情景对话

Mari: Hey, Mike, how's it going?
马里：嗨，迈克，最近怎么样？
Mike: Good! How are you?
迈克：很好！你呢？
Mari: I'm alright. So you're from Florida right?
马里：我还好X-Mp+UwfU3KIYS8N5。你来自佛罗里达州，对吧？
Mike: Well, actually, I went to college in Florida.
迈克：准确地说，我是在佛罗里达州上的大学7DPKT(y;DG1mj~pOnX_]。
Mari: Why did you choose Florida?
马里：你为什么选择在佛罗里达上大学？
Mike: Well, the weather is similar to Hawaii, where I'm from, and I also got a scholarship to play soccer.
迈克：那里的天气和我的家乡夏威夷差不多，而且我因为踢足球获得了那所大学的奖学金V03pqK62+oo3Zd^VA。
Mari: Oh, wow, so you play soccer.
马里：哦，哇，你踢足球V=zK6cNGFf6w~neV。
Mike: Yeah, I played midfield for my college for four years.
迈克：对，我在大学踢了四年中场dS3PvhX#s0^H%y@。
Mari: Wow, you must be really good.
马里：哇，那你一定很棒juCH0hP,vvBz8qHjKEMb。
Mike: I don't know about that.
迈克：这个我可说不好eDh0L@y8Wz。
Mari: Where was your university?
马里：你上的大学在哪里？
Mike: It was in the Tampa Bay area, right on the bay, on Tampa Bay, and it's surrounded by the city of Tampa and Clearwater.
迈克：在坦帕湾地区，在坦帕市和克利尔沃特附近pY&GZ,W9=SvgBmF|。
Mari: So what is there to do in Tampa Bay?
马里：在坦帕市可以做什么？
Mike: There's a lot of things. You can go fishing, boating, sailing, or kayaking. We used to do all of that when I was there.
迈克：有很多事情可以做Q3Ju_I_A7GtgQ*-d@57g。可以去钓鱼、划船、出海、玩皮划艇OL1##FnJo[|*w.o_Q-。我在那里的时候经常进行这些活动C~uo=68%X&xcR,!。
Mari: Wow, sounds like a really great city.
马里：哇，听起来那真是一个很棒的城市JK|38r_.X1Xl8o.sC。
Mike: Yeah, it was really fun if you like the outdoors type of thing.
迈克：对，如果你喜欢户外运动，会很有意思Q0Y-%oQ0&%ufWkQ。
Mari: Do you think it's the best city in Florida?
马里：你认为那里是佛罗里达州最棒的城市吗？
Mike: Yeah, I think it's a good location. It's right in the middle of Florida so you can go to Miami. It's a few hours away drive, or to Orlando, that has Disneyworld.
迈克：对，坦帕市地理位置优越，位于佛罗里达州中心，从那里去迈阿密很方便oRi)MR(Ddk!#ynYbE(M。开车只需要几个小时的时间，去奥兰多的迪士尼乐园也很方便BXHe(+]B6*。
Mari: Wow. Sounds like a really great place. Can you tell me about the weather?
马里：哇9CRW_cJTV]ZUkiH^d。听起来真是一个好地方pA[8foHd!RYeYa。你能说一下那里的天气情况吗？
Mike: The weather's really nice in Florida most of the year, which is one reason why I went from Hawaii but in the summer time it gets really hot and when it gets hot you really need air-conditioning, but that's not problem.
迈克：佛罗里达州一年大部分时间的天气都不错，这也是我从夏威夷去那里上大学的原因之一，不过夏天的时候会非常热，所以需要空调，不过这并不是问题H6VjCpI&R^。
Mari: Does it rain?
马里：下雨吗？
Mike: Actually in the summertime, there's really bad lighting storms. It's always... It lasts for about half an hour but it's always between three and five o'clock in the evening.
迈克：夏天会有严重的暴风雨E6qfD9~QJx*!.IcD@3gz。暴雨会持续半个小时左右，通常是在下午三点到五点时间下雨WBZy6NYrq38em;hiq。
Mari: Sounds pretty scary?
马里：听起来很可怕|4~)RS;xOc。
Mike: Yeah, but when you're inside it's OK. It's kind of cool to watch.
迈克：对，不过在室内还好J+sx_%&a9x=,。看着外面下雨感觉很酷6Y^#c&5GJ8eCL_L。
Mari: Is there something you don't like about Florida?
马里：佛罗里达州有你不喜欢的地方吗？
Mike: The only thing I don't like is the bugs. There's so many bugs, especially during summer time. And really scary ants, and bugs you can't even see and they end up biting you.
迈克：我唯一不喜欢的就是虫子Vbga%Ib6mNEJRT。那里有非常多的虫子，夏天更是饱受虫子的困扰%huqcg2x82jq]7vQH#。非常可怕的蚂蚁还有你都没见过的虫子会咬你#oibO7_QTUA%deo57zA。
Mari: Wow. Sounds pretty scary.
马里：哇，听起来太可怕了Scp@GwM3OYscRDinVQ。
Mike: Yeah, but as long as you have bug repellant when you go outside in the summer, there's no problem.
迈克：对，不过夏天外出时只要擦一些驱虫剂就没问题了R^qU|LmCL45)skU&^Yn。

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重点讲解：
1. be similar to 相像的；相仿的；类似的；
例句：My apartment's similar totheirs.
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2. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句：Johnused tooversleep. So do I.
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3. end up 最终；结果；到头来；
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例句：I don't mind,as long asyou think it necessary.
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