实战口语情景对话 第57期:加拿大 Canada

Todd: OK. Hello! 你好！

Jamie: Hi! 你好！

Todd: Hi! Can you introduce yourself please? 你能介绍一下自己吗？

Jamie: My name is Jamie. I'm living here in Japan, and I'm from Canada. 我的名字叫杰米。我现在住在日本，我来自加拿大。

Todd: OK. Where are you from in Canada? 你来自加拿大的哪里？

Jamie: Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia. 我来自加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的温哥华。

Todd: Oh, nice. Were you born there? 真棒。你出生在那里吗？

Jamie: I was born in British Columbia, in Victoria. 我出生在不列颠哥伦比亚省的维多利亚。

Todd: OK. 好的。

Jamie: But I spent my adult working life in Vancouver and Japan. 但我成年后一直在温哥华和日本工作生活。

Todd: OK. How long have you been in Japan? 你在日本待了多久了？

Jamie: Let's see, four years right now, and a grand total of six years. 我想想，这次待了4年了，总共有六年了。

Todd: Wow. How much longer do you plan to stay in Japan? 你打算在日本待多久？

Jamie: That's a good question. I ask myself that on a daily basis. 问得好。这也是我每天都要问自己的问题。

Todd: Yeah. Yeah. Me, too. OK. So we'll go ahead and pass on that one.... What do you think about Cananda? 我也是。那我们继续下面的，忽略这个问题。你觉得加拿大怎么样？

Jamie: Canada is a great place. It's a..you know being Canadian of course. I'm pretty, fairly nationalistic about it, but it's not a perfect place, obviously. A lot of high taxes. Not always the job that you want is available but ultimately it's , you know, it's a pretty good place. 加拿大是个很棒的地方。在加拿大生活很棒，对于这点我是个坚定的民族主义者。但加拿大也不是那么完美，那里税收很高。就业机会有限，你很可能做不了自己想做的工作，但加拿大还是个不错的地方。

Todd: OK. So when you get gray and old, is Canada the place you'll settle down in? 那么等你老了，你会选择加拿大养老吗？

Jamie: Settle down, that's kind of a hard call as well, but I certainly think of Canada as being a place I'd like to, I'd like to take it easy on a regular basis. 稳定下来对我来说还很困难，但加拿大绝对是我喜欢的地方之一。我想轻松一些看待这个问题，但我会定期去加拿大。

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot Jamie. 很棒。十分感谢你，杰米。

Jamie: OK. My Pleasure. 我的荣幸。