美語情景對話 第284期:Japan 日本
Todd: Hello, what is your name?
託德：你好，你叫什麼名字？Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi Fukuda.
仁志：我叫福田仁志。Todd: Hitoshi
託德：仁志。
Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志：嗯。Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?
託德：抱歉，你的姓是什麼？Hitoshi: Fukuda.
仁志：福田。Todd: Fukuda.
託德：福田。Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志：嗯。Todd: And where are you from?
託德：你來自哪裏？Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.
仁志：嗯，我在一個叫做宇都宮的城市出生。Todd: Uh-huh.
託德：啊哈。Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.
仁志：位於東京北邊。Todd: Oh, nice.
託德：嗯，很好。Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.
仁志：不過我十歲的時候搬到浦和市去了，那裏位於埼玉縣。Todd: OK.
託德：好。Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.
仁志：自那以後我一直在那座城市生活。Todd: OK. me about your country. Tell me about Japan.
託德：好。嗯，跟我說說你的祖國吧。跟我說說日本的情況。Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.
仁志：日本？嗯，這是一個非常擁擠的國家，有許多人。而且你可能聽說過，領土面積很小。實際上比加州還小。Todd: Wow. Wow.
託德：哇。哇。Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.
仁志：還有，日本國土的三分之二被森林覆蓋。Todd: 's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?
託德：這很好。我喜歡森林。我喜歡森林。日本有多少人口？Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.
仁志：大約1.2億人。Todd: Wow.
託德：哇！Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.
仁志：對。大概1.25億吧。是美國人口的一半。Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?
託德：那首都是哪裏？Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.
仁志：東京。Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?
託德：東京。日本領導人是誰？Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.
仁志：小泉。Todd: Koizumi.
託德：小泉。Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.
仁志：是首相。對。
重點講解：
1. ever since
自從；打…以後一直；
eg. He's been there ever since you left!
自從你離開後他就一直在那裏！
eg. Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
自從去年我們搬家，我就一直非常擔心能否做好這份新工作。
2. in terms of
在…方面；從…角度看；根據…來說；
eg. It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.
今年的電影無論從數量上還是質量上都說不上好。
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科學的字眼來表達它是很困難的。
3. know of
聽說過；略有耳聞；
eg. We know of the incident but have no further details.
我們聽說過這件事，但對詳情不是很清楚。
eg. I know of the man, but I've never spoken to him.
我知道這個人，不過從來沒有和他說過話。
