美語情景對話 第392期:Germany 德國

I am going to talk about the time I have spent in Germany and also in France. I did a degree in French and German and as part of my degree it was compulsory to spend one year abroad. I decided to go to Germany because my German was not as good as my French. When I got to Germany, I found that people were really hospitable. People often invited me out and they invited me to their houses and they would often take me out to different places and sometimes we would go to cafes and have coffee and cake.

我要談談我在德國和法國度過的時光。我在法國和德國都修了學位，我所修的學位要求我必須去海外上一年學。我決定去德國，因爲我的德語沒有法語說得那麼好。我到德國的時候，發現那裏的人們非常好客。人們經常邀請我一起外出，他們會邀請我去他們的家，他們也會帶我去不同的地方遊覽，有時我們會去咖啡廳享用咖啡和蛋糕。

Some of my German friends used to think that British people have coffee - sorry - have tea and cake and scones at 4 o'clock every day. I think that's really funny, because I don't know anybody in Britain who has tea and scones and cake at 4 o'clock every day.

我有一些德國朋友曾經認爲英國人喝咖啡，抱歉，是認爲英國人每天下午4點喝茶並享用英式鬆餅和蛋糕。我認爲這真的很好笑，因爲我都不知道英國有人會每天下午4點喝茶，並享用英式鬆餅和蛋糕。

One day when I was in Germany I went for a walk. I lived in a village and I went just for a wander about really and I found myself in France and I was really surprised because I didn't know I was living quite so close the border.

我在德國的時候，有一天我去散步。當時我住在鄉村，我只是在周圍閒逛，突然我發現自己竟然在法國，我當時非常驚訝，因爲我都不知道原來我住的地方離德法邊境那麼近。

And that year, really, I really fell in love with France and Germany. I love croissants and I've got some really good friends in France and I also have a pen friend. I think I also like the French weather because it seems to be so much warmer and sunnier than the weather in Britain, so I really like that too.

那一年，我真的愛上了法國和德國。我喜歡吃牛角包，我在法國結交了一些非常親密的朋友，同時我還交了個筆友。我想我喜歡法國的天氣，因爲那裏的天氣比英國的天氣溫暖又充滿陽光，我非常喜歡那種天氣。

重點講解：
1. go for a walk
散步；遛達；
eg. Shall we go for a walk after breakfast?
我們早飯後去散散步好嗎？
eg. I wish I could go for a walk, too, but so far the desire to spend the time at my desk has triumphed.
我希望能出去散步，但是想要花時間在書桌前的意願讓我作罷。
2. take sb. out
邀請…外出，帶…出去（吃飯、看電影等）；
eg. I suggest you take him out for a drink, and ask how he is finding things.
我建議你帶他出去喝一杯，問問他是怎麼回事。
eg. He hoped his big brother would take him out again.
他希望他的哥哥會再次帶他出去遊玩。
3. fall in love with
喜歡上；喜愛上；
eg. By from all accounts, san francisco is a city it's easy to fall in love with.
人人都說舊金山是一個很容易令人傾心的城市。
eg. For the reaction to the speech he gave in Blackpool was something rare in politics: his audience seemed to fall in love with him.
他在黑澤的演講所引起的反響，在政界是少見的。聽衆們看上去是被他吸引住了。