美語情景對話 第251期:New Zealand 新西蘭

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Todd: Hello!
    托德:你好!
    Leo: Hello!
    里奧:你好!
    Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please?
    托德:嗯,請你自我介紹一下,好嗎?
    Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand.
    里奧:好的。我的名字是里昂納多·圖伊。我來自新西蘭奧克蘭。
    Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard?
    托德:哇!真好!是叫里昂納多嗎?
    Leo: Yes, Leonard.
    里奧:對,里昂納多。
    Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard?
    托德:好的。那人們都叫你里昂納多?
    Leo: Some people call me Leonard.
    里奧:有些人這么叫我。
    Todd: Leonard!
    托德:里昂納多!
    Leo: Some call me Leo. Some call me Lenny.
    里奧:有些人叫我里奧。有些人叫我萊尼。
    Todd: Oh, wow! Quite, quite a few. Back home, what do your friends call you?
    托德:哇哦!好多種叫法啊。那你家鄉(xiāng)的朋友都叫你什么?
    Leo: Back home just Leonard.
    里奧:家鄉(xiāng)的朋友就叫我里奧納多。
    Todd: Leonard. Oh, OK! Great, um, so tell us about New Zealand.
    托德:里昂納多。哦,好的!很好,嗯,跟我們說說新西蘭吧。
    Leo: Well, I come from Auckland which is the largest city in New Zealand. The total population of New Zealand is just under 4 million. Auckland has roughly the one point two million.
    里奧:嗯,我來自奧克蘭,那是新西蘭的城市。新西蘭的人口總數(shù)只有不到4百萬人。奧克蘭的人口接近120萬人。
    Todd: OK. Oh, great.
    托德:哦,很好。
    Leo: And, uh, Auckland is in, more near top of the North Island. The weather there is pretty mild.
    里奧:奧克蘭市的地理位置離新西蘭北島的頂部很近。那里的天氣非常溫和。
    Todd: OK. What is the best thing about New Zealand?
    托德:好。那新西蘭的是什么?
    Leo: I would say the outdoors, the nature, just basically getting outside...enjoying life.
    里奧:我會說是戶外、大自然,就是去戶外享受生活。
    Todd: OK. How long has it been since you lived in New Zealand?
    托德:好。你在新西蘭生活多長時間了?
    Leo: It's been seven years now.
    里奧:七年了。
    Todd: Oh, really! Wow, do you miss it?
    托德:哦,真的嗎!哇,那你想念那里嗎?
    Leo: I actually miss the, the social side, the family and the outdoors.
    里奧:實際上我很想念那里的社會生活,家人,還有戶外生活。
    Todd: Yeah, yeah, I hear it's a beautiful place.
    托德:嗯,嗯。我聽說那是個 美麗的地方。
    Leo: Oh, it is. Especially in the South Island.
    里奧:沒錯。尤其是新西蘭南島。
    Todd: Wow! Yeah, I really hope to go there sometime. I hear it's just a fantastic place. OK. Thanks a lot.
    托德:哇!嗯,我真希望有時間去看看。我聽說那是個夢幻的地方。嗯,非常謝謝你。
    Leo: You're welcome.
    里奧:不客氣。重點講解:
    1. introduce oneself
    自我介紹;
    eg. Let me introduce myself.
    我來自我介紹一下。
    eg. The English teacher is asking her students to introduce themselves.
    英語老師正在叫她的學(xué)生們作自我介紹。
    eg. She introduce herself with smile.
    他微笑著介紹自己。
    2. hope to do sth.
    希望做某事;
    eg. I hope to get a job within the next two weeks.
    我希望能在未來兩周內(nèi)找到一份工作。
    eg. We hope to recoup our initial investment in the first year.
    我們希望我們的前期投資在第一年就能賺回來。
    eg. I hope to announce the winner shortly.
    我希望馬上宣布勝利者的名字。