第10课：无趣的 - 8

【迷你小对话1】

A: You never talk about work anymore.
B: Well, now that you are an international journalist, my job as a secretary seems too humdrum to mention.

A: 你怎么不再谈你的工作了？
B: 你现在是国际新闻记者了，我那单调乏味的秘书工作还有什么好谈的。

【迷你小对话2】

A: Can you tell me, Mr. Gates, what you do on an average day?
B: Well, I’ll be happy to tell you. But compared to most famous people, it’s pretty prosaic. I just get up, eat breakfast, go to work, come home, and go to bed.

A: Gates先生，能告诉我您平时都做些什么吗？
B: 我当然愿意告诉你了。不过和大多数名人相比，我的生活平淡无奇——起床、吃早饭、上班、回家，然后睡觉。

【语言点精讲】

humdrum: 平凡的；单调的；乏味的。
average: 平常的；普通的。
prosaic: 平淡无奇的；无诗意的；乏味的。