2014年ESL之日常生活 17 Living With a Hoarder
时间：2018-12-27 作者：英语课 分类：2014年ESL之日常生活
Living With a Hoarder
Julio: Mom, don’t you think it’s time to get rid of some of the stuff in this house?
Mom: Why? This house is fine the way it is.
Julio: There are parts of this house that are nearly inaccessible 1. There are stacks of magazines and bags and boxes everywhere.
Mom: I need all that stuff. You know I’ve always been a pack rat.
Julio: I know, but I think things are getting out of hand. You have stuff on every surface and you can’t find anything in here.
Mom: You can’t find anything, but I can put my hands on anything I want at any time. I collect and keep useful things, unlike you young people these days who throw away perfectly 2 good things just because you don’t need them this minute.
Julio: I think your hoarding 3 is becoming compulsive.
Mom: That’s nonsense. Just because you prefer living in a sterile 4 environment doesn’t mean I have to. I don’t mind a little clutter 5.
Julio: A little clutter?! You have junk mail from 15 years ago!
Mom: You never know when something will come in handy. Now, don’t you have some room in your garage where I can store a few extra boxes?
Julio: No, I don’t!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
- The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
- After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。 来自英汉文学