美語情景對話 第1343期:Guns, Cars and Kisses 槍支,汽車和親吻(2)

Shantel: Yeah, no, I actually with that too I could agree because I also at home we do have a handgun and I, for me ... Well, maybe for me target practice was not so exciting for me, and so with handguns that would be typically what people would use them for is target practice. And I yeah, I don't know, I was never really drawn to them either, I typically I enjoyed using shotguns for trap shooting or clay pigeon shooting. And that, that was really fun because it's like a game, it's a sport, and it's the noise wasn't so loud, so my ears didn't hurt too much so-

香黛兒：嗯，實際上我也有這種感覺，我可以理解你，我家裏有把手槍，也許練習射擊並不太吸引我，而通常人們會用手槍來練習射擊。我也不知道爲什麼，我從未被手槍吸引過，我喜歡用獵槍練習飛碟射擊或泥鴿飛靶射擊。那非常有意思，因爲那就像遊戲一樣，那是種運動，由於噪音沒有那麼大，所以我的耳朵不會受到太多損害。

Todd: Okay, so another thing that you know we're both teachers in Japan, so another thing that I think is shocking for the students is I would tell them that I had a car in high school and I drove to high school starting at 16. So I was quite young and I was driving at 15, and what really shocked them ... Well, I'm a, a bit older than you ... is that I actually got my driver's license at high school, I actually had a free class I took and we had a building with like a simulator. We actually got it for free, I don't think they do it anymore. Yeah, so back in the day, and our parking lot was full of cars. I think that's very rare in most places in the world, that high school kids drive to school.

託德：好，我們兩個人都在日本當老師，我認爲另一件令學生感到震驚的事是，我告訴他們我在高中時就有車了，我從16歲開始開車去高中上學。我在很年輕的時候就開始開車了，大概15歲開始，那令他們非常震驚。我的年齡比你稍大一些，我在高中時拿到的駕照，我上的是免費課程，有一座類似模擬裝置的大樓。我們可以免費學習，我想現在已經不再免費了。當時，我們的停車場停滿了汽車。我認爲那在世界上大多數地方是非常罕見的事情，高中生開車上學。

Shantel: Yes, yes, I agree and I, just like you, my students too have been very surprised that when I tell them that I started driving. I started a, a little bit later at 15 and a half, 16, but still that is much younger compared to 20 or in Italy it's 18. So most students or most people have finished high school and then they start driving, it seems and at least in European countries and here in Japan, and so yeah, they're always shocked and some teachers will ask me like, "Oh, what was it like driving when you're 16? My daughter is 16, I would never let her drive." And I say, "Oh, it was okay, I practiced with my parents and I scared them half to death a few times but we, I'm still alive, they're still alive, everyone's okay (laughing)."

香黛兒：對，沒錯，我同意，和你一樣，我告訴學生們我開始開車的年齡時，他們也非常驚訝。我比你晚一些，我大概在15歲或是16歲左右開始開車，不過相比20歲開始開車或是意大利規定的滿18歲可以駕車，我也是在很小就開始開車了。大多數學生或是大多數人在高中畢業後開始開車，至少在歐洲國家或是日本看來，他們認爲這是非常震驚的事情，一些老師會問我，“哦，你在16歲就開車了嗎？我女兒今年16歲了，我不會讓她開車的。”我會說，“哦，那沒什麼問題，我和父母一起練習開車，有幾次我甚至把他們嚇到半死，不過我還活着，他們也還活着，所有人都很好（笑）”。

Todd: Yeah, I know looking back, wow, especially when you're young. Um, another thing I think that's really different would be just the, the social relationships when you're young. So, you know, kids would hold hands, sometimes kids would kiss if you're boyfriend and girlfriend in public, at school. And I think in Japan that would be very rare.

託德：嗯，我們來回想一下，尤其是年輕時候的事情。嗯，我認爲另一件存在不同的事情是年輕時的人際關係。孩子們會手牽手，有時男女朋友甚至會在學校等公共場合親吻。我認爲這在日本是非常罕見的。

Shantel: Oh, so rare, oh so rare.

香黛兒：哦，很罕見，非常罕見。

Todd: That would really be risque, they would really be throwing ... , yeah, so their relationships were definitely different.

託德：那被認爲是低俗舉止，他們感到很驚奇，所以他們的人際關係和我們的完全不同。

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重點講解：
1. for free 義務地；無償地；免費地；
例句：Meanwhile I was a film critic. I didn't get paid, but I got to see movies for free.
同時我曾經是個影評人，雖然我不賺錢，但我可以看免費的電影。
2. to death (用於形容詞或動詞後，表示強調)；
例句：I dropped out of high school. It bored me to death.
我從中學退學了，那種學校生活令我煩得要死。
3. look back 追憶；回顧；
例句：As I look back, scenes of the past leap before my eyes.
追憶往事，歷歷在目。
4. in public 公開地；當衆；
例句：Inarticulate and rather shy, he had always dreaded speaking in public.
他不善言辭又相當害羞，一直害怕在公共場合講話。