I: Good morning my name is Jancy. Could you tell me your full name, please?

早上好，我是詹西svud^D!1!rV。可以告诉我你的全名吗？

C: My name is Xiao Ying. But you can call me Margaret.

我是小樱1Ois1+8LJwY。但是你可以叫我玛格丽特Dey-DMt9nm。

I: That’s great and who gave you that name?

那太好了+ce6Tiv5wq4#j18iHx。谁给你起的这个名字？

C: My former English teacher gave that to me. She said I reminded her of Margaret Thatcher.

我以前的一位英语老师给我取得这个名字P7HKtU#&|Cnh。她说，我让她想起了玛格丽特.撒切尔=BR,G;0QiwgfK。

I: Interesting. Can you tell me where you are from?

有意思[(3FK.p&tA&。能告诉我你来自哪里吗？

C: Sure. I am from Beijing.

当然%FB+#n8z2A4WWa。我来自北京T=butq81smSO0XEh5Kc。

I: May I see your identification please?

我可以看一下你的证件吗？

C: Here you go.

请看~HJtq%bzcnATeGav)uqI。

I: Now just to start out, I’d like to ask a few questions about you. Are you currently working or are you a student?

现在正式开始JgE8VL^.J!Gz%9]_-IH4。我想问一些关于你的问题^mzKD;@]i(@4|aHk7#2。你现在是在职，还是在读？

C: I am currently a student at University.

我现在是一名在读大学生5qJ|m3EY]^cn@vFc。

I: Right and what is your major?

好的dkRYt1!9phjP。你学的什么专业？

C: My major is in Engineering.

我的专业是工程学C4Cl&ePi+=kBpB。

I: Why did you choose to study engineering? Did you make the choice by yourself?

为什么选择工程学这个专业呢？你是自己选的这个专业吗？

C: Well in a way but I was also steered that way by my parents. They wanted me to have a good technical job.

可以说是我自己选的，但也是我的父母驱使我选择这个专业].ZpRAq9Mdf。他们希望我能有一份很好的技术工作G,AckgCk^;O69JWx。

I: Well, even though you were influenced by them, do you still like your major?

好的s6&^1hm!PC^l。那即使你是受父母影响选的这个专业，你现在还喜欢你的专业吗？

C: Yes I do. An engineer is a creator and a manager at the same time. I like learning about how to solve new problems.

是的，我喜欢b1_UJ[%O,AfUnX。一名工程师既是发明家，也是管理者nM;NaZtwi&KG2MW。我喜欢学习解决新问题的方法z)|jhbo_O6&e。

I: Is there anything about your major that you don’t particularly like?

在你的专业中，你有没有特别讨厌的东西？

C: Well at times I found it a bit tedious, because you have to study a lot of technical terms and information.

有时我会感到很累，因为我需要学习许多专业技术名词和知识b4jKIpVK5o=^owJ-7*。

I: Well how about when you are not studying. Let’s now talk about what you like doing in your spare time? Do you have any hobbies and interests?

那么你在学习的时候怎么样呢？现在让我们来谈谈你在课余时间的活动吧？你有哪些爱好和兴趣呢？

C: Yes one thing I enjoy doing is playing bridge.

好的w5S;DWdDTO3m22Z。其中的一个兴趣就是打桥牌r_MmMyJ.GUYfThK。

I: Really I didn’t know Bridge was popular in China. How did you get yourself interested in this game?

是吗？我不知道桥牌在中国也很流行4ZgfARJO~_vOm。你是如何爱上这一游戏的？

C: Well I learned it, actually, when I was a teenager.

实际上我十几岁的时候就学会打桥牌了*J8D~!egrgKEsvMhH。

My uncle had learned it while he was a college student and he enjoys playing it quite regularly.

我的叔叔在高中时代就学会了打桥牌，他经常打桥牌OzuT8m@IyR61vYN!)zH。

So whenever he came to our house, he would play with my father and mother. And one day he allowed me to join them.

所以每次他来我们家的时候，他就会和我父母一起玩牌pQ0w~P~!5fR@+。有一天他让我也和他一起打桥牌#%y!DTS=1]k#LWirxG3-。

I: When you do get time off from school during your holidays, what do you usually do?

你从学校放假之后的时间，经常做什么？

C: Uh, well different things. I mean, sometimes, I go traveling. I think the main thing I try to do is to catch up on sleep.

会做各种事情JwxqPEcbQmS[UDoIL。我的意思是，我有时出去旅游p]v%qP0jeU]。我想我主要做的事情还是抓紧时间睡觉0|%rGa[s2CkHg#。

I: You say you sometimes go traveling. Well let’s talk about a little bit about traveling and transport. If you are going on a long trip, how do you prefer to travel?

你说你有时候出去旅游？那就让我们谈一谈旅游和交通吧？如果你要去长途旅行，你会选择什么样的旅游方式？

C: To tell you the truth, I’m a bit scared of planes, and of course they are more expensive. So I guess my favorite way is to go by train, so long as the train is not too crowded.

说实话，我有点害怕坐飞机，当然，坐飞机的费用也很贵s*b=^Rlj2T。所以我想我最喜欢的方式应该是坐火车，只要火车上不太拥挤就行*GuxCDgvA=05a7PxJ7U。

I: In your country what do people prefer using for long trips?

在你的家乡，人们喜欢什么样的长途旅行方式？

C: Planes are getting more popular, but the problem is that they are still so expensive. Of course, a train is still the most effective way. A lot of people are using rented car and vans now. But you sometimes need permission to drive from one place to another.

飞机越来越受欢迎，但问题是价格一直很贵gasYSDpt[*cV=jV。当然，火车也是一种最有效的方式-z3H-bV!OhV.T^。现在许多人开始租汽车和敞篷车旅行Wk;R7Yj1kvr-^N6u。但是有时候开车从一个地方到另一个地方需要通行证Tvzl*riYll]K[h。

I: Has transportation changed much in the past 20 years?

在过去的20年间，交通方式变化大吗？

C: Well in China people are very crazy about cars and so if you go to any major city in China, you will see a lot more cars on the road than there were ever used to be.

在中国，人们对汽车都很狂热，所以如果你去中国任何一个主要城市，你会看到与以前相比数量激增的车辆;)2Ffu^)@EH0fdh2XVH。