美語情景對話 第768期:Palm Spots 熱帶城市

Mari: This week's theme is comparing cities. Mike, you've lived in both Florida and Hawaii, and both of these places, people go there on vacation, so can you compare the weather?

馬裏：本週的談話主題是城市對比。邁克，你在佛羅里達和夏威夷生活過，人們很喜歡去這兩個地方度假，你能比較一下這兩個地方的天氣情況嗎？

Mike: Well, actually both places are warm most of the year. Well, actually Hawaii is warm all year. But I would say that Hawaii's weather is probably better than Florida because the weather in Hawaii is not as extreme as it is in Florida and... so where as the temperatures in Florida would range from fifty degree to ninety degrees, in Hawaii it would stay between seventy-five and eighty-five degrees most of the year.

邁克：好，其實這兩個地方在一年中大部分時間都很溫暖。準確地說，夏威夷一年到頭都很溫暖。我認爲夏威夷的天氣好於佛羅里達，因爲夏威夷沒有像佛羅里達那樣的極端天氣，佛羅里達的氣溫在55華氏度至90華氏度之間，而夏威夷大部分時間的氣溫在75華氏度至85華氏度之間。

Mari: Wow. That's really nice weather. How about the food?

馬裏：哇。那真是很好的天氣狀況。食物呢？

Mike: Well the food, in both places are really good but it's quite different. Both places of course you can get good American food, like burgers and that type of thing, but in Florida you get a lot of foods such as Cuban food or Jamaican food which is really good that you can't get in Hawaii, but in Hawaii there's a lot of Asian influence so you can get really good Japanese food or Thai food, but also traditional Polynesian food as well.

邁克：兩個地方的食物都很美味，不過有很大不同。在這兩個地方都能吃到漢堡之類的美國美食，佛羅里達有很多在夏威夷吃不到的古巴美食和牙買加美食，而夏威夷因爲受亞洲影響，有很多日本美食和泰國美食，當然也有傳統的波利尼西亞美食。

Mari: Wow. Sounds yummy. How about the shopping?

馬裏：哇。聽上去都很好吃。購物呢？

Mike: Well, the shopping varies between both places. Florida is a lot cheaper than Hawaii. Food shopping as well as clothing and that sort of thing. I guess in Hawaii everything has to be shipped over so it's a little bit more expensive.

邁克：這兩個地方的購物情況有所不同。佛羅里達的物價比夏威夷便宜很多。食品價格和衣服價格都便宜很多。我想可能是因爲夏威夷的物品要用船運過去，所以價格會貴一些。

Mari: I didn't know that. How about the night life?

馬裏：這點我不知道。那夜生活呢？

Mike: The night life in both places are really good. Hawaii has a lot of clubs if you like that type of thing and Florida of course has a lot of clubs if you like that type of thing, but there's also good bars or just movies and shows in both places.

邁克：兩個地方的夜生活都很豐富。夏威夷有很多俱樂部，如果你喜歡俱樂部那夏威夷是個好去處，當然佛羅里達也有很多俱樂部，另外這兩個地方都有很棒的酒吧、電影院和劇院。

Mari: If you could live in one place, where would you live?

馬裏：如果讓你在這兩個地方里選一個地方生活，你會選擇哪裏？

Mike: I would choose to live in Hawaii. Well, I'm from Hawaii so I have a bias towards it, but I think Hawaii would be better between the two places for me.

邁克：我會選擇在夏威夷生活。我來自夏威夷，所以我肯定更偏愛夏威夷一些，另外我認爲就這兩個地方來說，夏威夷更適合我。

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重點講解：
1. on vacation 度假；休假；
例句：We wenton vacationto Puerto Rico.
我們去了波多黎各度假。
2. how about （用於引出相關的新話題）怎麼樣，如何；
例句：How aboutMary? How long has she lived there?
瑪麗怎麼樣？她在那兒住多久了？
3. such as （用於舉例）例如，像，諸如；
例句：Some freshwater fishsuch aspike can withstand levels of acidity.
一些諸如梭魚等淡水魚可以抵禦相當程度的酸性。
4. as well 也；還；
例句：She had a great deal of knowledge about Earth studies,as well.
她對地球科學的瞭解也不少。
5. as well as 除…之外；也；還；
例句：It took great imaginationas well aspatience for her to teach the deaf-blind children to speak.
她用非凡的想像力和耐心教盲聾兒童說話。