美语情景对话 第1315期:What is Europe's best country to live in? 哪个欧洲国家最适合居住?

Goron: Hi, my name is Goron and I'm from Italy.

高伦：嗨，我是高伦，来自意大利。

Michael: My name is Michael and I'm from Norway.

米歇尔：我是米歇尔，来自挪威。

Goron: I have a question for you, what is Europe's best country to live, what do you think?

高伦：我想问你个问题，你认为哪个欧洲国家最适合居住？

Michael: I love getting that question because if you follow what the United Nation says there's one thing saying that Denmark is the best place to live and another thing saying that Norway is the best place to live. And I would just like to clarify. It's you can't really decide which country is the best to live and it's really depending on the person himself, like there are good things about Norway and there's bad things about Norway. For instance, Norway is really cold during the winter and even though you have a lot of money most likely, you will spend that money to travel to warm places. So, and then you have in all south Europe where you have warm temperature most of the time. Of course, you get winters too but I would say that because it's warmer and people are more outgoing and they're more social and I think that, you know, that part can be very important to some people and I wouldn't say Norway is the best country to live in in Europe. On a contrary, I would say that it's impossible to answer that question.

米歇尔：我喜欢回答这个问题，按联合国的说法来看，其中一个最适合居住的国家是丹麦，另一个是挪威。我想明确说明一下，无法决定哪个国家是最适合居住的国家，而且这要取决于每个人的情况，挪威有优点也有缺点。比如，挪威的冬天非常冷，即使你可能很有钱，你也会把那些钱花在去温暖的地方过冬上。南欧大多数时间都很温暖。当然，南欧也有冬天，不过那里更温暖，而且南欧人更开朗外向，更爱交际，有些人认为这很重要，我不会说挪威是最适合居住的国家。相反，我会说这是无法回答的问题。

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重点讲解：
1. depend on 取决(于)；有赖(于)；
例句：And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris.
而她的下一次晋升就取决于她在巴黎的工作表现。
2. for instance 例如；譬如；
例句：This might be the condition of an internal error, for instance.
例如，可能出现了内部错误。
3. even though 即使；尽管；纵然；
例句：Even though he said he was not frightened at all, the nervous look on his face told on him.
即使他说他一点也不害怕，可是他脸上紧张的表情泄了他的底。