Conversation A
对话A
Taylor: Tina! What's wrong?
泰勒:蒂娜!怎么了?
Tina: There's a cockroach in my drawer! I hate cockroaches.
蒂娜:我的抽屉里有一只蟑螂!我最讨厌蟑螂了。
Taylor: I don't like them, either. They move really fast, and they're ugly.
泰勒:我也不喜欢蟑螂。蟑螂跑的速度很快,长得又丑。
Tina: Yes. They're hard to kill, too.
蒂娜:是啊,而且又很难打死。
Taylor: But why is a cockroach in your drawer? They don't eat pencils!
泰勒:可是你的抽屉里为什么会有蟑螂?蟑螂又不吃铅笔!
Tina: Well... I have some cookies in my drawer.
蒂娜:这个嘛...我的抽屉里有一些饼干。
Taylor: That's why! Don't keep food in your desk.
泰勒:原来如此!不要把食物放在你的桌子里。
Conversation B
对话B
Susie: Rob, what are the most dangerous animals in the world?
苏西:罗布,世界上最危险的动物是什么?
Rob: I don't know. Is it lions or tigers?
罗布:我不知道。是狮子还是老虎?
Susie: No. It's mosquitoes!
苏西:不是。是蚊子!
Rob: Really? But they are so small! They just bite people. They don't kill people.
罗布:真的吗?可是蚊子那么小!蚊子只会叮人,又不会杀人。
Susie: Oh, yes, they do! Mosquitoes spread a lot of dangerous diseases. Those diseases make people ill. They can kill people, too.
苏西:蚊子可是会杀人的!蚊子会传播许多危险的疾病,那些疾病会令人生病,也会致人死亡。
Rob: That's true. I didn't think about that.
罗布:这倒是真的,我没想到这一点。