【一起闲话英语】你有坏习惯吗？-Do you have any bad habits?

Warren / Canada

speaker Yeah, I think I'm not very good at keeping clean. My wife is always getting upset that I'm leaving things out on the counter¹ in the kitchen, or leaving my clothes in the bedroom in the wrong place, and I definitely² have to improve those habits.

 

Gareth / England 

speaker Yeah, I procrastinate³. This means⁴ to kind of put stuff⁵ off. I often leave really important things until the last minute. I know I've got this bad habit, and I try to fight it by making to-do lists and stuff like that. But it's still a part of me that I really, really can't shake off.

 

Katia / Mexico

speaker Yes, I do have some bad habits. One that I can talk about is when I see somebody, sometimes I tend to judge the person too quickly. And I think that's a very bad habit.

 

Matt / United⁶ States 

speaker I probably have a very bad habit of not cleaning up after myself. I don't care much for cleaning, and I think a lot of my things around the house.

 

 Sarah / England 

speaker My biggest bad habit is wasting money. I often eat out just for the sake⁷ of eating out. I often buy something just for the sake of buying it, and I will probably never use it after I buy it, but you know, I have to have it. So, wasting money is a big problem of mine.

Tim / United States 

speaker I have a bad habit of sleeping too much. I have very poor will power, so if I'm even the slightest bit tired, I'll usually lie down and take a nap⁸, but that makes it very difficult for me to wake up in the morning and take care of school or whatever I have to do during the day. And then, I also stay up too late, and it just makes things more difficult with everything that I do.

1 counter   

n.柜台；计数器；adj.相反的；adv.与…相反地；vt.反对，反击；vi.反对，反击

参考例句：

• This counter is closed now.这个柜台现在已停止营业。
• Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.把计数器拨到零，你就会知道录音从哪儿开始。

2 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

3 procrastinate   

v.耽搁，拖延

参考例句：

• Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。
• It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

6 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

7 sake   

n.缘故，理由

参考例句：

• He loves poetry for beauty's sake.他因为爱美而喜欢诗歌。
• We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.我们不能因小失大。

8 nap   

n.(白天)打瞌睡，打盹

参考例句：

• The nap of the coat has been worn off.外衣上的绒毛已经磨掉了。
• Don't bother me while I am taking my nap.我小睡的时候不要打扰我。