美语情景对话 第284期:Japan 日本

Todd: Hello, what is your name?

托德：你好，你叫什么名字？

Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi Fukuda.

仁志：我叫福田仁志。

Todd: Hitoshi

托德：仁志。

Hitoshi: Mm-hm.

仁志：嗯。

Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?

托德：抱歉，你的姓是什么？

Hitoshi: Fukuda.

仁志：福田。

Todd: Fukuda.

托德：福田。

Hitoshi: Mm-hm.

仁志：嗯。

Todd: And where are you from?

托德：你来自哪里？

Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.

仁志：嗯，我在一个叫做宇都宫的城市出生。

Todd: Uh-huh.

托德：啊哈。

Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.

仁志：位于东京北边。

Todd: Oh, nice.

托德：嗯，很好。

Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.

仁志：不过我十岁的时候搬到浦和市去了，那里位于埼玉县。

Todd: OK.

托德：好。

Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.

仁志：自那以后我一直在那座城市生活。

Todd: OK. me about your country. Tell me about Japan.

托德：好。嗯，跟我说说你的祖国吧。跟我说说日本的情况。

Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.

仁志：日本？嗯，这是一个非常拥挤的国家，有许多人。而且你可能听说过，领土面积很小。实际上比加州还小。

Todd: Wow. Wow.

托德：哇。哇。

Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.

仁志：还有，日本国土的三分之二被森林覆盖。

Todd: 's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?

托德：这很好。我喜欢森林。我喜欢森林。日本有多少人口？

Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.

仁志：大约1.2亿人。

Todd: Wow.

托德：哇！

Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.

仁志：对。大概1.25亿吧。是美国人口的一半。

Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?

托德：那首都是哪里？

Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.

仁志：东京。

Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?

托德：东京。日本领导人是谁？

Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.

仁志：小泉。

Todd: Koizumi.

托德：小泉。

Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.

仁志：是首相。对。

重点讲解：
1. ever since
自从；打…以后一直；
eg. He's been there ever since you left!
自从你离开后他就一直在那里！
eg. Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
自从去年我们搬家，我就一直非常担心能否做好这份新工作。
2. in terms of
在…方面；从…角度看；根据…来说；
eg. It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.
今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。
3. know of
听说过；略有耳闻；
eg. We know of the incident but have no further details.
我们听说过这件事，但对详情不是很清楚。
eg. I know of the man, but I've never spoken to him.
我知道这个人，不过从来没有和他说过话。