 你哥有孩子吗？

Joe：是的，一个18岁的女儿和一个14岁的儿子。

师父：那你练太极了没有啊？

Joe：刚回去那几天有点乱七八糟的，我得倒时差，累得不行，还得帮我父母准备圣诞节。但圣诞节后我每天练五遍老架一路。 

师父：好！那就给我过一遍吧，让我看看你有没有进步。              

trip  [trip]  旅途

chance [[tʃɑːns] n. 机会

parents  ['perənts]n.父母亲

Christmas  [ˈkrɪsməs]n. 圣诞节

practise ['præktɪs] v. 练习

terribly ['terɪblɪ] adv. 非常

suffer  ['sʌfə]v. 遭罪

awful  ['ɔːfʊl]adj. 可怕的；糟糕的

jet lag n. 时差

exhausted  [ɪɡ'zɔːstɪd] adj. 筋疲力尽的

prepare [prɪ'peə]v. 准备

progress ['prəʊgres] n. 进步