实战口语情景对话 第43期:英式生活 English Life

Todd: OK. Hello! Can I have your name please? 你好！请问你叫什么？

Cat: Cat. 卡特。

Todd: Cat! Uh, is that short for something? 卡特！这是简称还是……？

Cat: Short for Kathryn. 凯瑟琳的简称。

Todd: Kathryn. OK, Kathryn. What's your full name? 凯瑟琳。好的，凯瑟琳，你的全名是？

Cat: Kathryn Lovelock. 凯瑟琳·洛夫洛克。

Todd: Oh, nice name. Nice! 哦，好名字。很棒！

Cat: Glad you think so. 很高兴你这么想。

Todd: And where are you from? 你来自哪里？

Cat: Ah, from England. 我来自英国。

Todd: OK. Where in England? 英国的哪里？

Cat: Ah, in the Southeast. A small town just by the seaside. 伦敦的东南部，海边的一座小镇。

Todd: Nice. So you live by the beach? 很棒。那么，你住在海滩附近？

Cat: Yes, about ten minutes from the beach. 是的，大约走十分钟就到海滩了。

Todd: Wow, do you surf? 你冲浪吗？

Cat: It's not the kind of place you can surf. The waves are too small and the sea is too cold 那不是能够冲浪的地方。浪太小了，海水也太冷了。

Todd: OK. What kind of place is your town? 你家所在的小镇是什么样的地方？

Cat: What kind of place? 什么样的地方……

Todd: Yeah! 是的！

Cat: It's..it's..well very very small. It's normally really busy in the summer. There's not very much to do there, but when the sun is shining you can go to the beach. It's really good. 那是个小地方。但夏天却很热闹。在哪儿没什么可做的，但阳光明媚的时候，可以去沙滩走走。那真的很棒。

Todd: Yeah, sounds like a great place. How far is it from London? 听上去是个不错的地方。那里距离伦敦有多远？

Cat: Ah, about 70 miles, so that's about two hours by train. 大约70英里。坐火车要2个小时。

Todd: OK. 好的。

Cat: From Central London. 到伦敦市中心。

Todd: So when you go to London you go by train? 那么你坐火车去伦敦？

Cat: Normally yes because you can't drive, there's nowhere to park. 通常是的，因为不能开车去，没有地方停车。

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks. 好的。很棒。谢谢。