实战口语情景对话 第327期:Painting 绘画

Todd: OK. Richard, do you like art?
托德：好，理查德，你喜欢艺术吗？

Richard: I do. Very much. Yes.
理查德：我喜欢。非常喜欢。

Todd: OK. Um, what kind of art do you like?
托德：好。嗯，你喜欢哪种艺术？

Richard: OK. Well, I like all kinds of art.
理查德：我喜欢各种类型的艺术。

Todd: OK.
托德：好。

Richard: When I was young I used to enjoy painting.
理查德：我年轻的时候非常喜欢画画。

Todd: OK. What did you paint?
托德：那你都画了些什么？

Richard: OK. When I was a kid, I was in art class, so it was all fairly sort of basic standard stuff like country scenes.
理查德：我还是个孩子的时候，我上过艺术课，那个课程教授各种基础标准的事情，比如乡村风景画。

Todd: Country scenes! So in a country scene, what can you see?
托德：乡村风景画！那乡村风景画中都有什么？

Richard: OK, I can see a red house, with a chimney, billowing smoke..um..green fields , luscious green grass in England.
理查德：我可以看到一间有烟囱的红色房子，烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟，还有绿色的田野，还有英国柔软的青草。

Todd: Wow, so is your..is your home like that in England?
托德：哇，那你在英国的家就是那个样子的吗？

Richard: Actually, no! No, It's not in the....we're in the suburbs of London, we're not really in the country.
理查德：实际上不是！它不是在……我们住在伦敦郊区，实际上我们并不住在乡村。

Todd: Oh!
托德：哦！

Richard: And I used to paint sort of idyllic countryside scenes.
理查德：我以前会画田园般的乡村风景。

Todd: OK. Which do you prefer, the country of the city?
托德：好。那乡村和城市你更喜欢哪个？

Richard: To paint or to live in?
理查德：是指绘画还是生活？

Todd: Uh..to paint.
托德：嗯，绘画。

Richard: To paint! To paint I prefer the country.
理查德：绘画！绘画来说，我更喜欢乡村。

Todd: OK. Great.
托德：好。很好。

Richard: To live in, I think it is more convenient being, being near a big city.
理查德：要是生活的话，我认为住在大城市附近更方便。

Todd: OK. Great. Thanks.
托德：好。很好。谢谢。