实战口语情景对话 第1133期:20 Years Abroad 20年国外生活

Meg: Hey, Todd. I know you've traveled a lot. What countries have you lived in?
梅格：嗨，托德。我知道你经常旅行。你在哪些国家生活过？

Todd: I've lived in three countries. I've traveled to many, many countries. But I've actually lived in three. I lived in England for one year. I lived in Thailand for four years. And I have lived in Japan for 15 years.
托德：我在三个国家生活过。我去过很多国家旅行。不过生活过的国家只有三个。我在英国住了一年，在泰国生活了四年。到目前为止，我在日本生活了15年。

Meg: Wow. So when you lived in England, why did you live there?
梅格：哇哦。你为什么在英国生活？

Todd: It was the first country I traveled to after college. And I had a work permit, a work visa for one year. And I worked at a pub restaurant, which was great. It was in the countryside. And I really enjoyed it. And then I did that for six months. I lived near Cambridge. So, I was near Cambridge University. And then after that I moved to London. And again, I worked at a restaurant. And I lived in London and just worked.
托德：那是我大学毕业后去的第一个国家。我当时拿的是工作签证，有效期一年。我在一家酒吧餐厅工作，那里非常好。那家餐厅位于乡村。我非常喜欢那里。这份工作我做了六个月。那里位于剑桥附近，我住在剑桥大学附近。然后我搬去了伦敦。我依然选择在餐厅工作。后来我就在伦敦工作、生活。

Meg: Wow. So it was after college. How old were you?
梅格：哇哦。你是大学毕业以后去的。那时你多大？

Todd: I was 23 years old.
托德：23岁。

Meg: Oh, and living in London. That must have been fun.
梅格：哦，你生活在伦敦。那一定很好玩。

Todd: It was fun. And interestingly, when I went to England, I could not speak English. So, I could not understand British people. It took me maybe two months before I could understand their English. So it was very, very difficult to understand British people when I first moved there.
托德：的确很有趣。有意思的是，我去英国时，我不会说英音。所以我听不懂英国人的话。我用了大概两个月才听懂英音。我刚到那里时，很难听懂英国人的话。

Meg: Ah, so you liked it.
梅格：你喜欢英国。

Todd: I did like England. It was fun. It was my first country. But the weather was cold for me. I'm from California, and California in the United States is very warm. So I didn't like the weather. But that's okay because all British people don't like the weather, too.
托德：我喜欢英国。那里的生活很有趣。英国是我去的第一个国家。不过，对我来说那里有点冷。我来自美国加州，加州非常温暖。我不喜欢英国的天气。不过那也还好，因为所有英国人都不喜欢英国的天气。

Meg: Oh, really?
梅格：真的吗？

Todd: Yeah. Everybody complains about the weather.
托德：对。所有人都在抱怨天气。

Meg: So after England, did you move someplace warmer?
梅格：在英国之后，你有去更暖和的地方吗？

Todd: I did. Right after England, I moved to Thailand. And I lived in Thailand for over four years.
托德：有。离开英国以后，我去了泰国。我在泰国生活了四年。

Meg: Wow. Why did you live in Thailand?
梅格：哇哦。你为什么在泰国生活？

Todd: I was traveling. And in Thailand I had no money and I needed a job. And I wanted to stay in Thailand, so I became an English teacher.
托德：我当时在四处旅行。到泰国时，我身上没有钱了，我需要找份工作。而且我想继续留在泰国，所以我成为了英语老师。

Meg: Really?
梅格：真的吗？

Todd: Yeah.
托德：对。

Meg: Did you teach English there for four years?
梅格：你在泰国教了四年英语？

Todd: I did. So I went there and I began teaching English. Then I got a teaching course certificate to teach English in Thailand, and I really enjoyed it. The Thai students were really fun. And Thailand is a great place to live because the weather is really nice. The people are really friendly and the food is delicious. It has the best food in the world, I think.
托德：对。我在泰国开始从事英语教学工作。后来我获得了在泰国教授英语的教师证书，我很喜欢那份工作。泰国学生很有趣。泰国是一个很适合居住的地方，因为那里的天气很不错。泰国人很友好，而且食物也很美味。我认为泰国的食物是世界上最好吃的。

Meg: I've also heard that Thailand is beautiful. Is it true?
梅格：我听说泰国是个很漂亮的国家。是这样吗？

Todd: It is. It has many, many beautiful islands and it has lots of beautiful places with nature and the mountains. It has jungles. It has beautiful beaches. So it's a nice place to live.
托德：没错。泰国有很多美丽的岛屿，也有很多美丽的自然景观和山区。泰国还有丛林和美丽的海滩。所以，泰国是适合居住的地方。

Meg: So you like Thailand, too.
梅格：你也喜欢泰国。

Todd: I did. Thailand was great. Yeah.
托德：对。泰国很不错。

Meg: So England, Thailand, you said next was Japan?
梅格：英国和泰国之后，是日本？

Todd: Yeah, so next was Japan. And Japan is nice. I am a teacher, an English teacher in Japan and I love teaching English in Japan. Like Thailand, the food is really, really good. The people are nice. The scenery is really beautiful. So Japan is really nice.
托德：对，是日本。日本很不错。我在日本当英语老师，我喜欢在日本教英语。和泰国一样，日本的食物也很美味。日本人很不错。风景也很漂亮。所以日本很好。

Meg: Are there fun things to do in Japan?
梅格：日本有什么有趣的活动？

Todd: Yes. Actually, I like Japan the most because you get everything. You get lots of beautiful nature. So, you can go hiking. You can go see beautiful beaches. You can go to really nice islands. But also Japan has many, many nice cities. So you can go to Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and the cities have lots to do. There's good shopping, great restaurants. It's easy to travel in Japan by train and bus. So, it's really nice.
托德：有。我最喜欢日本，因为日本什么都有。日本有许多美丽的自然风景。你可以去徒步旅行。还可以去美丽的海滩和岛屿。而且日本有许多不错的城市。你可以去东京、大阪、福冈游玩。当然，日本也有不错的购物中心和餐厅。坐火车和公交车在日本旅行很方便。所以，非常不错。

Meg: Oh, that sounds like the best of both worlds.
梅格：哦，听上去真是最好的地方。

Todd: Yeah, it is. Definitely a good place to live.
托德：没错。所以，日本非常适合居住。