美语情景对话 第323期:Canada 加拿大
Todd: OK, hello!
托德:你好!Jeff: Hello!
杰夫:你好!Todd: How are you doing?
托德:你过得怎么样?
Jeff: Good Morning. Good.
杰夫:早上好。我很好。Todd: Could you introduce yourself please?
托德:请你介绍一下自己好吗?Jeff: I'm Jeff Eagar.
杰夫:我叫杰夫·伊戈。Todd: Jeff. OK. And where are you from?
托德:好,杰夫。你来自哪里?Jeff: I'm from Canada.
杰夫:我来自加拿大。Todd: Oh, OK, where in Canada?
托德:哦,好的,来自加拿大的哪里?Jeff: I'm from a little island on the east coast of Canada. A small island called Cape Breton.
杰夫:我来自加拿大东海岸的一个小岛。那个小岛叫做布雷顿角岛。Todd: Cape Breton!
托德:布雷顿角岛!Jeff: Cape Breton!
杰夫:布雷顿角岛!Todd: OK. and where, where do you live now?
托德:好,那你现在在哪里生活?Jeff: I'm living in Japan now, in Saitama.
杰夫:我现在生活在日本的埼玉县。Todd: Oh, OK. Alright, um, so tell me about Canada!
托德:好。嗯,跟我说说加拿大的情况吧!Jeff: Mm, big, big country, very big..
杰夫:嗯,加拿大是一个大国,非常非常大。Todd: Yeah!
托德:哇!Jeff: Nice country! Clean. Um, friendly, friendly people.
杰夫:非常好的国家!整洁、友好,民众很友好。Todd: Yeah.
托德:好。Jeff: Cheap. , cold winters, long winters, very long.
杰夫:开销少。冬天很冷,也很漫长,冬天持续的时间非常长。Todd: Oh, OK. How much longer do you think your gonna be in Japan?
托德:好。你要在日本生活多长时间?Jeff: In Japan? I like Japan. Nice place, and I have a Japanese girlfriend now so I'm not sure that's, with her I'm not sure what, what I'll do so it, it'll be a little while.
杰夫:在日本吗?我喜欢日本。这是个不错的地方,我女朋友是日本人,所以我不确定,我不太确定我要怎么做,可能要待一段时间。Todd: OK.
托德:好。Jeff: But, I like it.
杰夫:不过我很喜欢这里。Todd: Oh, great. All right thanks.
托德:很好。谢谢你。重点讲解:
1. how are you doing
你好吗;你怎么样;过得怎么样;
eg. How are you doing these days?
这些日子你怎么样?
eg. How are you doing? I can't complain too much.
你好吗?我不能太抱怨。(还不错)。
2. introduce oneself
自我介绍;
eg. Let me introduce myself.
我来自我介绍一下。
eg. he English teacher is asking her students to introduce themselves.
英语老师正在叫她的学生们作自我介绍。
3. a little while
不久,一会儿;
eg. She tried for a little while to live without him but couldn't.
她曾一时试图脱离他独自生活,但发现那是过不下去的。
eg. He won't be back for a little while yet.
他一时半刻还回不来。