美語情景對話 第262期:Going Home 回家

Adrienne: Hi, Doris. You look a little bit down. What's the matter?

埃德里安娜：嗨，多莉絲。你看起來情緒不太高啊。發生什麼事了？

Doris: Well, I'm leaving Japan and I'm going back to London, tomorrow.

多莉絲：嗯，我明天就要離開日本回倫敦去了。

Adrienne: Really!

埃德里安娜：真的嗎！

Doris: Yeah.

多莉絲：對。

Adrienne: How do you feel about that?

埃德里安娜：你對此感覺如何？

Doris: Well, I do feel a bit down because I am going to miss Japan after being here for 9 months, in Japan. I am going to miss it so much, cause I've had a great time here.

多莉絲：嗯，我的確有些心情低落，因爲我在日本生活了9個月的時間，我會想念這裏的。我會非常想念日本的，因爲我在這裏度過了非常愉快的時光。

Adrienne: Mm, so what are you going to miss about Japan?

埃德里安娜：嗯，那你會想念日本的什麼呢？

Doris: Oh, I am going to miss the people, the food, the night life. Especially the nightlife.

多莉絲：嗯，我會想念這裏的人，食物，夜生活。尤其是夜生活。

Adrienne: What especially about the night life are you going to miss?

埃德里安娜：你會想念夜生活的哪方面呢？

Doris: Well, I really like dancing. And I enjoy going out to night clubs and to restaurants and eating Japanese food also and I'm really going to miss that because it's very different to London.

多莉絲：嗯，我非常喜歡跳舞。我很喜歡去夜店玩，也喜歡去餐廳吃日本菜，我會非常想念這些的，因爲這些都與倫敦的生活不同。

Adrienne: How are the clubs different in Japan than in London?

埃德里安娜：日本的俱樂部與倫敦的有什麼不同？

Doris: Well, here there are many different clubs you can get into, for free, you don't have to pay, some of them. In London it's really expensive for drinks and an entry fee.

多莉絲：嗯，在日本你可以去許多不同的俱樂部，一些俱樂部是免費的，不用付錢。可是倫敦俱樂部的飲料和入場費非常昂貴。

Adrienne: Always?

埃德里安娜：一直這樣嗎？

Doris: Yeah.

多莉絲：是的。

Adrienne: Ah, that is different.

埃德里安娜：哦，那的確很不同。

Doris: But they do have the same pubs, but if you wanted to go to a nightclub for example it would cost quite a lot of money.

多莉絲：不過酒吧是相同的，舉例來說，去夜店會花費很多錢。

Adrienne: And how do the prices of food and drinks compare?

埃德里安娜：那食物和飲料的價格對比呢？

Doris: Ah, well, I'd say in Japan drinks are cheaper than in London.

多莉絲：嗯，我得說日本的飲料比倫敦的便宜。

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重點講解：
1. go out
外出交際；外出娛樂；
eg. I'm going out tonight.
我今晚要出去玩。
eg. It will be a marvellous occasion and they should go out and enjoy it.
這是個好時機，他們應該出去痛快地玩一玩。
2. for free
義務地；無償地；免費地；
eg. I wasn't expecting you to do it for free.
我並沒有指望你白乾。
eg. Why waste £50 when you could get it for free?
能夠免費得到爲什麼還要浪費50英鎊呢？
3. for example
例如；比如；
eg. Many great men have risen from poverty---Lincoln, for example.
許多偉人從貧困中崛起，例如林肯。
eg. There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example.
空氣污染有許多來源，例如廢氣。