实战口语情景对话 第971期:Culture Comparison 文化对比

Katia: Hello, Felipe, how are you?
卡蒂亚：你好，菲利佩，你好吗？

Felipe: Hello, I'm fine. You?
菲利佩：你好，我很好。你呢？

Katia: Good, good, but, you know, I was wondering for me Ecuador and Colombia seem to be so the same. Can you tell me how can I distinguish them or what is the difference between Ecuador and Colombia?
卡蒂亚：我很好，很好，嗯，对我来说，厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚看起来是一样的。你能和我说说要怎么区分这两个国家吗，还有厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚有什么不同？

Felipe: Well I don't think, maybe OK let's say culture is pretty much the same but let's talk about people OK? Ecuadoreans and Colombians are different I think. Colombian people are more hard working people. They really, they really worry about working and earning a lot of money and stuff like that, you know. But Ecuadoreans are more like, you know, easy-going people so I think that's the main difference between them.
菲利佩：我不认为……这样说吧，两个国家的文化差不多一样，那咱们就来说说人吧？我认为厄瓜多尔人和哥伦比亚人很不同。哥伦比亚人在工作上更努力。他们对工作和挣大钱之类的事情很关心。不过厄瓜多尔人则更悠闲随和，我认为这是两国民众之间最大的不同。

Katia: That is so interesting. What about climate or the cities or the nature? Is there any differences between Ecuador and Colombia?
卡蒂亚：这真有意思。那气候、城市和自然风景有什么不同？在这些方面厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚有不同吗？

Felipe: Yes, you're right. The climate and environment is quite different. Well, there is one similarity and it's that they, both countries have their highlands which is the Andes highlands and the Amazon region and the coastal region but the size of the countries are different. Colombia is a huge country and also it has the Caribbean Sea which Ecuador doesn't have. And now if you look at Ecuador, Ecuador is quite a small country compared to Colombia.
菲利佩：有，你说得没错。两国的气候和环境非常不同。有一点很相似，两个国家都有高原，也就是安第斯高原，两国都位于亚马逊地区，也都有沿海地区，但是两国的面积不同。哥伦比亚是一个大国，有加勒比海，而厄瓜多尔并没有。如果看厄瓜多尔地图的话，你会发现和哥伦比亚比起来，厄瓜多尔是一个非常小的国家。

Katia: That is so interesting. What about some similarities? Is there any similarities between Ecuador and Colombia?
卡蒂亚：这真有趣。那相似点呢？厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚有没有什么相似点？

Felipe: Well if you, yes there are many similarities. For example, if you look at the food, mainly the food is composed of, you know, potatoes and corn and many fruits that both countries have so if you travel to Colombia, if you travel to Ecuador, you will pretty much find the same kind of food because it's made of the same, from the same kind of ingredients.
菲利佩：有，两国有很多相似的地方。比如，就食物来说，两国的主要饮食都由土豆、玉米和两国都有的水果烹饪而成，你去哥伦比亚和厄瓜多尔旅行的话，你会发现两国的食物基本一样，因为这些食物都是由同样的配料烹饪而成的。

Katia: OK, perfect. So now I have a better idea of the differences and some similarities over Ecuador and Colombia. Thank you, Felipe.
卡蒂亚：好，很好。现在我对厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚的不同点和相同点有了更好的了解。谢谢你，菲利佩。

Felipe: OK, you're welcome.
菲利佩：不客气。