美语情景对话 第715期:Traveling with Family 和家人一起旅行

Todd: So, Jeyong, you were telling me that you like to travel.

托德：在英，你说过你很喜欢旅行。

Jeyong: Yes, very much.

在英：对，非常喜欢。

Todd: Now, this is interesting. Who do you normally travel with?

托德：这很有意思。一般你都和谁一起旅行？

Jeyong: You would be kind of surprised to hear this, but then, I normally travel with my dad.

在英：你听到我的答案会有点吃惊的，我通常都和我爸爸一起旅行。

Todd: Wow. That's so cool. Why is that?

托德：哇。太酷了。为什么呢？

Jeyong: That will be first of all because my dad goes on a business trip very often and I ask him if I can follow him most of the time and he would say yes, and I would just have time with him on his business trip and traveling around.

在英：首先，因为我爸爸经常出差，我问他出差期间我能不能大部分时间都跟着他，他说可以，所以我就可以跟他去出差，顺便四处旅行。

Todd: That's really cool. What kind of business does your father do?

托德：这真的太酷了。你父亲是做什么生意的？

Jeyong: He's in apparel.

在英：他做服装生意。

Todd: Apparel.

托德：服装。

Jeyong: Export.

在英：服装出口。

Todd: Oh, really.

托德：哦，真的吗？

Jeyong: Yes.

在英：对。

Todd: So does he teach you the secrets about business?

托德：那他有没有教你做生意的秘诀？

Jeyong: Not that much about business, but then traveling around he teaches me about differences between all the cultures of countries.

在英：并没有教我太多，不过我跟他一起旅行时，他教了我很多各国的文化知识。

Todd: That's fantastic.

托德：那太棒了。

Jeyong: How importat that is.

在英：这是多么重要啊！

Todd: So what countries have you been to with your father?

托德：你和你父亲去哪些国家旅行过？

Jeyong: A lot to name, actually. Do you want me to name all those?

在英：我们去过很多国家。你想让我都说出来吗？

Todd: Well, how about which ones do you remember the most?

托德：你印象最深的是哪里？

Jeyong: I remember the most about Europe. I went to France, England, Switzerland and Roma so those four places were very interesting for me, and other than that, I went to Cambodia, Vietnam, Guam, and so on.

在英：我印象最深的是欧洲。我去过法国、英国、瑞士和罗马，我认为这四个地方非常有趣，除此之外，我还去过柬埔寨、越南、关岛等国家。

Todd: What was Cambodia like?

托德：柬埔寨怎么样？

Jeyong: Cambodia is a really memorable trip for me with my dad because it was really interesting how many people live in boats on the water. There's a society in Cambodia like that and then it was really sad looking at them how they own much money and they have to spend their day using a dollar.

在英：对我和我爸爸来说，柬埔寨之行非常难忘，因为那里有许多人住在船上，这很有意思。，这很有意思。柬埔寨社会的情况就是这样，看他们挣钱还有每天只能花1美元感觉很难过。

Todd: So not very much, but did the people seem happy in Cambodia?

托德：不太多，那柬埔寨民众开心吗？

Jeyong: They did look happy, happier than the people where I come from.

在英：他们看起来很开心，比我家乡的人们要开心。

Todd: That's kind of interesting. Yeah, I used to live in Thailand and I kind of felt the same way to, although Thailand is very developed. Any other places that you've been to?

托德：这很有意思。我在泰国生活过一段时间，我觉得那里的人们也是这样，虽然泰国发展的很好。你还去过其他地方吗？

Jeyong: Other places? Maybe in The States.

在英：其他地方？我还去过美国。

Todd: Oh, really. Where did you live in the States? Or what did you do in the States?

托德：哦，真的吗？你在美国哪里生活过？你在美国会做些什么？

Jeyong: When I was in elementary school, I lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for five years but after that I also went travelling around the other states, such as San Francisco in California, Los Angeles and New York City, where I like the most and Florida. All the beaches.

在英：我上小学时在密歇根州安阿伯市生活过五年，之后我还去美国其他州生活过，加州旧金山、洛杉矶还有纽约市，我都去过，我最喜欢的是佛罗里达州。那里有非常多的海滩。

Todd: Now, I'm from San Francisco and you said you like New York better that San Francisco, so I have to ask why.

托德：我来自旧金山，你说过相较于旧金山，你更喜欢纽约。我一定得问下为什么。

Jeyong: Why? Because the people in New York, how they live their life, it looks cool.

在英：为什么？因为纽约人的生活方式看起来非常酷。

Todd: Yeah, New Yorkers are pretty cool. OK, well thanks Jeyong. Thanks a lot.

托德：对，纽约人的确很酷。好，在英，谢谢你。非常谢谢你。

Jeyong: No problem. Thank you.

在英：不客气。谢谢你。

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1. first of all 首先；
例句：First of allwe should chase these fears from his mind.
首先我们应当消除他心中的恐惧。
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除了跳窗,他没有别的逃跑方法。
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过去我一年四季都游泳。
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很多东西使水污染，例如轮胎、垃圾和塑胶袋。