常用英语对话

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常用英语对话

　　常用英语对话一　　todd: ok, keith, i'm going to ask you about preferences.
　　keith: ok.
　　todd: which do you prefer, dogs or cats?
　　keith: dogs.
　　todd: because?
　　keith: well, because they're actually friendly animals. cats are kind of aloof.
　　todd: which do you prefer, summer or winter?
　　keith: oh, summer, definitely.
　　todd: yeah, why?
　　keith: well, because winter in tokyo is kind of dry, cloudy. it's not much fun.
　　todd: ok. are you a morning person or a night person?
　　keith: night person, all the way.
　　todd: ok. are you moody in the mornings?
　　keith: no, i'm usually asleep in the mornings.
　　todd: and what do you prefer, japanese food or western food?
　　keith: well, in japan, japanese food cause the sushi here is great.
　　常用英语对话二　　todd:so, joel, how was the bowling match?
　　joel:not bad, i won the first one but i lost the second one.
　　todd:yeah. how's your arm feeling?
　　joel:not bad. my hands are a little tired but my arms' fine.
　　todd:ok, so, are you going to go home and put some ice on it or?
　　joel:no, i don't think so. i think i need to get a beer.
　　todd:a beer. ok, actually as soon as we finish this i'll be right with you. why is bowling so popular do you think?
　　joel:it's cheap and you can spend as much time here as you want. that's what i like about it. i noticed like, we can sit there and talk and we're not under a time limitor anything. we can justtake our time. and you don't need any special skills to play it. anybody can do it.
　　todd:yeah. how long have you been bowling?
　　joel:not long. maybe i've only been ten or fifteen times in my whole life.
　　todd:oh, really. (yeah) well you look pretty good for only ten or fifteen times.
　　joel:not so good.
　　todd:ok.thanks a lot, joel.
　　joel:thanks.
　　常用英语对话三　　todd: ok, roe, why don't we talk about your first job.
　　roe: ok
　　todd: yeah, tell us about your first job.
　　roe: you mean my official full-time first job, talking about!
　　todd: yeah, sure. how about that?
　　roe: ok. that was right after graduating university. i became a salesman.
　　todd: oooh, salesman! nice.
　　roe: yep, salesman.
　　todd: what were you selling?
　　roe: i was selling nothing.
　　todd: nothing
　　roe: nothing. well, basically i was selling a membership. so, that's, it's not something people can see or visualize, but it's like just membership, so.
　　todd: was it like a membership to a country club?
　　roe: yeah, actually a private resorts and golf clubs.
　　todd: nice. was this in japan or in the us?
　　roe: in japan.
　　todd: wow. what was the best thing about your job?
　　roe: troubles! cause i have to knock on people's houses.
　　todd: oh, wow, it was door to door.
　　roe: exactly without any appointments and membership costs 5 million yen. starting, starting costs.
　　todd: 5 million yen to start and you must have been in very rich neighborhoods.
　　roe: no, actually we just go to any areas. we just stop off at a station and we start from there.
　　todd: really. were you successful?
　　roe: it's a long story but to be honest with you, how many memberships do you think i sold in a year?
　　todd: wow, i don't know. i will take a guess. in one year, maybe one, two a week, so my guess is, i don't know, a hundred.
　　roe: one!
　　todd: one! one!
　　roe: can you believe it!
　　todd: so you must, so you remember the lucky person? probably still remember that person.
　　roe: and you know what, the person who bought my membership, is who? my father.
　　todd: ooh, that's a tough job.
　　roe: it was rough, really. it was really rough.
　　todd: that's a lot of rejection, every day. no, no, no
　　roe: i know, i mean if you think about it, that's natural though, i mean 5 million yen. and i can't really show the place, cause i can't take the person to the place. all i can do is show the picture and speak and that was right after the bubble economy bursted, so nobody had really, nobody had money, so.
　　todd: wow, man so were you depressed? were you sad?
　　roe: it was very interesting. it was hard to motivate myself. the people would call the police, and call me like a robber yeah, yeah, cause i had to like open the gate and run to the door and stick my leg so that they won't shut the door.
　　todd: seriously.
　　roe: yeah, that's how you do it. door to door sells.
　　todd: wow, that's, that's a tough job. i don't think i could do a job, what's your job now? what do you do now?
　　roe: i am, i work for yokohama city and i am in a place called yokohama convention bureau. it's a city job.
　　todd: ok, so the yokohama convention bureau. ok, so you deal with foreigners, naturally cause it's in english.
　　roe: and travellers and visitors and what have you.
　　todd: do you like your job now?
　　roe: interesting! like i said i meet talk to about over 2,000 people a day, so it's kind of tiring though.
　　todd: wow, 2,000 people a day.
　　roe: about 200 people an hour. my office is at the station. yokohama station. right out of the gate of the jr, so people are going to stop by.
　　todd: you, that's a lot of talking. you must be tired of talking.
　　roe: i am tired.
　　