情景对话

Todd: OK, hello!
托德：你好！
Sarah: Hello!
萨拉：你好！
Todd: Hi, what's your name?
托德：嗨，你叫什么名字？
Sarah: My name is Sarah.
萨拉：我的名字是萨拉)1n4PUsLX+tS。
Todd: OK, and Sarah where are you from?
托德：好的，萨拉，你来自哪里？
Sarah: I'm from the north of England, Newcastle.
萨拉：我来自英格兰北部的纽卡斯尔W,LRhU=3=+WqHiB。
Todd: OK, so Newcastle, how far is that from London?
托德：好，那纽卡斯尔离伦敦有多远？
Sarah: Um, it's about 300 miles.
萨拉：嗯，大约300英里|GmHr2DWkeNMU9L1。
Todd: Uh-huh, do you go to London a lot or have you been to London before?
托德：啊，你经常去伦敦吗，或者说你以前去过伦敦吗？
Sarah: I live in London. I've lived in London for the past seven years.
萨拉：我住在伦敦Y+[GyRGV|VHP+WM6h。我过去七年一直住在伦敦ipZnSpg80HNyp!_*]^。
Todd: Oh, really?
托德：哦，这样啊？
Sarah: Almost seven years, yeah.
萨拉：差不多七年的时间了，对mqhKR|XYw|b。
Todd: OK. Which do you prefer, London or Newcastle?
托德：好的=U)&NnX8h+ZcEVnX)B4。那你更喜欢哪里，伦敦还是纽卡斯尔？
Sarah: Um, like them both. I prefer Newcastle because it's smaller, so it's easier to get around and it's also cheaper. London is very expensive.
萨拉：嗯，两个地方我都喜欢JHH@O~KO_~iJIZ。我喜欢纽卡斯尔是因为那里很小，所以很容易四处游玩，而且物价也相对便宜-Z_Zp*WLtm1.k0w.3tX。伦敦物价非常贵Fkb^##N~m6h。
Todd: So all your family is in Newcastle?
托德：那你家人还在纽卡斯尔吗？
Sarah: Um, pretty much yeah.
萨拉：嗯，差不多是这样;ew49Fe08vN。
Todd: So are they always trying to get you to go back and move back to Newcastle?
托德：那他们会劝你搬回纽卡斯尔住吗？
Sarah: Ah, no, no, because most of the jobs are in the south, anyway for younger people so it's quite difficult to get a job in the north in teaching.
萨拉：嗯，不会，不会，因为大部分适合年轻人的工作机会都在南方，在北方找到一份与教育相关的工作非常难mwIx1Y3&q_。
Todd: OK. Um, what do you like about London?
托德：好的8%~NMVR-pbEaV。嗯，你喜欢伦敦的什么地方？
Sarah: Ah, it's a very busy place, there's lots of things going on all the time. There's also lots of things I don't like about London, but all my friends live there lots of job opportunities.
萨拉：嗯，伦敦是一个非常忙碌的城市，有许多事情同时在进行t6yFNu_xd~_W]0;。当然伦敦也有许多我不喜欢的地方，但是我所有的朋友都在那边，而且那里工作机会也多MJ*zSA,q7%;;F4fpi。
Todd: OK, what were you doing before you came to Japan in London?
托德：好，你来日本之前，在伦敦是做什么工作的？
Sarah: Ah, I was in Austria for a year. I was teaching in Austria, and then I was in London teaching, in London for a few years.
萨拉：哦，我在奥地利待了一年x4)~P3I|4!e。我在奥地利教课，之后我回伦敦继续教课，在伦敦工作了几年的时间i@=0CYGoLy@。
Todd: What were you teaching in London?
托德：你在伦敦教什么？
Sarah: I was teaching primary school. I was a primary school teacher.
萨拉：我在小学教课OgaLwaMi-xoXJoo7k0。我是一名小学老师[RMnsm9F+A。
Todd: Kids!
托德：孩子！
Sarah: Yeah.
萨拉：对]YS]AYPpMa。
Todd: So what's it like teaching kids?
托德：教孩子的感觉怎么样？
Sarah: Um, tiring. Very tiring. I prefer teaching adults. That's my preference. I've mainly taught adults in TEFL, but in the state system in England it's only been children. It's fun. It's just very tiring.
萨拉：嗯，累，非常累OaZzc)8]=pI@)MLBc|。我喜欢教成年人7.aWxwV3K23WF-~[。我更偏好教成年人pq;iWR_FeCfa^t1。我主要是用英语教授成年人，不过在英格兰的体系中，那只适用于儿童+-V4poEret]!-。不过这很有意思Rgny!we8pa%gNoosLF。只是会很累sZWH%XyFTM2B。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. get around
到处旅行；游历；
eg. He claimed to be a journalist, and he got around.
他自称是一名记者，经常四处游历eSsHHEw!Mt]Yk[7Xan1。
eg. " It is rather large to get around in a week, " answered Ames, pleasantly.
“这么大个城市，一星期恐怕逛不完吧，"艾姆斯愉快地答道=zl-^~FZZNO。
2. pretty much
几乎；近乎；差不多；
eg. His new government looks pretty much like the old one.
他的新政府看起来和旧政府没什么两样4iLYtET,9qpROY+B4~oO。
eg. The result of the ballot is pretty much what we expected.
投票的结果和我们预料的差不多0-HzUA1v&&5yV%。
3. prefer doing sth.
喜欢做某事；乐意做某事；
eg. I prefer reading non-fiction.
我喜欢看纪实作品umPe@KXggK(QjC^[fP。
eg. I prefer doing some writing in my spare time.
我更喜欢业余时间写点什么QY_uGE)@r,nU[。