美語情景對話第24期:外號(hào) Nickname

字號(hào):

David: Hello, Seattle!
    你好,西雅圖!
    Todd: Hello, Seattle! OK, well, how about could you introduce yourself to the listener?
    你好,西雅圖!好的,你能向聽眾介紹一下自己嗎?
    David: Oh, hi, I'm David. I'm from Tennessee. The home of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Elvis Presley.
    你好,我是大衛(wèi)。我來自田納西州。杰克丹尼威士忌和埃維斯·普里斯利的故鄉(xiāng)。
    Todd: Do you like Elvis?
    你喜歡埃維斯?
    David: He's OK.
    他很好。
    Todd: Yeah! Cool!
    酷!
    David: Never met the guy, but.
    但我從來沒見過真人。
    Todd: Your name is David.
    你的名字叫大衛(wèi)。
    David: Yes, that is correct.
    是的,沒錯(cuò)。
    Todd: But what does everyone call you here?
    這里的人都怎么稱呼你?
    David: Tennessee
    田納西。
    Todd: OK. Why does everyone call you Tennessee?
    為什么所有人都叫你田納西?
    David: Two reasons. One, I'm from Tennessee, the most obvious reason and the third is because usually there is two to three, one time there was four Davids here.
    有兩個(gè)原因。第一,我來自田納西州,這是最明顯的原因。另外,就是因?yàn)橥ǔ?huì)同時(shí)有兩個(gè)或三個(gè),有時(shí)候甚至是四個(gè)人都叫大衛(wèi)。
    Todd: Oh, I see.
    我明白了。
    David: And to keep us from getting confused they just started calling me Tennessee.
    為了不叫混了,大家就開始叫我田納西。
    Todd: Oh, nice. Great. Well it was nice to meet you, David.
    好的,太棒了。很高興認(rèn)識(shí)你,大衛(wèi)。
    David: Nice to meet you too, Todd.
    很高興認(rèn)識(shí)你,托德。