Will power意志力
Mike(M) Danny(C), Tommy(T)---classmates
迈克(M)丹尼(C),汤米(T)---同学
Scene----in the college dorm
场景----在大学宿舍
Danny is playing a computer game on his laptop. Tommy is sleeping.
丹尼正在他的笔记本电脑上网游戏.汤米正在睡觉.
Mike came back from a morning jogging.
迈克晨练归来.
M: hi, Dan, what are you doing?嗨.丹尼,你在干嘛?
D: I am playing war craft.我正在玩战争游戏.
M: Where is Tommy?汤米在哪?
D: Shiiiii!嘘!
M:What? What's the matter?怎么了?
D: Don't you see? He is still sleeping.你没看见他在睡觉吗?
M: My goodness! I can't believe this! It’s almost nine. He got to get up now. Don't you remember we are required to make up a three people dialogue for tomorrow's oral class?天哪!真不敢相信,这都九点了,他该起床了.你们不记得我们要为明天的口语课准备三人对话了吗?
D: Yes, I do. You wake up Tommy and I will play one more round of war craft.不,我记得.你叫醒汤米我再玩一会.
M: You'd better stop playing right now. We don't have much time to prepare this dialogue. Tommy! Tommy! Wake up! Time to wake up!
你最好现在就停下.我们没多长时间准备对话了.汤米!汤米!起来啦!起床的时间到了!
T:five more minutes, please.再睡五分钟,求你了!
Mike: No way, Tommy. Time really flies.We still have a lot to do. Hurry up.没门,汤米.时间过得很快.我们还有很多事要做.快点儿!
T: (Tommy sits up in his bed) Can I lie down two more minutes, please, just two more minutes?when Danny finishes his game, I will be fine.(Yawns) I don't know why I am so so sleepy. (Tommy lies down again.) (汤米坐在他的床上)我能再躺 两分钟吗,求你了,就两分钟?当丹尼玩完他的游戏,我就好了.(打哈欠)我不知道为什么我这么困.(汤米又躺下.)
M: Guys! I am really angry now. Time waits for nobody. If you two don't stop what you are doing now, I will find somebody else to be my partners.你们!我现在真的很生气.没有时间了.如果你不立即停止现在干的事,我就会另找合作伙伴.
D and T: all right. All right. We listen to you.好了,我们听你的.
M: That's more like it. We need will power.这就好了.我们要有意志力.
D and T: what is will power?什么是意志力?
M: Will power is trying hard not to do something that you really want to do.
意志力就是克制自己不去做自己很想做的事.
D: You mean like trying not to play war craft?你的意思是尽力不玩游戏
Mike: right.是的
T: you mean like trying not to stay up late?你的意思是尽力不熬夜
M: right.是的
Danny turns off his computer. Tommy gets up and goes to the bathroom.
丹尼关掉了他的电脑.汤米起身去洗手间.
Two minutes later the three maskeetters are working on their assignment.
两分钟后三个伙伴开始做他们的作业.
Danny: Mike, can I take a little break? Let me play one round and we will continue our work?
迈克,我可以休息一下吗?让我玩一轮游戏,我们再继续我们的工作?
Tommy: Mike, Can I lie down a minute? My back hurts.迈克,我可以躺一会儿吗?我的背疼.
Mike: No! No! No! Let's finish our work first before we do anything. We need will power!
不不不!在做任何事前必须先完成作业.我们要有意志力!
Danny and Tommy: that's true. We need will power! We listen to you.的确如此.我们要有意志力!我们都听你的.