美語情景對話 第762期:Island Home 島上的家

Todd: So, Ivan, can I ask you about Indonesia?

託德：伊凡，我能問你些有關印尼的問題嗎？

Ivan: Yes, sure.

伊凡：當然可以。

Todd: Now, Indonesia has many islands.

託德：印尼有許多島嶼。

Ivan: Yes.

伊凡：對。

Todd: So, what island is your favorite in Indonesia?

託德：你最喜歡的印尼島嶼是哪裏？

Ivan: Well, I think maybe most Indonesians will say that it's Bali, but as for myself I think that, yeah I think the most favorite one is the island where I was born, Bangka Island because, I don't know, it's just that it is a nice feeling if you've been to the place where you were born and then you just get the feeling that… you, I mean like, you get to know the real you.

伊凡：大部分印尼人會說是巴厘島，不過我自己最喜歡的島嶼是我出生的邦加島，我無法描述，就是那種很棒的感覺，如果你去到你出生的那個島嶼，你會了解真實的自己。

Todd: Right.

託德：好。

Ivan: Yeah, and that's the most important thing that I have. And recently I went there after, like, 15 years and then, really, I felt that kind of thing. I felt that this is my roots of myself and even though I stayed in Jakarta for the past 12 years or so but really being there is really my home.

伊凡：那是我擁有的最重要的東西。不久前，在時隔15年之後我回到了我出生的那座島嶼，我體會到了那種感覺。我感覺到我的根在這裏，雖然我在雅加達生活了12年，但我感覺那座島纔是我的家。

Todd: Ah, you went home for the first time in 15 years?

託德：你時隔15年後第一次回到那裏？

Ivan: Yes, that's true. The last time I went there was like, well it's not 15 years, but actually the last time I went there's like in'95 so it's like 12 years.

伊凡：對，沒錯。可能沒有15年那麼久，我上次是95年回去的，所以是12年以前。

Todd: That's a long time ago.

託德：那是很長時間了。

Ivan: Yeah, it's a really long time ago. But you know what, I have a driver over there and then when I went there in the last holiday I came to see him. And it's just so nice to see… well, he's getting older of course, he's really old like 70 years or so but he still remembers me and how do I behave when I was a child and all. Like, I was hard to eat something and he had to take me around to make me finish my food. He still remembers the small things and it's really giving me, like, a recall to my past and get to know who I am, who I was when I was small, so it's really...

伊凡：對，很長時間以前。之前我家裏的一名司機現在還生活在那裏，我上次回去的時候去看了他。見到他真的特別好，他老了，大概有70歲，不過他仍然記得我小時候的事情。我小時候不好好吃飯，他會帶我去轉轉，讓我吃飯。他仍然記得那些小事，這讓我回想起我過去的生活，也讓我瞭解了我自己還有我小時候的樣子，所以真的很好……

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重點講解：
1. as for 至於…；
例句：Andas forus, we are fortunate.
可對我們來說，我們是幸運的。
2. get to do sth. 得以做；有機會做；
例句：Only those who learn how to live canget toknow themselves and life.
只有知道如何生活的人們，纔會開始認識自己和人生。
3. even though 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：I can understand your point of vieweven thoughI disagree with it.
即使我不同意你的觀點但我能諒解。
4. or so …左右；…上下；
例句：The book will be published in two weeksor so.
這本書大約兩週後出版。