(单词翻译:单击)
情景对话
Todd: OK, Katie.
托德:好,凯蒂 。
Katie: Yeah.
凯蒂:嗯 。
Todd: Let's take an international test.
托德:我们来进行一场国际性测试 。
Katie: Oh, OK.
凯蒂:好 。
Todd: How international are you? Let's find out.
托德:你有多国际化?我们来测试一下 。
Katie: Let's find out.
凯蒂:我们来测试吧 。
Todd: First, have you ever eaten Greek food?
托德:第一个问题,你吃过希腊食物吗?
Katie: Greek food? Ah, I've eaten, how do you say it, falafel.
凯蒂:希腊食物?嗯,我吃过,那叫什么来着,鹰嘴豆饼 。
Todd: Oh, is that Greek?
托德:哦,那是希腊食物?
Katie: I think so. I've had that, but apart from that, I've never eaten Greek food. How about you?
凯蒂:我想是的 。我吃过那个,不过除那以外,我没吃过其他希腊食物 。你呢?
Todd: Ah, I think I have. Like, I've eaten Greek yogurt. Does that count?
托德:我想我吃过 。我吃过希腊酸奶 。那算吗?
Katie: That counts.
凯蒂:算 。
Todd: That counts?
托德:真的算?
Katie: That counts.
凯蒂:算 。
Todd: OK, have you ever eaten Russian food?
托德:好,你吃过俄罗斯食物吗?
Katie: What's Russian food?
凯蒂:什么是俄罗斯食物?
Todd: I think, Russian food, is it borscht? Borscht is like a cabbage soup.
托德:我想罗宋汤应该算俄罗斯食物吧?罗宋汤和卷心菜汤差不多 。
Katie: Hmm, I've never eaten Russian food.
凯蒂:嗯,那我从来没吃过俄罗斯食物 。
Todd: Yeah, maybe I haven't eaten Russian food either. OK, last one, have you ever eaten Vietnamese food?
托德:嗯,也许我也没吃过 。好,最后一个和食物有关的问题,你吃过越南食物吗?
Katie: Ah, I see it written down. Is it pho?
凯蒂:啊,这个我记得,越南河粉,对吧?
Todd: Pho, the noodles?
托德:越南河吧,面食吗?
Katie: Yeah, I've eaten pho before.
凯蒂:对,我以前吃过越南河粉 。
Todd: Yeah, I've been to Vietnam so I've eaten Vietnamese food a lot. And pho the noodles is really good.
托德:我去过越南,所以我吃过很多越南食物 。越南河粉很好吃 。
Katie: Yeah, it's delicious.
凯蒂:对,非常美味 。
Todd: I've had that too.
托德:我也吃过 。
Katie: OK, now let's talk about languages.
凯蒂:好,现在我们来谈谈语言 。
Todd: Oh, OK. Have you ever studied French?
托德:哦,好 。你学过法语吗?
Katie: I have. I studied French for five years.
凯蒂:学过 。我学过五年法语 。
Todd: Oh, can you still speak French?
托德:哦,你现在还会说法语吗?
Katie: Nope. Not at all.
凯蒂:不能 。完全不行 。
Todd: Yeah, me too. I once studied French years ago, but I haven't spoken French in so long I can't remember anything.
托德:我也是 。我在很多年前学过法语,不过我很长时间没有说过法语了,我现在一点儿法语都不记得了 。
Katie: I can't remember anything either.
凯蒂:我也不记得 。
Todd: Have you ever studied an Asian Language?
托德:你学过亚洲语言吗?
Katie: I've studied Japanese. I can still speak it a little bit now, and I studied a little bit of Korean, but I don't speak Korean.
凯蒂:我学过日语 。我现在能说一点儿日语,我还学过一点儿韩语,不过我不会说韩语 。
Todd: Oh, really. OK. Wow, like I've studied Thai because I lived in Thailand for five years, and like you I've studied Japanese, but my Japanese is terrible.
托德:哦,真的吗?哇哦,我学过泰语,因为我在泰国生活了五年,和你一样,我也学过日语,不过我日语说得很差 。
Katie: How about your Thai?
凯蒂:那你泰语说得怎么样?
Todd: My Thai is OK. It's OK. I can talk a little bit. OK, so have you ever met a Spanish person?
托德:还可以,还不错 。我可以说一点儿泰语 。好,你认识西班牙人吗?
Katie: A Spanish person? Actually, I don't think I have.
凯蒂:西班牙人?我想我不认识 。
Todd: Really?
托德:真的吗?
Katie: I don't think I have met a Spanish person.
凯蒂:我想我不认识西班牙人 。
Todd: Oh, interesting. I've been to Spain so, I've met a few and we have a Spanish teacher at my school.
托德:哦,有意思 。我去过西班牙,我认识一些西班牙人,我们学校里有一名西班牙老师 。
Katie: Oh, maybe I have met a Spanish person then. Maybe, I've met a secret Spanish person.
凯蒂:哦,那也许我也认识西班牙人 。我认识一位神秘的西班牙人 。
Todd: OK, have you met a Chinese person?
托德:好,你认识中国人吗?
Katie: Oh, yes, I've meet lots of Chinese people.
凯蒂:见过,我遇到过很多中国人 。
Todd: OK, and have you met a Brazilian person?
托德:好,那你遇到过巴西人吗?
Katie: I feel like if I say no, then I have. Probably. Probably, I've met a Brazilian person.
凯蒂:我想如果我说没有,那可能有 。也许我见过巴西人 。
Todd: Yeah, I've met a few people from Brazil, so they're alway very nice. Very friendly people.
托德:我认识一些巴西人,他们非常友好 。他们人很好 。
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重点讲解
重点讲解:
1. find out (尤指特意通过努力)发现,找出,查明;
例句:In working with others, you find out more about yourself.
在与别人一起工作的过程中,你会进一步认识你自己 。
2. apart from 除了…外(别无);
例句:Apart from clothes and bedding, I have nothing.
我除了行李被褥之外一无所有 。
3. how about you (用于询问对方的想法或要求)你呢,你觉得呢;
例句:How about you, John? Did you do anything this weekend?
你呢,约翰?你周末做什么了吗?
4. not at all 一点儿也不;完全不;
例句:I am not an obsessive. Not at all.
我不是个强迫症患者,完全不是 。