今天的這段對話,在討論香港,
香港是什么樣的?香港最好的部分是什么
來聽今天的講解:
A: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello!
大家好,今天我們請到的是Laura。
B: Hi!
嗨!
A: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from?
嗨!Laura,你來自哪里?
B: I'm from Hong Kong.
我來自香港。
A: 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。
B: 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。
B: 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。
A: Do you live downtown where all the tall buildings are?
你是住在大樓遍地的市區(qū)嗎?
B: When, I'm in the city. I live in the 24th floor.
嗯,我住在市區(qū),我家在24層。
A: The 24th floor.
24層。
B: So my brother live in 44.
我哥哥住44層。
A: Wow!
哇!
B: It's amazing right?
很神奇吧?
A: Yeah, that's insane. Wow
對呀,哇,那太瘋狂了。
B: 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。
A: Oh, OK. What's the best thing about Hong Kong?
哦,好。香港最好的部分是什么?
B: Well, what do you mean?
嗯,什么意思?
A: Like what's something that is really nice about living in Hong Kong?
就是說住在香港哪點好?
B: Mm!
嗯!
A: It's kind of hard. I'm sorry. On the spot. How about the food? Does Hong Kong have really good food?
一時間還真有點兒難說。食物?香港有很多美食嗎?
B: 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。
A: 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?
B: Well, mainly Cantonese, but sometimes, well in school they usually speak English.
嗯,主要是說廣東話,而在學校他們通常說英語。
A: Really!
是嘛!
B: 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)在因為我們也是中國的一部分,所以我們也必須學普通話。
A: OK, so you speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
好,所以說你會說普通話,廣東話和英語。
B: Well, you can say that.
對,可以這么說。
A: That's amazing. OK, thanks a lot.
太棒了,好的,非常感謝。