美語情景對話 第1132期:Meg's Travels 梅格的旅行

Todd: Hey, Meg. We are talking about traveling and visiting other countries. What countries have you traveled to?

託德：嗨，梅格。我們來談談去其他國家旅行。你去過哪些國家？

Meg: I've been to quite a few different countries. For example, Spain, Belize and Indonesia.

梅格：我去過很多國家。比如西班牙、伯利茲和印度尼西來。

Todd: Wow, three different continents.

託德：哇哦，這三個國家在三個不同的大洲。

Meg: Yeah, pretty far apart.

梅格：對，相隔很遠。

Todd: Wow, that's cool. So Spain, that must be a really nice country. What did you think of Spain?

託德：哇哦，那真酷。西班牙肯定是個美麗的國家。你認爲西班牙怎麼樣？

Meg: Spain is really beautiful. There's a lot of beautiful nature and also some nice cities. While I was there, I lived in a small city called Caceres.

梅格：西班牙真的很美。那裏有很多美麗的自然風景，城市也很美。我在那裏旅行時住在名爲卡塞雷斯的小城市。

Todd: Oh nice. Are the people really friendly in Spain?

託德：哦，不錯。西班牙人友好嗎？

Meg: Yes. Actually, the people are very friendly and very helpful, especially if you're lost.

梅格：友好。實際上，西班牙人既友好又樂於助人，尤其是在你迷路時，他們非常樂意幫忙。

Todd: Oh, that's great. I hear Spanish food is really, really good.

託德：哦，那太好了。我聽說西班牙食物非常非常美味。

Meg: Spanish food is delicious. I lived with a Spanish family and my Spanish mom cooked delicious meals every day for lunch. In Spain, seafood is really popular. So I ate a lot of fish and shrimp.

梅格：西班牙食物的確很美味。我當時和一個西班牙家庭住在一起，那家的女主人每天中午都會烹飪美味的飯菜。西班牙人非常喜歡海鮮。所以我吃了很多魚和蝦。

Todd: Oh, I love fish and shrimp.

託德：哦，我喜歡魚蝦。

Meg: Me too.

梅格：我也喜歡。

Todd: Now, Spain is really warm, right?

託德：西班牙很暖和，對吧？

Meg: Yes. Spain was very hot while I was there during the summer.

梅格：對。我是夏天去的西班牙，當時非常炎熱。

Todd: Oh yeah? How hot? How hot does it get?

託德：是嗎？有多熱？西班牙夏天有多熱？

Meg: It got up past 40 Degrees Celsius during the summer.

梅格：夏天的溫度超過40攝氏度。

Todd: Wow.

託德：哇哦。

Meg: Yeah. It was pretty hot.

梅格：對。非常炎熱。

Todd: Does it rain?

託德：夏天會下雨嗎？

Meg: It does rain. But when I was there in the summer, it didn't rain very often.

梅格：會下雨。不過我在那裏的那個夏天，雨水並不多。

Todd: So what about Belize? Belize is a really small country.

託德：那伯利茲呢？伯利茲是一個非常小的國家。

Meg: Belize is very small, but it's also hot similar to Spain in the summer.

梅格：伯利茲的確非常小，而且夏天也很熱，和西班牙差不多。

Todd: Why did you go to Belize?

託德：你爲什麼去伯利茲旅行？

Meg: I went to Belize on a study trip for school, and I stayed there for about two weeks.

梅格：我隨學校去伯利茲進行遊學考察，我在那裏待了兩週的時間。

Todd: Okay. Now, does Belize have good food?

託德：好。伯利茲有美食嗎？

Meg: Belize also has good food. There was a family that cooked for us and we had a lot of delicious almost Mexican type food.

梅格：伯利茲也有美食。有一家人負責我們的飲食，我們享用了很多美味的墨西哥式美食。

Todd: Oh really? So for example, what do you eat? Like, what do people eat in Belize?

託德：真的嗎？你都吃了哪些美食？伯利茲人一般都吃什麼？

Meg: People eat – it's kind of like a taco but flat with a tortilla, and some meat and vegetables on top and some spices that make it really delicious.

梅格：伯利茲有一種像墨西哥煎玉米粉卷的食物，在墨西哥薄餡餅上放肉類、蔬菜和調料，非常好吃。

Todd: So the last country is Indonesia. When did you go to Indonesia?

託德：最後一個國家是印度尼西亞。你什麼時候去的印尼？

Meg: I actually went to Indonesia just last year.

梅格：我去年去的印尼。

Todd: Oh wow. How long did you stay?

託德：哇哦。你在那裏玩了多長時間？

Meg: I only stayed there for about a week.

梅格：我只玩了一週左右。

Todd: Oh yeah? Oh, short trip.

託德：是嗎？短途旅行。

Meg: Yeah, it was a short trip, but I was just visiting some friends there.

梅格：對，是短途旅行，我是去那裏看望朋友的。

Todd: Where did you go?

託德：你去了哪裏？

Meg: I went to Jakarta and Bali.

梅格：我去了雅加達和巴厘島。

Todd: Oh, okay. So I hear Bali has really beautiful beaches. Is it true?

託德：好。我聽說巴厘島有非常漂亮的海灘。是真的嗎？

Meg: Yeah, it's true. There are a lot of famous and beautiful beaches in Bali.

梅格：沒錯。巴厘島有很多著名的美麗海灘。

Todd: Oh, did you surf in Bali?

託德：哦，你在巴厘島衝浪了嗎？

Meg: I've never surfed before. Usually, when I went to the beach, I just wanted to put my feet in the water.

梅格：我從來沒有衝過浪。通常我去海灘只想把腳放在海水裏。

Todd: Oh yeah. Now, Bali also has very famous scenery on the inside like the rice fields. Did you see the rice fields of Bali?

託德：哦。巴厘島內陸以稻田而聞名。你有去欣賞稻田美景嗎？

Meg: No, I didn't see the rice fields. But I did go to some famous historical spots.

梅格：沒有，我沒有去稻田。不過我去了一些著名的歷史景點。

Todd: So of the three countries – Spain, Belize and Indonesia – what country was your favorite?

託德：西班牙、伯利茲和印尼，這三個國家你最喜歡哪裏？

Meg: Maybe Spain was my favorite because I love learning language and it was really nice to stay with my Spanish family.

梅格：應該是西班牙吧，因爲我喜歡學習語言，而且和西班牙家庭一起生活很美好。

Todd: Yeah. I could see that. I really want to go to Spain, and I hope to go soon.

託德：好。我可以理解。我也想去西班牙，希望不久後能實現。

Meg: I hope you can go too. It's beautiful.

梅格：我也希望你能去。那裏真的很美。

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重點講解：
1. quite a few 相當多；不少；
例句：We haven't seen each other for quite a few days.
咱們有日子沒見面了。
2. think of 想；認爲；
例句：What do you think of modern art?
你對現代藝術有何看法？
3. be similar to 相像的；相仿的；類似的；
例句：The hardness of ice is similar to that of concrete.
冰的硬度和混凝土相仿。