美語情景對話 第426期:Portugal 葡萄牙

Ah, last year, I went to Portugal just after Christmas. And I stayed there until… well, just after new years this year. Ah in Portugal, I met up with one of my friends from Toronto. He had family that lived in Portugal, because his family was originally from Portugal. So, they were kind enough to let me stay with them. I didn't know any Portuguese, except for some simple words like "hello", and "thank you". I learned some simple words through an audio CD, before I went there. And the people that I stayed with didn't know very much English either. However, we got along surprisingly well. They were surprised that I was able to eat some of their exotic foods. They made some delicious meals every single day, like octopus, tripe and rabbit. It is quite exotic, but I thought it was quite good. They also made some excellent desserts, like crème caramel, and a rich sponge cake that they call Paon d'lo.
去年我在聖誕節之後去了葡萄牙，我在那裏度過了今年的新年後回了國。我在葡萄牙見了我在多倫多的一個朋友。他有家人住在葡萄牙，因爲他的家人在葡萄牙土生土長。他們很友好，讓我和他們住在了一起。當時我根本不會說葡萄牙語，除了像“你好”、“謝謝你”這樣簡單的詞。我在去那裏之前通過音頻光盤學了一些簡單的單詞。和我住在一起的那些人也不太會說英語。但是令人驚訝地是，我們相處得非常好。他們對我可以吃他們做的奇特食物感到很驚訝。他們每天都會做美味的飯菜，比如他們會做章魚、百葉和兔肉。那真是很奇特，不過我覺得那很好吃。他們也會做美味的甜點，比如焦糖蛋奶還有他們稱爲Paon d'lo的海綿蛋糕。

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重點講解：
1. meet up
（約定在某處）相會，碰頭；
eg. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
我們往往每週共進一次午餐。
eg. My intention was to have a holiday and meet up with old friends.
我原本打算度個假，跟老朋友們見見面。
2. except for
除了；除…之外；唯有；
eg. You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
整座宮殿除內殿外均可參觀。
eg. Everyone knew each other well, except for the new guy Jason, who was the joker in the pack.
除了那個新來的傢伙賈森, 大家彼此都很瞭解, 只有他讓人捉摸不透。
3. get along
（與…）和睦相處；
eg. He made an effort to get along well with his classmates.
他努力和同學們友好相處。
eg. Ability to get along with people is an asset in business.
在商業界善跟別人相處是可貴的優點。