情景对话

Shirley: Hi Jake, how are you today?
雪莉：你好，杰克，你今天怎么样？
Jake: Good. How are you Shirley?
杰克：我很好IMw&ku#0+=(TsmpqM8Is。你呢，雪莉？
Shirley: Not too bad thanks. I thought we might talk about folk heroes today. I don't really know much about American folk heroes, are there any that you have a favorite or...?
雪莉：还不错，谢谢你Xa]a2HiF#lg。我们今天来谈谈民间英雄FX](6i^9V7Da*I_]%y+^。我不太了解美国民间英雄，你们有喜欢的……？
Jake: Actually my hometown in the United States happens to be known as one of the hometowns for Paul Bunyan.
杰克：在我的家乡美国有一个英雄——保罗·班扬|I4=5GJrmr%7%J。
Shirley: I think I've heard of that name but I don't know anything about him.
雪莉：我听过这个名字，不过我对他的故事一无所知fZ719*.K.hK。
Jake: Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack. Like, he would cut down trees and he was supposedly a very giant man. He was huge. And I don't know if he ever actually lived sometime in the past, but maybe he was just a very large man but somehow the stories have been passed down to say that he was as large as a house or as large as a skyscraper. It completely depends on who you ask.
杰克：保罗·班扬是名伐木工71r67UD6H#SC;#E)_。他的工作是伐木，他是一名巨人WXxQxuhoagC。他非常高大BSQp!M)wZuz|rC。我不知道他在过去是否真实存在，也许他只是一名身材高大的人，不过流传的故事中说他有一座房子那么高，像摩天大楼一样高g&,[d%Ad@q&sV。我认为你问不同的人会得到不同的描述+!VYWFI|HM#x6。
Shirley: Wow, so not sure whether he's a mythical character or a real character.
雪莉：哇，所以你不能确定他是神话人物还是真实存在的人物[~e(EI^d%^SUYx=aC。
Jake: No one really knows for sure.
杰克：没有人确切知道4iKNA.10y(pGbw7S。
Shirley: What did he do?
雪莉：他做了什么？
Jake: Well, some people say that he took his ax and he dragged it behind his back across the United States and he made the Mississippi river.
杰克：有些人说他拿着斧头，在背后拖着斧子穿越了美国，而且创造出了密西西比河Uu&1f+jc.Ylczevn。
Shirley: So it's a kind of story to explain why something exists.
雪莉：可以说这是解释某事存在原因的一个故事;pwTi.h8=gFjfqb&c=3。
Jake: That's part of it. And also, he had a pet too. His pet is very famous.
杰克：这是其中一部分L93)QF%zL##PK93y^。他还有一个宠物lBzO;|3JT3&eqS2,[],%。他的宠物非常有名MIu99UmYwPVr。
Shirley: And what kind of pet?
雪莉：是什么宠物？
Jake: His pet was an ox, but it wasn't just an ordinary ox. It was a blue ox. And it was also oversized to fit with his size.
杰克：他的宠物是头公牛，但不是一头普通的公牛0+kSLUy%6%fyO=Sz=)DQ。那是一头蓝色的公牛hbWnc~1NVNi。而且那头蓝色的公牛体型也非常庞大，和他很相配r,Y;M2Fbh(。
Shirley: What did his pet do?
雪莉：他的宠物做了什么？
Jake: Well his pet I think would just carry lumber for him or something...
杰克：我想他的宠物只是帮他拿木材之类的……
Shirley: So about when did this story start? When did Paul Bunyan become famous? Or when did people know about that story?
雪莉：那这个故事是什么时候开始流传的？保罗·班扬是什么时候开始出名的？或者说人们是什么时候知道的这个故事？
Jake: Well, I'm not exactly sure, but like your country, the United States is a very young country and has a very young history since the European settlers came there so I think it's maybe from a couple hundred years ago, maybe at the most.
杰克：我也不太清楚，和你的国家一样，美国也是一个非常年轻的国家，美国历史从欧洲定居者到来以后开始，历史并不长，所以我认为那个故事最多源自几百年前+RYMuwYLL;kU29o。
Shirley: Hmm. Ok.
雪莉：嗯，好*^P_@8V%CSHg3YC@Pj]p。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. be known as 称为；叫做；认为；
例句：The violin is known as the queen of instruments.
小提琴有乐器皇后之称b|Xg@h1cEznRDxm~D^。
2. cut down 砍倒（树木）；
例句：A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
一个故意破坏公物的人用链锯伐倒了一棵树H*x!s#5vMwqnm_2PIvd。
3. pass down 使流传；
例句：Folk music has been passed down from one generation to another.
民间音乐是一代一代流传下来的R~chBQpx=!W4ZM。
4. for sure 无疑;肯定；
例句：Nobody knows the cause of the fire for sure.
没有人确切地知道大火的原因[s&LX%sN.WFXel;。
5. at the most 至多；最多；
例句：It will take two hours at the most to get there.
最多两小时便可到达那里H8ttq&!bf=qO_)]a;。