情景对话

Todd: Mike, you were born in Croatia.
托德：迈克，你出生于克罗地亚3WL2_bMK!7_,j3MZuWeM。
Mike: That's right.
迈克：没错r1d.X_NgLI0zT;]。
Todd: Now you told me an interesting story about the necktie. Can you explain where the necktie came from?
托德：你要给我讲一个有关领带的有趣故事hQ%yiz]-e_bmME。那你能告诉我领带的起源吗？
Mike: Well, my understanding is that the necktie originated from Croatia. Originally, several hundred years ago, when the Croatians went into battle they would have a scarf or a handkerchief that protected their necks when they went into battle, and when they fought, and what they started doing was wearing this scarf or this handkerchief around their neck almost as an accessory and they wore this in the 17th, I believe it was 18th century maybe, or 17th century. They went to visit Louis the 14th in France on some sort of official visit, a delegation of Croatians, that rhymes, and they wore their handkerchiefs, and apparently Louis the 14th was so impressed and thought is was such a cool looking accessory that he adopted it as a fashion item for the French and it became the necktie, and the French word for necktie comes from the French word for Croatian, which is "cravate", so the cravate origin is from the Croatian. That's the story as far as I know it.
迈克：我的理解是，领带起源于克罗地亚b7N0EwJ3M|m,QvDk;V。最初，大概是几百年前，克罗地亚人打仗的时候会戴围巾或是手帕来保护脖子，他们打仗的时候要先在脖子上系上围巾或是手帕当做装饰，我想他们大概是在17世纪，或是18世纪开始戴这种装饰(eJ)U28c6M5I0SBK。一个克罗地亚代表团去法国拜见路易十四，他们当时就戴着手帕，显然路易十四对此印象深刻，认为这个装饰看上去很酷，所以他把这种装饰作为了法国的时尚，而这就演变成了领带，法语中的领带一词就来源于法语中的“克罗地亚人”，即“cravate”，cravate就来源于克罗地亚人这个词HP96o+Kc0ZU。这就是目前我所知道的故事7xprvpZ9C5ZD@|3_%。
Todd: Wow, so today people wear neckties because of Croatia?
托德：哇，所以今天人们佩戴领带是因为克罗地亚吗？
Mike: Because of Croatians and that doesn't make me feel any better because I hate wearing a necktie, but I guess I can't change history.
迈克：因为克罗地亚人，这并没有让我感觉舒服些，因为我讨厌戴领带，不过我无法改变历史cL-aTI7CX[sLw(~。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. come from
来自；始于；
eg. Chocolate comes from the cacao tree.
巧克力出自可可树CIwQ^6^X==t6-z*。
eg. The term 'claret', used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word 'clairet'.
用来指称波尔多葡萄酒的词 claret 可能源于法语单词 clairetxUMEWBh,[8&KZ~J。
2. originate from
来源；起源；
eg. All carbohydrates originate from plants.
所有的碳水化合物均来自植物CyONdQcfWW&3GeNzc。
eg. The rhythms of jazz music originate from African tribal music.
爵士乐的节奏起源于非洲的部落音乐yk[-Ih+raray。
3. as far as I know
（用于表示不太确信）据我所知；就我记得的；
eg. It only lasted a couple of years, as far as I know.
据我所知，它仅仅维持了两三年^IMDg042=)T@zoZ。
eg. So far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping.
就我所知，她很善于理家w.Hu^hmywF*%yh。