英文原版对话1000个:846 Shibika's Year

Fred: Hi, Shibika, so this is almost the end of the year, 2007. Can you tell me a bit, how was your year this year?

Shibika: Yeah, I had pretty nice year actually. I went through a lot of ups and downs, and yeah, at first I did really well in my classes and I got a scholarship¹ so that was something that was really nice. It made my parents really proud of me, but then later I went back home for vacation and then unfortunately³, I met through an accident, a car accident, and yeah, I had to be in bed for a month or something, so that was... initially⁴ I was like, a bit of thrown off but then that itself was a very good learning⁵ experience because it made me really strong and, yeah...

Fred: OK, so you're saying that even though you had a bad experience, it made you a stronger person.

Shibika: That's right. Yeah. It made me a really strong person and then it was like, I was not anymore more scared of accidents and I was not scared of any unfortunate² mishappenings because they're a part of your life, you know, you can't really help them happening, they don't happen for reason, so you just got to accept them and move on.

Fred: Yeah, that's right but I'm guessing that you're gonna be so much more of a stronger person the following year and so you can accomplish⁶...

Shibika: That's right. That's right.

Fred: Many more things.

Shibika: Yeah. At that time I felt as if like I had wasted a lot of time and I was not able to go for my classes or I could not... I was not able to enjoy my vacations but it was, it didn't turn out to be that bad because I sat at home, watched TV and I was being⁷ served and taken care of all the time so that was a good thing.

Fred: That's nice. You can say that that's the best thing that happened to you this year.

Shibika: Yeah. The best thing in disguise⁸, you know, because initially I didn't see it as a good thing obviously⁹ but, yeah, it made me feel how much people who are close to me, how much they care for me and how much they love me, so it was a really good thing.
 

1 scholarship   

n.学问，学术成就，奖学金

参考例句：

• The girl who won the scholarship was quite outstanding.得奖学金的女孩是相当杰出的。
• I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.我决定申请奖学金。

2 unfortunate   

adj.不幸的，不合宜的，不吉利的

参考例句：

• It is indeed unfortunate!那的确是不幸啊！
• She was always good with the unfortunate.她对不幸的人总是很友好。

3 unfortunately   

adv.不幸地，可惜的是

参考例句：

• I called on you yesterday,but unfortunately you were out.昨天我来看你，但是不幸的是你不在。
• She had gone home,unfortunately.遗憾的是她已回家了。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

6 accomplish   

v.完成，实现，达到

参考例句：

• He can accomplish more in a day than any other boy in his class.他一天所完成的工作比他班上其他的孩子都多。
• They'll certainly accomplish something.他们会搞出名堂来的。

7 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

8 disguise   

vt.把...假扮起来；n.伪装物，假装，伪装

参考例句：

• He went about in the disguise of a sailor.他伪装成海员到处流窜。
• It is impossible to disguise the fact that business is bad.生意不好这件事无法隐瞒。

9 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。