情景对话

Todd: OK. Hello! Could you introduce yourself please?
托德：好9D6HUu5Xcn%w,pdoYX~I。你好！请介绍一下自己好吗？
Conrad: Yes! I'm Conrad Matsumoto. I'm from California like you, Todd. And now I'm living in Japan. I've been here about seven years.
康拉德：好的！我叫康拉德·松本oZYua=OP(*4_Om。托德，我和你一样来自加利福尼亚N@&~G^aBS2&(B。现在我住在日本KFUMZGrAh*UZ|g4[VD5。我来这里有七年了L@vJ~TBLr*gk。
Todd: Wow! Seven years!
托德：哇！七年！
Conrad: Well, maybe six.
康拉德：嗯，也许是六年&rQe1iYax.itIHB03A!p。
Todd: Six.
托德：六年IoNVUo-V#Gk9@m~jh^G6。
Conrad: Yeah.
康拉德：对*G+5Hffq3CbE)x。
Todd: It goes by fast, huh?
托德：时间过得真快，对吧？
Conrad: It does, doesn't it?
康拉德：的确是，不是吗？
Todd: Yeah. Where are you from in California?
托德：是啊^5oT!vBgU(R38H8。你来自加州的哪里？
Conrad: Northern California. Uh, Stockton to be exact.
康拉德：我来自北加州，准确的说是斯托克顿市8~o=;qDAu0+9ta*dBiF%。
Todd: Oh, wow!
托德：哦，哇！
Conrad: Yeah!
康拉德：嗯！
Todd: That's pretty hot.
托德：那里非常热MSm%px;qZEn0P。
Conrad: Yeah, it gets very hot, but, um, it's more comfortable than Japan cause it's dry heat. Yeah, I know, I miss that dry heat.
康拉德：没错，那里非常热，不过，那里还是比日本要舒服得多，因为那里是干热6l8GPDW]p+|HovZ2]i+#。没错，我想我很想念那种干热的感觉84;A3tm^(OkBN0R@R1。
Todd: Why don't you tell everyone about your family?
托德：你为什么不跟大家说说你的家庭呢？
Conrad: OK. Well, let's see, my older brother and younger brother, they're both married back in California. My parents are still fine. Yeah, and I'm still single.
康拉德：好的3Qm=RH7ZH.。我想想啊，我有一个哥哥和一个弟弟，他们都已经在加州结婚了VuQ2WO;q*z(。我父母身体不错g0mWfo6YGpM4Cl,。我还是单身,8~caaUYxxKL。
Todd: You...you're still single?
托德：你……你还是单身吗？
Conrad: Yeah, I am the only one.
康拉德：对，我是家里唯一没结婚的孩子p!yq#mks%5cV.Jjz。
Todd: Yeah! Do you think you'll be single forever?
托德：嗯！你认为你会永远单身吗？
Conrad: Not forever. But I have no immediate plans to be married.
康拉德：不会永远.OxWqZXoSiiJ-b~。不过我并没有马上结婚的计划ykG3g7ih94ET-)3[|vbr。
Todd: Uh-huh. Yeah, I'm kind of on the same way.
托德：啊哈)6za4ZK!4G6。我和你的情况差不多n9dsQ&Y*Xf~@,wyz8U。
Conrad: Yeah!
康拉德：嗯！
Todd: We're poor English teachers. We don't have any money!
托德：我们都是贫穷的英语老师nxOw@l;XGq+X,u!nQ。我们都没有钱！
Conrad: That's right.
康拉德：没错0*76Cz(RHja&;。
Todd: OK. Thanks a lot, Conrad.
托德：好Jt~oIFn7f9|l。康拉德，非常谢谢你[TmUV)q@AAQF.。
Conrad: Sure.
康拉德：不客气%_lpmuT~Iw-EEG。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. go by
（时间）流逝，过去；
eg. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱GkkWr^Xg(g4!O9#。
eg. The excitement died down as time went by.
随着时间的推移，激动的心情逐渐平静下来@[^IA(#x^^K。
2. back in
（表示描述场所的转换）在曾提到过的地方；以前；过去；追溯至；
eg. Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing.
与此同时，伦敦的皇宫影业公司也正在分崩离析@M)NvMupSsSt。
eg. The story starts back in 1950, when I was five.
故事可以追溯到1950年，那时我才5岁%bF[uwjCB3wF&KM39。
3. kind of
稍微；有几分；有点儿；
eg. `Is she interested?' `Well, kind of.'
"她感兴趣吗？"“嗯，有点儿”
He was kind of a fool.
他有点儿傻K#@kTkzzR295!|。