实战口语情景对话 第845期:Hawaii 夏威夷

Mari: Hi, I'm Mari. I'm here with Ron. Ron is from Hawaii. So Ron, what is so special about Hawaii?
马里：嗨，我是马里。今天由我和罗恩来讨论话题。罗恩来自夏威夷。罗恩，夏威夷有什么特别之处？

Ron: Well, Hawaii is my home, but to people not from Hawaii, I think Hawaii is famous for its nice weather, its warm all year round, also it's known for its beaches. The beaches are very nice. And it's also known for its warm hospitality. The people are also very nice.
罗恩：夏威夷是我的家乡，我想对其他人来说，夏威夷以天气好、四季温暖如春闻名，另外夏威夷的海滩也很出名。海滩非常不错。而且夏威夷也以热情好客而闻名。夏威夷人非常友好。

Mari: So can you tell me more about the weather? It's always sunny? It never rains?
马里：你能给我们介绍一下夏威夷的天气吗？天气一直都是阳光明媚吗？从来不下雨吗？

Ron: It does rain, but often it rains and it's sunny at the same time, so we have a lot of rainbows. Hawaii is also famous for rainbows.
罗恩：夏威夷也会下雨，不过通常下雨时天气也是晴朗的，所以经常能看到彩虹。夏威夷的彩虹也很有名。

Mari: That's nice. Can you tell me more about the beach?
马里：这真不错。你能和我说说那里的海滩吗？

Ron: We have beaches on all shores of the island — all our islands. There's many beaches to choose from. And often, some beaches have big waves, some beaches have small waves, and you can choose which beach to go to depending on whether you want to surf in big waves or you want to swim where there's no waves.
罗恩：夏威夷岛的所有海岸都有海滩。有很多海滩可供游客选择。一些海滩风浪很大，其他海滩风浪很小，你可以依据你是想在大浪中冲浪还是想在小浪中冲浪来选择要去哪个海滩，你也可以在没有风浪的时候去游泳。

Mari: Can you tell me maybe about the nature in Hawaii?
马里：你能和我说说夏威夷的自然风景吗？

Ron: We have forests, so there's lots of animals, like birds, and small animals like wallabies: we have Hawaiian wallabies and they live in the forest.
罗恩：我们有森林，森林里有很多动物，有鸟类还有沙袋鼠这样的小动物，夏威夷有沙袋鼠，它们生活在森林里。

Mari: What's a wallaby?
马里：什么是沙袋鼠？

Ron: Wallabies, they're those little mammals from Australia and they were introduced in Hawaii and now they're wild in Hawaii. They've become their own species.
罗恩：沙袋鼠是来自澳大利亚的哺乳动物，它们被引进到夏威夷，现在在夏威夷是野生动物。它们已经成为了夏威夷的物种。

Mari: What do they look like?
马里：它们长什么样？

Ron: They look like little kangaroos I think.
罗恩：我认为它们看起来像小袋鼠。

Mari: Interesting. Any other interesting animals in Hawaii?
马里：真有趣。夏威夷还有其他有趣的动物吗？

Ron: We have a lot of pigs, wild pigs. We like to go hunting for them and we like to eat them.
罗恩：我们有很多野猪。我们喜欢去狩猎野猪，然后吃猪肉。

Mari: Are there any animals that live in the sea?
马里：有生活在海里的动物吗？

Ron: We have nice coral reefs, so there's lots of beautiful fish in our coral reefs and many people like to go snorkeling to look at our reefs. We also have turtles and seals in Hawaii.
罗恩：我们有漂亮的珊瑚礁，珊瑚礁里有很多漂亮的鱼类，有许多游客喜欢在夏威夷浮潜，去欣赏那些珊瑚礁。夏威夷也有乌龟和海豹。

Mari: Are there any whales?
马里：有鲨鱼吗？

Ron: We do have whales during the months of March till February I believe. They come from Alaska and they come to Hawaii during those months and then they return to Alaska.
罗恩：我想2月到3月海里有鲨鱼。在这段时间，这些鲨鱼从阿拉斯加来到夏威夷，之后它们会再回到阿拉斯加。

Mari: Wow, there are a lot of animals that live in Hawaii. Sounds like a great place to visit.
马里：哇，有很多动物生活在夏威夷。听起来夏威夷是个很棒的旅行地。