美国校园情景会话 3_情景口语

3. breakfast 早餐
a: okay, bob. i'm ready for beak-fast. where's the coffee?
b: it's in that pan there. jean broke the silex last week, so i'm still boiling it.
a: it tastes like crankcase oil, but delicious.
b: that's good. you can always make beaskfast yourself if you don't like it.
a: what is the rebesides coffee?
b: i warmed a coupleof snails, and your eggs are in the frying pan.
a: say, what time is it? is it really only seven-fifteen. my watch says eight-fifteen.
b: you forgot to set your watch back. daylight saving time was over at midnight last night.
a: gee.i could've slept another hour.

notes:
silex 一种咖啡渗滤壶的牌名
crankcase oil (汽车发动机中的)机油
snail 面包卷
daylight saving time 夏令时间(在美国大约每年四月上旬开始,十月下旬结束,把时钟向前拨一小时)
i could've slept another hour 我本来可以再睡一个小时的.

译文：
a：好，鲍勃，我已准备好吃早饭了。咖啡在哪儿？
b：在那只锅里。吉恩上星期把渗滤壶打碎了，所以我只能用锅煮咖啡。
a：这味道有点像汽车里的机油，不过还是很好吃。
b：那好，如果你不喜欢，你随时可以自己动手做早饭。
a：咖啡旁边是什么东西？
b：我热的两个面包卷。你的鸡蛋在平煎锅里。
a：告诉我，现在几点钟了？真的只有七点十五分吗？我的表已经八点十分了。
b：你忘了把表拔慢一小时。夏令时间已在昨天午夜结束了。
a：唉！我本来可以再多睡一小时的。