美語情景對話 第1191期:My English Town 我的英國家鄉

Todd: So, Katie, you are from England, correct?

託德：凱蒂，你來自英格蘭，對吧？

Katie: Uh-hmm, that's right.

凱蒂：嗯，沒錯。

Todd: Are you from a big town?

託德：你來自大城市嗎？

Katie: I'm from a very small town.

凱蒂：我來自一個非常小的城市。

Todd: Oh, what's the name?

託德：哦，那個城市叫什麼？

Katie: It's in the southwest. It's called Torquay.

凱蒂：託基，位於英格蘭西南部。

Todd: Torquay.

託德：託基。

Katie: Uh-hmm.

凱蒂：嗯嗯。

Todd: OK. Is it a fun place to live?

託德：好。在那裏生活有意思嗎？

Katie: I think so. It's, it's very famous in the UK because we lots of beautiful beaches.

凱蒂：我認爲很有趣。託基市在英國非常有名，因爲那裏有很多美麗的海灘。

Todd: Oh, that's nice.

託德：哦，真不錯。

Katie: Hmm.

凱蒂：嗯。

Todd: So, in your town, where is a good place to go food shopping?

託德：那在你家鄉，哪裏是購買食物的好去處？

Katie: There are a lot of supermarkets that you can go to. Most of them you need to go by car.

凱蒂：有很多超市可以去。大部分超市都需要開車過去。

Todd: Oh, that's a problem.

託德：哦，那是個問題。

Katie: It's difficult to walk to a close supermarket. But I'm lucky because there is one very close to my house that I can go to.

凱蒂：很難走到附近的超市去。不過我很幸運，因爲我家附近有一個超市，我可以去那裏。

Todd: OK. And can you recommend a good restaurant in your town? Where is a good place to eat dinner?

託德：好。你能推薦一個你家鄉的美味餐廳嗎？哪裏是吃晚餐的好去處？

Katie: There are lots of amazing restaurants along the sea front. So, you can sit in a restaurant and you can look at the beach at the same time.

凱蒂：海邊有很多很棒的餐廳。你可以坐在餐廳裏欣賞海灘。

Todd: Oh, that's nice.

託德：哦，那不錯。

Katie: Uh-hmm.

凱蒂：嗯嗯。

Todd: How romantic.

託德：太浪漫了。

Katie: It's beautiful.

凱蒂：很漂亮。

Todd: Is it expensive?

託德：價格貴嗎？

Katie: It depends what restaurant you go to. If you go to an Italian restaurant, that's going to be expensive.

凱蒂：那要看你去什麼餐廳了。如果去意大利餐廳，那價格會很貴。

Todd: What kind of foods do they have?

託德：有哪些食物？

Katie: They have all kinds of foods, but the most popular food in my home town is Italian food and Chinese food.

凱蒂：各種各樣的食物，不過我家鄉最受歡迎的是意大利美食和中國美食。

Todd: OK. No British food?

託德：好。沒有英國美食嗎？

Katie: Not really. (laughs)

凱蒂：沒有。（笑）

Todd: OK. We don't have American food either except hamburgers.

託德：好。除了漢堡，我們也沒有美國食物。

Katie: They're good though.

凱蒂：不過那很好。

Todd: In your town, where is a good place to exercise?

託德：在你家鄉，哪裏是適合鍛鍊的地方？

Katie: It depends on what kind of exercise you like. But we have lots of parks and people are always playing football in the parks.

凱蒂：這取決於你喜歡哪種運動。我們有很多公園，人們經常在公園裏踢足球。

Todd: So, there's a, is there a big park in the middle of town?

託德：城市中央有一個大公園？

Katie: Uh-hmm.

凱蒂：嗯。

Todd: OK. Is it easy to get to?

託德：好。方便去嗎？

Katie: It's pretty easy to get to. Most people can walk there.

凱蒂：很方便。大多數人都可以走過去。

Todd: So, that brings us to nature. Where's a good place to see nature?

託德：這個話題把我們引向了自然。那哪裏是欣賞自然景色的好地方？

Katie: Well, you can see beautiful beaches wherever you look. There are so many beautiful beaches in Torquay. But there are also lots of beautiful gardens and you can see lots of flowers.

凱蒂：無論在哪裏，都可以看到美麗的海灘。託基有非常多美麗的海灘。當然託基也有很多漂亮的花園，你可以看到很多花。

Todd: OK. Nice.

託德：好，真好。

Katie: It's very nice. Yeah.

凱蒂：非常不錯。

Todd: That is nice. So, are there walking trails on the beach?

託德：那真好。海灘上有步行道嗎？

Katie: Uh-hmm, and in the gardens too there are walking paths that you can take. And you can go in the mountains—

凱蒂：有，花園也有步行道。你還可以去山區……

Todd: Oh, beautiful.

託德：哦，真美。

Katie: —and see stuff there too.

凱蒂：欣賞山區的景色。

Todd: That's lovely. So, in your town, where is a good place to meet people?

託德：那太美了。在你家鄉，哪裏是結識人們的地方？

Katie: Well, I keep saying the beach but lots of people from all over the UK come to Torquay to see the beach, so you can meet lots of different. People come for their holidays.

凱蒂：我一直在回答海灘，不過來自英國各地的人都會去託基欣賞海灘，你可以見到很多人。人們都會去託基度假。

Todd: OK. So, you can meet new people.

託德：好。可以認識新朋友。

Katie: Lots of new people. Yeah.

凱蒂：許多新朋友。對。

Todd: That's cool.

託德：那太酷了。

Katie: You can make lots of new friends.

凱蒂：你可以結交很多新朋友。

Todd: Now, what about a quiet place? Where's a good place to study or read or just relax?

託德：那安靜的地方呢？哪裏是適合學習或放鬆的地方？

Katie: Well, we have lots of cafés that you can go to if you want to just have a quiet moment or just to read some books. You can go to a café.

凱蒂：託基有很多咖啡廳，你可以去咖啡廳享受寧靜的時光或是看書。你可以去咖啡廳。

Todd: OK. And are the cafés easy to find?

託德：好。咖啡廳好找嗎？

Katie: They're very easy to find. And we have lots of famous café brands as well.

凱蒂：非常好找。託基還有很多著名的咖啡廳。

Todd: OK. Are there cafés on the beach, too?

託德：好。海灘上有咖啡廳嗎？

Katie: No. They're in the town center but the town center is very close to the beach.

凱蒂：沒有。咖啡廳都在市中心，不過市中心離海灘很近。

Todd: OK. Now, when is a good time to visit your town?

託德：好。那什麼時候適合去你家鄉遊玩？

Katie: Well...

凱蒂：嗯……

Todd: So, you say the beach, so summer?

託德：你提到了海灘，是應該夏天去嗎？

Katie: Yeah. I would say summer is a good time. But in England, there is not usually a good time because it's raining almost every day. But if you want to go to the beach, probably summer is a good time.

凱蒂：對。我想夏天是適宜時間。不過在英格蘭，其實沒有適合遊玩的時間，因爲幾乎每天都在下雨。不過如果你想去海灘，那可能夏天是適宜時間。

Todd: OK. What about the fall?

託德：好。那秋天呢？

Katie: I mean, the fall is okay. Winter is good. Lots of people go to, go swimming on Christmas Day.

凱蒂：秋天也可以。冬天也不錯。許多人在聖誕節去游泳。

Todd: Well, I definitely want to go there.

託德：我一定要去那裏玩。

Katie: Yes. It's a lovely place.

凱蒂：嗯。託基是個很不錯的地方。

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重點講解：
1. be close to 近的；接近的；
例句：Her house is close to the mountain.
她家就住在那座山的附近。
2. all kinds of 各種類型的；五花八門的；
例句：He earns his living doing all kinds of things.
他做各種各樣的活計來謀生。
3. depend on 取決(於)；有賴(於)；
例句：The impact of a crisis would therefore depend on how much oil production was lost and for how long.
因此，石油危機的影響力大小取決於石油生產的減少量以及減產的時間長短。
4. in the middle of 中部；中央；中間；
例句：The current is strongest in the middle of the river.
河中央的水流最急。