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1-- do you mind if I sit here?
2-- no, of course not. Go ahead.
1-- don't I know you?
2-- yes, now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class together in high school.
1-- you're right! How are you? It's been a long time!
2-- What did you do after high school?
1-- I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
2-- I took a year off to go travelling.
1-- that sounds exciting. Where did you go?
2-- I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?
1-- I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its languages department.
2-- Oh, did you study a foreign language?
1-- yes, I got a grant to study Chinese.
2-- that's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
1-- it is, but it's very rewarding.
2-- so you can speak Chinese?
1-- I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die!
2-- I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well.
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注解:
1.of course當(dāng)然
2.afterwards后來(lái)
3.reputation名聲
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譯文:
1--我坐這兒你不介意吧?
2--不,當(dāng)然不介意,坐吧.
1--我該不會(huì)是認(rèn)識(shí)你吧?
2--對(duì)了,說(shuō)起來(lái)還真認(rèn)識(shí).我想我們高中時(shí)曾經(jīng)在一起上過(guò)化學(xué)課.
1--沒(méi)錯(cuò)!你好嗎?那是很久以前的事了!
2--你高中畢業(yè)后干了什么?
1--我直接上大學(xué)了.你呢?
2--我休學(xué)一年出去旅游了.
1--聽(tīng)起來(lái)很有意思.你都去哪里了?
2--我走遍了全球.那是我生命中最美好的一年.你去哪個(gè)學(xué)校了?
1--我去了康涅狄格州的一個(gè)小學(xué)校.那兒的語(yǔ)言學(xué)院名聲很好.
2--你學(xué)的是外語(yǔ)吧?
1--對(duì),我拿了獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金學(xué)中文.
2--那是一門(mén)很難學(xué)的語(yǔ)言,對(duì)吧?
1--是的,但是很值得一學(xué).
2--那你現(xiàn)在可以講中文了?
1--可以,但是我希望自己能說(shuō)的更好些.對(duì)于中文,我會(huì)活到老學(xué)到老的.
2--我覺(jué)得大多數(shù)語(yǔ)言要想掌握好都要花上一輩子的時(shí)間.