Situation 11: Social Studies
场景 11: 社会学习
His teacher's name is Mr.Bert.
他的老师是波特先生.
Mr.Bert, I'm sick.
波特先生,我病了.
Can I go to the nurse's office?
我能去看医生吗?
No, not yet.
不,不行.
Today we are going to talk about Japan and Korea,
今天我们要一起谈谈日本和韩国,
and I think you should stay here.
我觉得你应该留在这.
After we talk, if you are still feeling sick,
谈完之后,如果你仍然不舒服,
you may go to the nurse's office.
你可以去看医生.
All right. When does the class start?
好吧.什么时候开始上课?
Right now. Class, today we are going to talk about Japan and Korea.
现在.同学们,今天我们来探讨一下日本和韩国.
These countries are very far away from American,
这两个国家离美国很远,
but they are very important.
但是他们很重要.
When I was young we didn't learn about Asia in school,
我小的时候在学校没有学过关于亚洲的东西,
and so we knew very little.
所以我们知道的很少.
These days, however,
但是现在,
politics, economics,
政治,经济,
and the internet have made our relationship to Asia closer than ever.
还有网络使我们和亚洲的关系比任何时候都近.
And the countries we have the closest relationship to are Japan and Korea.
和我们联系最紧密的两个国家是日本和韩国.
Why do we have a close relationship with Japan and Korea?
为什么我们要和日本和韩国保持紧密联系呢?
Well, Robert,
哦，罗勃特.
we buy more than half our cars, computers,
我们买的超过半数的汽车,电脑,
and other electronics from those two countries.
还有其他电器从这两个国家.
But, more importantly, they have long and interesting histories and cultures.
但是更重要的是,他们拥有长而有趣的历史和文化.
Let me start with the history and culture of Korea.
让我们从韩国的历史文化开始.