美語情景對話 第1133期:20 Years Abroad 20年國外生活

Meg: Hey, Todd. I know you've traveled a lot. What countries have you lived in?

梅格：嗨，託德。我知道你經常旅行。你在哪些國家生活過？

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.

託德：我在三個國家生活過。我去過很多國家旅行。不過生活過的國家只有三個。我在英國住了一年，在泰國生活了四年。到目前爲止，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。你爲什麼在英國生活？

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.

託德：那是我大學畢業後去的第一個國家。我當時拿的是工作簽證，有效期一年。我在一家酒吧餐廳工作，那裏非常好。那家餐廳位於鄉村。我非常喜歡那裏。這份工作我做了六個月。那裏位於劍橋附近，我住在劍橋大學附近。然後我搬去了倫敦。我依然選擇在餐廳工作。後來我就在倫敦工作、生活。

Meg: Wow. So it was after college. How old were you?

梅格：哇哦。你是大學畢業以後去的。那時你多大？

Todd: I was 23 years old.

託德：23歲。

Meg: Oh, and living in London. That must have been fun.

梅格：哦，你生活在倫敦。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.

託德：的確很有趣。有意思的是，我去英國時，我不會說英音。所以我聽不懂英國人的話。我用了大概兩個月才聽懂英音。我剛到那裏時，很難聽懂英國人的話。

Meg: Ah, so you liked it.

梅格：你喜歡英國。

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.

託德：我喜歡英國。那裏的生活很有趣。英國是我去的第一個國家。不過，對我來說那裏有點冷。我來自美國加州，加州非常溫暖。我不喜歡英國的天氣。不過那也還好，因爲所有英國人都不喜歡英國的天氣。

Meg: Oh, really?

梅格：真的嗎？

Todd: Yeah. Everybody complains about the weather.

託德：對。所有人都在抱怨天氣。

Meg: So after England, did you move someplace warmer?

梅格：在英國之後，你有去更暖和的地方嗎？

Todd: I did. Right after England, I moved to Thailand. And I lived in Thailand for over four years.

託德：有。離開英國以後，我去了泰國。我在泰國生活了四年。

Meg: Wow. Why did you live in Thailand?

梅格：哇哦。你爲什麼在泰國生活？

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.

託德：我當時在四處旅行。到泰國時，我身上沒有錢了，我需要找份工作。而且我想繼續留在泰國，所以我成爲了英語老師。

Meg: Really?

梅格：真的嗎？

Todd: Yeah.

託德：對。

Meg: Did you teach English there for four years?

梅格：你在泰國教了四年英語？

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.

託德：對。我在泰國開始從事英語教學工作。後來我獲得了在泰國教授英語的教師證書，我很喜歡那份工作。泰國學生很有趣。泰國是一個很適合居住的地方，因爲那裏的天氣很不錯。泰國人很友好，而且食物也很美味。我認爲泰國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：我聽說泰國是個很漂亮的國家。是這樣嗎？

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.

託德：沒錯。泰國有很多美麗的島嶼，也有很多美麗的自然景觀和山區。泰國還有叢林和美麗的海灘。所以，泰國是適合居住的地方。

Meg: So you like Thailand, too.

梅格：你也喜歡泰國。

Todd: I did. Thailand was great. Yeah.

託德：對。泰國很不錯。

Meg: So England, Thailand, you said next was Japan?

梅格：英國和泰國之後，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.

託德：對，是日本。日本很不錯。我在日本當英語老師，我喜歡在日本教英語。和泰國一樣，日本的食物也很美味。日本人很不錯。風景也很漂亮。所以日本很好。

Meg: Are there fun things to do in Japan?

梅格：日本有什麼有趣的活動？

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.

託德：有。我最喜歡日本，因爲日本什麼都有。日本有許多美麗的自然風景。你可以去徒步旅行。還可以去美麗的海灘和島嶼。而且日本有許多不錯的城市。你可以去東京、大阪、福岡遊玩。當然，日本也有不錯的購物中心和餐廳。坐火車和公交車在日本旅行很方便。所以，非常不錯。

Meg: Oh, that sounds like the best of both worlds.

梅格：哦，聽上去真是最好的地方。

Todd: Yeah, it is. Definitely a good place to live.

託德：沒錯。所以，日本非常適合居住。

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