实战口语情景对话 第1241期:Do you like to study? 你喜欢学习吗?

Aiko: Hello, my name is Aiko. I'm from Japan.
爱子：大家好，我是爱子，来自日本。

Gareth: And my name is Gareth and I'm from England.
加雷斯：我是加雷斯，来自英国。

Aiko: Our question is do you like to study? How about you, Gareth?
爱子：我们要讨论的问题是，你喜欢学习吗？加雷斯，你喜欢学习吗？

Gareth: Yes, I do, not just for myself but for my son. My son often asks me questions like how do earthquakes happen, how do engines work and I feel that if I don't know the answer to his questions, I'll be a bad daddy. So it's kind of insecurity which drives me to study but I do enjoy it. I do enjoy finding out how earthquakes actually happen and why they happen and how combustion engines work. How about you, Aiko?
加雷斯：我喜欢学习，我学习不仅仅是为了我自己，也为了我儿子。我儿子经常问我问题，比如地震是怎么发生的，引擎是怎么工作的等等，如果我不能回答他的问题，那我我会认为自己不是好爸爸。所以，这种不安全感驱使我不断学习，当然我也很享受。在了解地震发生原因和引擎工作原理的过程中，我很享受。你呢，爱子？

Aiko: Yeah, I do like to study in general but then I enjoy studying English the most. The reason for that is, one, it's like my hobby so it's not like a chore really studying and also that's something I need to improve because I use English with my husband and our children and our children are only three years old and one year old but their English is improving so quickly, unbelievably quickly, so I feel like I'm falling behind and that motivates me a lot.
爱子：总的来说，我也喜欢学习，我最喜欢学习英语。原因是，这是我的兴趣，所以学习并不是令人厌烦的任务，而且我需要提高我的英语水平，因为我和丈夫还有孩子用英语交流，我们的孩子一个3岁，一个1岁，他们的英语水平进步地非常快，进步速度令人难以置信，所以我感觉自己落后了，这激发了我的动力。

Gareth: Hm, they keep you on your toes, don't they?
加雷斯：嗯，他们使你保持警觉，对吧？

Aiko: Yes.
爱子：没错。