美語情景對話 第141期:香港 HongKong

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Todd: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello!
    大家好,今天我們請到的是Laura。
    Laura: Hi!
    嗨!
    Todd: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from?
    嗨!Laura,你來自哪里?
    Laura: I'm from Hong Kong.
    我來自香港。
    Todd: Hong Kong. That's great. So tell us about Hong Kong.
    香港。太棒了。你給我們講講香港吧。
    Laura: Well, it's a country for people, and well, when I ask my friends would they love Hong Kong they just say, Oh well, many good cheap things to buy, what, so many, a lot of delicious dishes, what, so.
    好,這是個很適合人們居住的地方。每次我問我朋友會不會愛上香港的時(shí)候他們都會回答說,哦,會,那兒的東西很便宜而且食物都很好吃。
    Laura: And Hong Kong is a really big modern city, with tall, tall buildings.
    而且香港是個非常大的現(xiàn)代化城市,有很多摩天大樓。
    Todd: Do you live downtown where all the tall buildings are?
    你是住在大樓遍地的市區(qū)嗎?
    Laura: When, I'm in the city. I live in the 24th floor.
    嗯,我住在市區(qū),我家在24層。
    Todd: The 24th floor.
    24層。
    Laura: So my brother live in 44.
    我哥哥住44層。
    Todd: Wow!
    哇!
    Laura: It's amazing right?
    很神奇吧?
    Todd: Yeah, that's insane. Wow
    對呀,哇,那太瘋狂了。
    Laura: So just for residential users we have very tall buildings.
    所以說僅僅是居民區(qū)就都是高樓大廈。
    Todd: Oh, OK. What's the best thing about Hong Kong?
    哦,好。香港的部分是什么?
    Laura: Well, what do you mean?
    嗯,什么意思?
    Todd: Like what's something that is really nice about living in Hong Kong?
    就是說住在香港哪點(diǎn)好?
    Laura: Mm!
    嗯!
    Todd: It's kind of hard. I'm sorry. On the spot. How about the food? Does Hong Kong have really good food?
    一時(shí)間還真有點(diǎn)兒難說。食物?香港有很多美食嗎?
    Laura: Maybe a lot of choice. So you have different kind of cuisine, like Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, well, a lot of choice.
    大概會有很多選擇。你會品嘗到不同種類的美食,像日式菜,中餐,西餐,還有很多其他選擇。
    Todd: OK. And the people of Hong Kong, do they all speak different types of Chinese?
    好。香港人講各種中國方言嗎?
    Laura: Well, mainly Cantonese, but sometimes, well in school they usually speak English.
    嗯,主要是說廣東話,而在學(xué)校他們通常說英語。
    Todd: Really!
    是嘛!
    Laura: Yes, now because well, we are a part of China, so we usually, we have to learn Mandarin as well.
    是的,但現(xiàn)在因?yàn)槲覀円菜闶侵袊囊徊糠?,所以我們不得不學(xué)普通話。
    Todd: OK, so you speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
    好,所以說你會說普通話,廣東話和英語。
    Laura: Well, you can say that.
    對,可以這么說。
    Todd: That's amazing. OK, thanks a lot.
    太棒了,好的,非常感謝。