白领口语应急80主题 工作之余73 假日的休闲时光

73.假日的休闲时光

常用应急场景

范例一：A special holiday

Have you got any plans for the coming holiday?

Yes, I have a very special one. I will be doing volunteer work in a zoo for two weeks. A friend of mine working there told me the other day that they were in need of some volunteer keepers¹. I was very interested. So I asked him to get me the application² form. Lucky, my application was approved³ by the manager very soon.

Volunteer in a zoo? What specific⁴ things will you do?

I will help to prepare food, feed animals and clean up. I’m very excited about it now.

It must be a unique⁵ experience. I’m looking forward to share your story when you come back.

Ok, I will bring you photos as many as possible.

范例二：Which to choose

I am not sure what to do during the holidays, any suggestions?

Well, going to a cinema, visiting the galleries, exhibitions and museums, finding⁶ and meeting old friends, exercising in the health club or mountain biking. There are so many good choices.

The problem is that I find all of them are full of fun. I just don’t know what to do first.

Why not start with the most interesting one?

Actually, I’m interested in all of them. The more choices we have, the harder to make a decision.

Toss⁷ a coin to decide then.

1 keepers   

n.饲养员( keeper的名词复数 )；保管人；管理人；负责人

参考例句：

• "Well, we only employ book-keepers and typewriters here. “是这样，我们这里只雇佣会计师和打字员。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• The zoo keepers released the lions from their cage. 动物饲养员把狮子从笼子里放出来。 来自互联网

2 application   

n.申请，请求，申请书；应用，实施，实用性

参考例句：

• They rejected his application for membership.他们拒绝考虑他的成员资格申请。
• Her application was turned down.她的申请被驳回了。

3 approved   

adj.经核准的，被认可的v.赞成，同意( approve的过去式和过去分词 )；批准；认可；核准

参考例句：

• The proposal was approved by both the House and the Senate. 那项提案在众议院和参议院均获通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This report has been examined and approved by the leadership. 这份报告已经领导审批。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

5 unique   

adj.独一无二的，独特的；罕见的

参考例句：

• The paths must be unique.路径必须是唯一的。
• This stamp is unique;there are no others like it.这张邮票是独一无二的，再也没有象这样的了。

6 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

7 toss   

n./v.突然抬起，摇摆，扔

参考例句：

• Let's toss to see who pays it.让我们来掷钱币决定谁付账吧。
• The matter made him toss in the bed.那件事使他在床上翻来覆去。