美语情景对话 第24期:外号 Nickname

Todd: Hello!

你好！

David: Hello, Seattle!

你好，西雅图！

Todd: Hello, Seattle! OK, well, how about could you introduce yourself to the lisTener?

你好，西雅图！好的，你能向听众介绍一下自己吗？

David: Oh, hi, I'm David. I'm from Tennessee. The home of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Elvis Presley.

你好，我是大卫。我来自田纳西州。杰克丹尼威士忌和埃维斯·普里斯利的故乡。

Todd: Do you like Elvis?

你喜欢埃维斯？

David: He's OK.

他很好。

Todd: Yeah! Cool!

酷！

David: Never met the guy, but.

但我从来没见过真人。

Todd: Your name is David.

你的名字叫大卫。

David: Yes, that is correct.

是的，没错。

Todd: But what does everyone call you here?

这里的人都怎么称呼你？

David: Tennessee

田纳西。

Todd: OK. Why does everyone call you Tennessee?

为什么所有人都叫你田纳西？

David: Two reasons. One, I'm from Tennessee, the most obvious reason and the third is because usually there is two to three, one time there was four Davids here.

有两个原因。第一，我来自田纳西州，这是最明显的原因。另外，就是因为通常会同时有两个或三个，有时候甚至是四个人都叫大卫。

Todd: Oh, I see.

我明白了。

David: And to keep us from getting confused they just started calling me Tennessee.

为了不叫混了，大家就开始叫我田纳西。

Todd: Oh, nice. Great. Well it was nice to meet you, David.

好的，太棒了。很高兴认识你，大卫。

David: Nice to meet you too, Todd.

很高兴认识你，托德。

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