美語情景對話 第715期:Traveling with Family 和家人一起旅行

Todd: So, Jeyong, you were telling me that you like to travel.

託德：在英，你說過你很喜歡旅行。

Jeyong: Yes, very much.

在英：對，非常喜歡。

Todd: Now, this is interesting. Who do you normally travel with?

託德：這很有意思。一般你都和誰一起旅行？

Jeyong: You would be kind of surprised to hear this, but then, I normally travel with my dad.

在英：你聽到我的答案會有點吃驚的，我通常都和我爸爸一起旅行。

Todd: Wow. That's so cool. Why is that?

託德：哇。太酷了。爲什麼呢？

Jeyong: That will be first of all because my dad goes on a business trip very often and I ask him if I can follow him most of the time and he would say yes, and I would just have time with him on his business trip and traveling around.

在英：首先，因爲我爸爸經常出差，我問他出差期間我能不能大部分時間都跟着他，他說可以，所以我就可以跟他去出差，順便四處旅行。

Todd: That's really cool. What kind of business does your father do?

託德：這真的太酷了。你父親是做什麼生意的？

Jeyong: He's in apparel.

在英：他做服裝生意。

Todd: Apparel.

託德：服裝。

Jeyong: Export.

在英：服裝出口。

Todd: Oh, really.

託德：哦，真的嗎？

Jeyong: Yes.

在英：對。

Todd: So does he teach you the secrets about business?

託德：那他有沒有教你做生意的祕訣？

Jeyong: Not that much about business, but then traveling around he teaches me about differences between all the cultures of countries.

在英：並沒有教我太多，不過我跟他一起旅行時，他教了我很多各國的文化知識。

Todd: That's fantastic.

託德：那太棒了。

Jeyong: How importat that is.

在英：這是多麼重要啊！

Todd: So what countries have you been to with your father?

託德：你和你父親去哪些國家旅行過？

Jeyong: A lot to name, actually. Do you want me to name all those?

在英：我們去過很多國家。你想讓我都說出來嗎？

Todd: Well, how about which ones do you remember the most?

託德：你印象最深的是哪裏？

Jeyong: I remember the most about Europe. I went to France, England, Switzerland and Roma so those four places were very interesting for me, and other than that, I went to Cambodia, Vietnam, Guam, and so on.

在英：我印象最深的是歐洲。我去過法國、英國、瑞士和羅馬，我認爲這四個地方非常有趣，除此之外，我還去過柬埔寨、越南、關島等國家。

Todd: What was Cambodia like?

託德：柬埔寨怎麼樣？

Jeyong: Cambodia is a really memorable trip for me with my dad because it was really interesting how many people live in boats on the water. There's a society in Cambodia like that and then it was really sad looking at them how they own much money and they have to spend their day using a dollar.

在英：對我和我爸爸來說，柬埔寨之行非常難忘，因爲那裏有許多人住在船上，這很有意思。，這很有意思。柬埔寨社會的情況就是這樣，看他們掙錢還有每天只能花1美元感覺很難過。

Todd: So not very much, but did the people seem happy in Cambodia?

託德：不太多，那柬埔寨民衆開心嗎？

Jeyong: They did look happy, happier than the people where I come from.

在英：他們看起來很開心，比我家鄉的人們要開心。

Todd: That's kind of interesting. Yeah, I used to live in Thailand and I kind of felt the same way to, although Thailand is very developed. Any other places that you've been to?

託德：這很有意思。我在泰國生活過一段時間，我覺得那裏的人們也是這樣，雖然泰國發展的很好。你還去過其他地方嗎？

Jeyong: Other places? Maybe in The States.

在英：其他地方？我還去過美國。

Todd: Oh, really. Where did you live in the States? Or what did you do in the States?

託德：哦，真的嗎？你在美國哪裏生活過？你在美國會做些什麼？

Jeyong: When I was in elementary school, I lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for five years but after that I also went travelling around the other states, such as San Francisco in California, Los Angeles and New York City, where I like the most and Florida. All the beaches.

在英：我上小學時在密歇根州安阿伯市生活過五年，之後我還去美國其他州生活過，加州舊金山、洛杉磯還有紐約市，我都去過，我最喜歡的是佛羅里達州。那裏有非常多的海灘。

Todd: Now, I'm from San Francisco and you said you like New York better that San Francisco, so I have to ask why.

託德：我來自舊金山，你說過相較於舊金山，你更喜歡紐約。我一定得問下爲什麼。

Jeyong: Why? Because the people in New York, how they live their life, it looks cool.

在英：爲什麼？因爲紐約人的生活方式看起來非常酷。

Todd: Yeah, New Yorkers are pretty cool. OK, well thanks Jeyong. Thanks a lot.

託德：對，紐約人的確很酷。好，在英，謝謝你。非常謝謝你。

Jeyong: No problem. Thank you.

在英：不客氣。謝謝你。

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重點講解：
1. first of all 首先；
例句：First of allwe should chase these fears from his mind.
首先我們應當消除他心中的恐懼。
2. other than （用於否定陳述後）除了…以外；
例句：He had no means of escapeother thanjumping.
除了跳窗,他沒有別的逃跑方法。
3. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：Iused toswim all the year round.
過去我一年四季都游泳。
4. such as （用於舉例）例如，像，諸如；
例句：Many things pollute water,such astires, trash, and plastic bags.
很多東西使水污染，例如輪胎、垃圾和塑膠袋。