美語情景對話 第842期:Ex Pats 外國人

Doron: So, we are both expats. We both left our home countries. Are you going to go back, do you think? And live in Jamaica?

多倫：我們兩個都是外國人。我們都離開了自己的國家。你認爲你會回牙買加生活嗎？

Pernais: I will. I will, eventually. I think Jamaica is the only place that I could actually settle down in. It's the only place that I would really consider home, because so much of who I am is dependent on my culture.

波納斯：我會的，最後我會回去的。我認爲牙買加是唯一能讓我安居的地方。也是唯一我能稱作家的地方，因爲我依賴我的文化。

Doron: Your roots.

多倫：那裏是你的根。

Pernais: Yes.

波納斯：對。

Doron: Do you have a lot of family back home?

多倫：你的家人還在牙買加嗎？

Pernais: I do. I do. Yeah, that's the biggest part of home for me, my family.

波納斯：對，沒錯。我的家人對我非常重要。

Doron: So when you say you will go back, when are you thinking? Like soon or in 20 years when you finish looking around the world?

多倫：你剛纔說你會回去，那你想什麼時候回去？是馬上就回去，還是在你遊覽過世界後，20年以後再回去？

Pernais: That's it. I want to see the world first, but I need to be home at least once a year to keep that connection with my family and with my culture really.

波納斯：對。我想先去看看這個世界，不過我至少一年要回一次家，和家人聯繫，迴歸我的文化。

Doron: Hooray for air travel, right? You can always slip back. I'm the opposite, I think the one place I couldn't settle down now is probably England.

多倫：空中旅行萬歲，對吧？你能經常回去。我和你相反，我最不可能安頓的地方就是英國。

Pernais: Really?

波納斯：真的嗎？

Doron: I'm the same as you, I think I have to see the world, but I think the world is just too big to ever settle in one place. One of my goals — I like to set myself targets — and one of them is to see every country in the world. And I thought I'd been to quite a lot but I counted a few weeks ago. I've only been to 30 and there's at least 6 or 7 times that many, so it's going to take me awhile.

多倫：我和你的看法一樣，我也要先去世界各地看看，不過我認爲這個世界太大了，我不能在任何一個地方安居。我喜歡爲自己設定目標，我其中一個目標是去世界上所有國家看看。我以爲我已經去過很多國家了，不過幾周前我數了一下，我現在只去了30個國家，而且至少用了六七次時間，所以我要完成目標需要很長時間。

Pernais: Hopefully, you'll get it all done.

波納斯：希望你能實現你的目標。

Doron: Yeah, I do have family at home of course in England and I miss them and I see them every couple of years but I think I've got travel in my genes 'cause my mom left home when she was 17, my dad has moved all around the world, my brother now lives in America (he was born there), so I think our family just loves to travel. How about your family, are they all back in Jamaica?

多倫：嗯，我也有家人還生活在英國，我很想他們，我每隔幾年會見他們一次，不過我認爲我的苦思決定我要四處去旅行，我媽媽在17歲時離開了家，我爸爸往返於世界各地，我哥哥現在生活在美國，他是在美國出生的，所以我認爲我們家人喜歡四處旅行。你的家人呢，他們都在牙買加嗎？

Pernais: Not all of them. Actually a lot of my relatives live outside of Jamaica and it's always good to go home for Christmas because everybody comes back home and it's just like this really nice family atmosphere.

波納斯：不是所有人都在牙買加。我有很多親戚都在外國生活，回家過聖誕節感覺很好，因爲那時所有人都會回家，會有很棒的家庭氛圍。

Doron: Where do they all live now?

多倫：他們現在住在哪裏？

Pernais: Mostly in America and Canada.

波納斯：大多數人住在美國和加拿大。

Doron: Have you been to visit them?

多倫：你有去看望過他們嗎？

Pernais: I've visited a few of my cousins in the States in Florida and New York, but I haven't been to Canada. I've been to Quebec but not to visit family.

波納斯：我去美國的佛羅里達州和紐約看過我的表兄弟，不過我沒去過加拿大。我去過魁北克，不過不是去看親戚。

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重點講解：
1. settle down (尤指結婚或買房後)定居，安頓下來；
例句：They have settled down on a farm.
他們已經在一個農場裏定居下來。
2. be dependent on 依靠的；依賴的；
例句：The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction.
當地經濟過於依賴石油和天然氣的開採。
3. the same as 和…相似；跟…一樣；
例句：She wears the clothes which are the same as mine.
她穿着和我一樣的衣服。
4. how about …怎麼樣；
例句：Are your products and services competitive? How about marketing?
你們的產品和服務有競爭力嗎？營銷又怎麼樣呢？