美語情景對話 第257期:Home 家
Jeff: I was born in the country and grew up in the country but now I live in the city, in Tokyo city, a very, very big city and I love the country but I also love the city. Each place has it's own good points, for example the country is quiet and relaxed and you're calm in the country and your head is clear, your mind is clear, and you listen to the birds and look at the clouds and watch the sunrise and it's very peaceful but in the city, it's, there is a lot of energy, there's a lot of people, and there's a lot of commotion, a lot of lights and a lot of action, so the quiet country side gives you energy, and makes you strong but the city and all the action, and all the sites and the sounds and the smells also gives you energy so I think they both have their good points.
傑夫：我出生在鄉村，成長在鄉村，不過現在我住在城市裏，我住在東京，這是一個非常大的城市，我非常喜歡鄉村生活，不過我也喜歡城市生活。每個地方都有優點，舉例來說，鄉村很安靜，可以放鬆身心，在鄉村你可以得到平靜，你的頭腦很清醒，頭腦清晰，你可以聽鳥鳴，看看雲彩，觀看日出，非常平和的生活，不過在城市裏的話，會有許多活力，城市裏有許多人，非常喧鬧，有許多燈光，許多活動，所以安靜的鄉村生活可以給你能量，使你變得更強，而城市裏的活動、各個地方、各種聲音、各種味道也會使你充滿能量，所以我認爲他們都有各自的優點。
重點講解：
1. grew up
長大；成長；
eg. Where did you grow up?
你是在哪兒長大的？
eg. Many young rock hounds grow up to be geologists.
許多愛好收集岩石的少年，長大後成了地質學家。
eg. When the children grow up, the parents grow old.
當孩子們長大時, 父母們便老了.
2. good points
優點；好的地方；
eg. I tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful.
我在強調自己的優點時儘量不讓人覺得是在自我吹噓。
eg. That fault of his is redeemed by his good points.
他那缺點可由他的優點彌補。
eg. We must develop our good points and overcome our shortcomings.
我們要發揚優點，克服缺點。
