Laid off-(下岗)
A:What’s wrong?
出什么事了?
B:I got laid off today.
我今天下岗了。
A:Oh no! That’s terrible!
哦,天。真是糟糕。
B:Yeah.
是呀。
A:What happened?
怎么会这样?
B:My boss said I didn’t have enough skills to do the job well.
我的老板说我不具备足够的技能做好我的工作。
community
A:What are you going to do?
那你打算怎么办?
B:I’m going to start taking classes at the local community college to try to improve my skills. Then I’ll start looking for a new position.
我打算在本地的社区大学学习,以此来提高自己的技能。然后我会开始找一份新的工作。
Skating-(滑冰)
A:Hey John, nice skates. Are they new?
你好,约翰,冰鞋真漂亮。新的吗?
community
B:Yeah, I just got them. I started playing ice hockey in a community league. So, I finally got myself new skates.
是呀,我刚买的。我开始在一个社团打冰球。所以,终于给自己买了一双新的冰鞋。
A:What position do you play?
你打什么位置?
B:I’m a defender. It’s a lot of fun. You don’t have to be able to skate as fast on defense.
打后卫。真是很有趣。而且打后卫溜冰速度不用很快。
community的意思
A:Yeah, you’re a pretty big guy. I play goalie, myself.
是的,你是个大块头,我是守门员。
B:Oh, yeah? Which team?
噢,是吗?哪一个队?
community的反义词
A:The Rockets.
火箭队的。
B:Really? I think we play you guys next week. Well, I have to go to practice. See you later.
真的吗?我想下个星期是我们和你们比赛,好了,我要去练习了,以后见。
A:All right, see you later.
好的,再见。