美語情景對話 第15期:室友 Roommates
Todd: So, JJ, I hear you.#39;ve got a good living arrangement.
JJ，我聽說你住的公寓很棒。JJ: I love it, and of course, you know, like any person, I was a little bit leery of living with roommates but at the same time I thought living in a foreign country I didn't want to isolate myself completely, especially since I don't speak the language and I first met Jessica at the airport and when we were close to tears from laughing so hard on the train ride from the airport to Matsudo Station realized this is going to be a good living arrangement, and we got here and the Brits had taken one half of the apartment and so we Americans moved into the other half and have gotten along brilliantly, even the little squabbles that tend to come up seem to be solved fairly quickly, maturely and I love it. This is the best living arrangement I've ever had. At the same time I think it's kind of something that's, that can be expected when you come to teach abroad. It takes a certain kind of person to decide to leave everything familiar behind and meet new people, have new experiences. You're not taping any of this are you.
我很喜歡它，就像其他人一樣，和室友住在一起讓我有點兒敏感，但我想到住在異國他鄉，我不想完全被孤立，特別是我的語言不通。當我第一次在機場見到傑西卡的時候，我們先是笑接着又哭得很厲害，我們從機場出來乘火車到了 鬆戶站，我意識到這兒是個好地方，我們到的時候英國人已經佔用了公寓的一半，所以我們兩個美國人只能搬進公寓的另一半住，我們很快產生了小的口角，但很快公正地解決了，我真的很喜歡這棟公寓。這是我住過得最好的公寓。同時，我認爲出國教書正是我所期待的。它需要一個人堅定地做出決定，離開一切熟悉的人和事，認識新的朋友，體驗新的生活。你沒在錄音吧。Todd: No, I am actually. Thank a lot, JJ.
我在錄音，謝謝你，JJ。
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