J: Oh, but that"s the whole point of Brunch. After a long workweek, a nice long Brunch is the perfect end to the weekend! And as a matter of fact the meal is so long and so relaxing that it is a combination of breakfast and lunch. It"s spelled B-R-U-N-C-H.

Y: 你说的到是有道理。既然brunch是把早饭和午饭合并在一起，那么当然时间就应该长点了。不过说起来brunch这个词不好把它翻成中文呢。我看听众朋友喜欢怎么叫它就怎么叫它什么吧。或者干脆就用英文brunch。

J: Hey Yang Chen, remember we talked to Edina, the manager of the restaurant where we had Brunch last time.

Y: 没错，我们来听听Edina给brunch下的定义。

实录1 Edina：Brunch is a very special time in American life. It"s a time where after a very busy workweek a family or friends have time to actually sit down and enjoy their meal.

Y: 下面我们就让讲一讲他们的顾客最喜欢点什么菜。

实录2 Edina：It"s usually French toast, pancakes, omelets, lots of eggs.

Y: 你记不记得我那天就点了omelettes，煎蛋饼，非常好吃。French toast是一种炸面包片，也很受欢迎。哎，你会作吗？

J: Oh, I make a wonderful French toast.

Y:不过我很好奇，它为什么叫French toast，和法国有关吗？

J: I don"t think so. We have French fries and French toast 跟法国没有什么关系。

Y: 你说人们是不是只有在周末才会吃brunch呢？

J: Most definitely! And it"s usually on Sunday after, you know, you go out with your friends and party a little, have a couple drinks, listen to music.

Y:人们在周末都爱睡懒觉，早上一起来早饭的时间就已经过了，那么乾脆把两顿饭合在一起，尤其在星期天，很多人在星期六晚上已经狂欢了一整夜，星期天和朋友享受一顿美味的brunch，的确是很开心。

J: Remember we spoke with a group of people who were out having Brunch after a fun night together on the town together.

Y: 我们上次碰到的一个女孩Kristine，她是这么说的：

实录3 Kristine: Brunch tradition is usually, I feel, the nice end of weekend to start off the new week. Nice comforting feeling. Usually very relaxed and laidback, late in the afternoon and really just a nice cap to the whole weekend and it is a chance to catch up on, on the week, I think, too.

Y: Kristine 提到了几个很好的词，比如"relaxed," "laidback" ，都有休息，放松的意思。

J: And brunch is definitely a laidback and relaxed meal, because, you know, if you go out drinking the night before you may be a little bit tired the next day.

Y：那人们在吃brunch的时候会喝酒吗？

J: Not everyone. But many people do. In fact, restaurants on their menu, include two particular drinks. You can choose to have either a Mimosas, a mixture of orange juice and champagne or a Bloody Mary, which is a little bit of vodka and tomato juice with spices.

Y: 对，可是喝了酒是不是更觉得没精神呢？

J: No, not really. It"s just a small amount of alcohol to take off the edge.

Y: 我曾经听过这么一个习惯用语，叫 "the hair of the dog that bit you."

J: Ha! I can"t believe you know that! That is the perfect idiom. "The hair of the dog that bit you" is exactly right. Here"s Edina to explain.

实录4 Edina: If you have a weekend to yourself most people go out. You go out Friday night or you go out Saturday night. You enjoy alcohol and you drink as much as you want. You wake up and still have the that sort of taste of the night before. So, something like a Mimosa will give you that sense back. That"s what the hair of the dog, the dog is the night before, and the hair is the memories.

Y: 这个习惯用语很难解释。

J: "Hair of the dog that bit you" ... I"m having trouble to explain it too!

Y: 我想可不可以这么打个比方呢，就是说你星期六彻夜的狂欢，灌了一肚子烈性酒，就好像你被一只大狗咬了一口。到第二天早上还有点晕晕呼呼的，那么你呢就少喝一点点酒，好像这样能帮助你恢复正常。那么这一点点酒就好象你从狗身上拔的一根毛一样。

J: I think that"s a good explanation. You just need a little hair though. Thanks for joining us on American Cafe!

Y: 好，我们今天的时间到了，欢迎您下次再到美语咖啡屋。再见!

日期：2008-4-16 10:54:33

美语咖啡屋第10课声音

Y: 各位听众好，我是杨晨，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。

J: Hello I"m Jody and welcome to American Cafe. Hey, Yang Chen, guess what this sound is.

(Enter breathing sounds)

Y: 噢，听不大出来，好象是有人打电话恶作剧，是不是？

J: No, no, no! It"s not an obscene phone call. It"s is the sound of scuba diving.

Y: Scuba diving? 潜水，那一定很好玩吧。哎， Jody, 我一直想学潜水，但是我很怕水。

J: Well, if you want to study scuba diving you better get over that.

Y: 说到scuba diving，我就想到要全副武装，背着那个很重潜水设备。太难了吧。

J: Well, the next time the Scuba Tour comes around you should try it!

Y: Scuba Tour是什么呢？潜水不是要到那种热带或者是靠近海洋的旅游胜地吗？

J: Oh, that"s the special thing about the Scuba Tour ... it comes to you! When I went to a Health and Fitness Exposition at the DC convention center. There, they had a Scuba Tour. But, let"s hear from Scott Evans who was a member of the Scuba Tour to find out what it is.

实录1 Scott Evans: My name is Scott Evans. We"re at the D.C. Convention Center doing the Scuba Tour, which is an experience for non-divers to discover Scuba, basically.

Y: Scuba Tour就是到不同的地方举办活动，教那些初学者体验潜水的乐趣。这到真是个好主意。

J: Oh, it"s a brilliant especially if you"re in the Scuba business. The Scuba Tour brings it to people who may not have the chance to try it! Here"s another diver named John talking about why the Scuba Tour is important.

实录2 John: My name is John, I"m from the Dive Shop in Fairfax, Virginia. There"s always people who have always wanted to try it and that"s one of the nicest things about an event like this is that they have a chance to try it in a non-threatening environment.

Y: 嗯，太棒了。通过这样的活动能让大多数人不出远门就能学习潜水。

J: Exactly! And I think when John mentioned non-threatening that is really important. The Scuba Tour brought the pool, the equipment, but not the sharks.

Y: 没错。虽然Jody刚才提到有鲨鱼是有点吓唬人，不过第一次学潜水就到海里的确是很惊险，游泳池当然让人觉得安全多了。你那天去的时候人很多吗？

J: Oh, there were many people waiting in line to try out scuba diving.

Y: 哎，说了半天我们是不是先给大家解释Scuba这个词是怎么来的？

J: Well, first we should that Scuba is an acronym. S-C-U-B-A. And it stands for something. Here"s John Harmon to give us an explanation.

实录3 John Harmon: Okay, my name is John Harmon and SCUBA stands for self-contained, underwater, breathing apparatus.

Y: Scuba这个词在中文里就是水肺，是一种帮助人在水下呼吸的设备。

J: The self-contained, underwater, breathing apparatus or scuba equipment, allows you to stay underwater, like a fish.

Y: 那我们来形容一下它的样子好吗？

J: Let"s have John explain the specific equipment used for scuba diving.

实录4 John Harmon: And basically what that consists of is some equipment, which is a tank which contains air; a regulator, which actually is the apparatus that we breathe...to deliver air from the tank to our mouths and a vest which actually allows us to sink under water or float to the surface.

Y: 听他这么一说，这种潜水设备挺吓人的，又是氧气罐，又是呼吸器，还得穿上潜水背心。

J: Oh, exactly. Well think about it. You"re going underwater. You need good equipment. There"s the air tank, the regulator, that delivers the air from the tank, and the vest for floating or sinking and, Yang Chen, don"t forget about the wetsuit. Trusting the equipment for breathing is the hardest thing for a scuba student to learn.

Y: 没错，我觉得对我来说，最难做到的大概就是对你的设备感到放心，特别是在深水里，万一出现意外情况该怎么办呢？

J: Exactly! Your life depends on it. So, let"s hear what George had to stay.