情景对话

John: So Sarah, you're an English teacher, right?
约翰：萨拉，你是名英语老师，对吧？
Sarah: That's right.
萨拉：没错zZR.D[GoWbQ-。
John: You must have taught in many countries before.
约翰：你之前一定在很多国家和地区教过英语2RpB!Q-_mnkL)4li。
Sarah: Yeah, I did. I taught in the USA, in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Ecuador.
萨拉：对，没错uRRk#dFyBYms,b9VN#。我在美国、台湾、中国、韩国、日本和厄瓜多尔教过英语J.tzA-YDLsjt&SLC.b8c。
John: Oh, Ecuador.
约翰：哦，厄瓜多尔;n!(9+8ymO3Gpw。
Sarah: Yeah.
萨拉：对-n6YzB*BFQ5(o(CLS。
John: So you must be able to speak Spanish very well.
约翰：那你一定也会说西班牙语6b8,O#OP9,w。
Sarah: I think so. I studied really hard, and then when I lived in Ecuador, I spent a lot of time talking to people.
萨拉：是的jj9Ea.@UxZr&Vgr^。我在厄瓜多尔时非常努力地学习了西班牙语，我花很多时间和当地人交谈)0cVYljLx.。
John: Did you teach Spanish, too?
约翰：那你也教西班牙语？
Sarah: No, I didn't. When I lived in Ecuador actually, I volunteered for the United Nations.
萨拉：不教crYIaUN&qpW.ovf=Vk。我在厄瓜多尔生活时，我是联合国的志愿者GF29utpteg1I.g6&Bszw。
John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦K09.-vg^Xh,8W]fqY2。
Sarah: And I taught families and they were being relocated to Canada because they were fleeing the drug wars of Colombia.
萨拉：我的工作是教一些家庭英语，这些家庭要逃离哥伦比亚的毒品战争，他们会被重新安置在加拿大Y]LHXgL!qe&。
John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦*qpN=ZV~D1S@tApiS。
Sarah: So I felt very badly for these families but they had a really bright future. So that was good. But then one week, I had a family, a couple of families and they were being relocated to Sweden.
萨拉：我为这些家庭感到难过，不过他们有一个非常光明的未来zdG03HIPRA。这很好;b|*MaS#feM8mNS@K;。不过有一周，我教了几个要被重新安置在瑞典的家庭k8HZ~rdugEEDc7。
John: Oh.
约翰：哦2U]mF0~MQ;^zRF|。
Sarah: And I said, "I can't teach them Swedish." And the UN said, "Well, maybe just teach them English." So I thought, they're going to Sweden, they don't need to learn English right now. And my friend at the time – she's Norwegian, and we were living together. And every day, she helped me to learn a little bit of Swedish. Just enough for one class so that I could teach these families...
萨拉：我说，“我不能教他们瑞典语”44aT3x8VcNuWpt_。联合国方面说，“你就教他们英语吧”_yo%ac1LgMC;LnGt-g,S。可是我想，他们要去瑞典，他们现在不用学英语.]jn@ppd1)I,lujq#CY。当时我有个朋友，她是挪威人，我们住在一起MJy4Kg232.U.!tqB.=。她每天都帮助我学习一些瑞典语3vA6(NkAROZHg!|xA。足够我在当天的课上教那些家庭的;#N|7s%O5tNKxX。
John: Wait, wait.
约翰：等一下v0sB;LYB#CsL68|-R。
Sarah: ...some Swedish.
萨拉：瑞典语-gOPQL4QW.5uNUMv5=5。
John: You were teaching Swedish language?
约翰：你教瑞典语？
Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对^)hmCnM[FCN*JQ~。
John: You are an English speaker.
约翰：可是你的母语是英语;pm!Maa4,vk^@@U%。
Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对#w(9.N#]@u4W3rBd#b。
John: You lived in Ecuador.
约翰：你当时在厄瓜多尔生活e^Oc[[j15~]。
Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对h=G+rQG(uuSJu!xiB。
John: And a Norwegian person taught you Swedish.
约翰：一个挪威人教你瑞典语dIFdH,!79Ik)&+;~y。
Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对fA]LMI*DvGhz。
John: So you could teach Swedish to people from Ecuador.
约翰：所以你教厄瓜多尔人瑞典语gESIF1oGT59VA#^。
Sarah: From Colombia, currently living in Ecuador.
萨拉：那些人来自哥伦比亚，他们当时住在厄瓜多尔GLKK-E3Nu|1Fkc。
John: So they could move to Sweden.
约翰：他们要搬去瑞典gN|rcGtCta-。
Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对N6mhlkbXn)d%)。
John: And you did this as a volunteer.
约翰：你志愿做这份工作Tqye~1b@2u095q;Tl。
Sarah: Yeah. I wanted to help people. So I moved to Ecuador and I got a volunteer job with the United Nations to help teach people but I never thought I would be teaching Swedish.
萨拉：对9N[DUZ+I8s;3ndsQV%Z9。我想帮助别人B^Q9EWmytiX。所以我去厄瓜多尔做联合国的志愿者，去帮助他人，我以前从来没想过我会教瑞典语jxGiQu_NW9u9。
John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦,h&;,aw9b2Wd。
Sarah: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
萨拉：对jh;Pv+u#Z&n。那很有趣WuL_11;hsiWDlP,z。
John: I would like to try that someday, too.
约翰：如果有机会，我也想尝试一下z]cRh9|Z1Zbc[(。
Sarah: You can do it.
萨拉：你可以的]^)+R9Etsbxyj[。

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