美語情景對話 第563期:Soul mates 心靈伴侶

Todd: So, Lucinda, I met your boyfriend, Kwame, he's a nice guy.

託德：露辛達，我遇到你男朋友誇梅了，他人不錯。

Lucinda: Yeah, he is.

露辛達：對，他是很好。

Todd: How long have you two been going out?

託德：你們交往多長時間了？

Lucinda: Oh, gosh, I think around about two years, two, or two and a half years.

露辛達：我想大概兩年了吧，兩年半左右。

Todd: Wow, that's a pretty long relationship.

託德：哇，那你們交往很長一段時間了。

Lucinda: Yeah, it is.

露辛達：對，沒錯。

Todd: So how did you meet?

託德：你們是怎麼認識的？

Lucinda: We met through the school. I can't actually remember the first day we met because being students we kind of meet people and stuff like that but we spent some time together at a party and a friend's birthday party.

露辛達：我們是在學校認識的。我不太記得我們認識那天的情況了，一般學生都會以這種方式認識朋友，我們是在一個朋友的生日派對上認識的。

Todd: Oh, OK, now you come from two completely different cultures.

託德：哦，好，你們來自兩個完全不同的文化。

Lucinda: Yeah we do.

露辛達：是的。

Todd: Can you talk a little about that?

託德：你能談談這點嗎？

Lucinda: Well, Kwame's from Ghana and I'm from New Zealand. Ghana is in West Africa, and, gosh, they're very different. I've never been to Ghana but Kwame came to New Zealand and we basically come from one of the two most different cultures you can probably imagine, but being in Japan, I think, when we met in Japan and we were in the same culture so it's not like he was visiting New Zealand or I was visiting Ghana because there was not real culture shock or we've kind of assimilated to each other's cultures very much so in our own relationship we're pretty much no cultural problems or anything like that, (right) yeah.

露辛達：誇梅來自加納，我來自新西蘭。加納是西非國家，這是兩個非常不同的國家。我從沒去過加納，不過誇梅來過新西蘭，你可以想象，我們來自兩個差別最大的文化，不過我們是在日本認識的，所以我們是在同樣的文化背景中認識的，這與他去新西蘭或我去加納不同，因爲實際上我們沒有遇到真正的文化衝擊，我們幾乎被對方的文化同化了，所以我們的關係中不存在太多的文化問題。

Todd: Yeah, I think it's easier cause you're in a neutral culture.

託德：好，因爲你處在中性文化中，所以要相對容易些。

Lucinda: Yeah, Yeah.

露辛達：對，是的。

Todd: Well, what are some things that you have in common?

託德：你們有什麼共同點嗎？

Lucinda: Ah, things we have in common? We both like watching TV. Kwame likes watching TV a bit more than I do. We both like basketball and soccer. But Kwame's very passionate about that and I can watch for ten minutes.

露辛達：嗯，我們的共同點？我們都喜歡看電視。誇梅比我更喜歡看電視。我們喜歡看籃球比賽和足球比賽。不過誇梅非常熱愛看比賽，不過我只能看10分鐘。

Todd: So, do you watch the NBA?

託德：你們會看NBA比賽嗎？

Lucinda: Ah, NBA, yes, yes.

露辛達：NBA，會看。

Todd: Do you both support the same team?

託德：你們支持的是同一個隊嗎？

Lucinda: I support players. (Oh, I see) I'm not really a team person but, but Kwame supports teams but I'm very passionate about the players because we also play this Playstation game. NBA LIVE! and any player that's on the Playstation game, I kind of have this bond with and I get really mad someone else takes the ball from him or something. I get passionate that way but Kwame does like his certain teams.

露辛達：我有支持的球員。（哦，我明白了）我並沒有特別喜歡的球隊，不過誇梅有支持的球隊，而我很喜歡NBA球員，因爲我們都在Playstation遊戲機上玩《NBA LIVE!》這個遊戲。我會將遊戲中的球員進行聯繫，如果有人從那個球員手中搶走了球之類的我會非常生氣。我喜歡的是這種，不過誇梅確實有喜歡的球隊。

Todd: OK, well, how about, what do you guys, what's different about you? Like do you have different personalities or anything like that?

託德：好，那你們有什麼不同點？比如你們性格上或其他方面有沒有不同點？

Lucinda: Yeah, we have very different, I think we have the exact opposite for personalities. Kwame is very quiet and he's very reserved in his opinions for certain things. He won't say whether he really likes something or if he dislikes something, whereas I'm very opinionated and I like to have my say over everything so I talk a lot and I, even if it's on what type of soap we use, I have a very strong opinion on what it should be and, yeah.

露辛達：有，我們非常不同，我認爲我們的個性完全相反。誇梅是個非常安靜的人，對特定的事情他會保留意見。他不會說他是喜歡還是不喜歡這件事，而我則非常固執，我會對所有事情發表看法，所以我會說很多話，即使是要用哪種香皂這樣的小事，我也會有強烈的意見。

Todd: Yeah, well, he's a great guy, so. You guys make a cute couple.

託德：好，他人很好。你們倆真是可愛的一對。

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重點講解：
1. in common （興趣或經歷）共同的，相同的；
例句：Their marriage was a mismatch they had little in common.
他們的婚姻不般配，兩人幾乎無共同之處。
2. be passionate about 熱情的；狂熱的；
例句：If you are passionate about what you do, and stick with it, you can't help but be successful.
如果你熱衷你所作的事情並且能夠持之以恆，那麼你一定能夠成功。
3. whether or （表示選擇或懷疑）是否，是不是；
例句：I'm not sure whether to resign or stay on.
我拿不準主意是辭職還是留任。
4. have one's say 發表意見；闡述觀點；
例句：The Football Association have had their say.
足協已經發表了意見。
5. even if 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：I will not give up even if there is only a gleam of hope.
哪怕只有一線希望我也不會放棄。