8.Are You Enjoying Your Stay Here
你喜歡呆在這里嗎
A: Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed. Is this your first visit to America?
謝謝你抽時(shí)間來(lái)面試。這是你第一次來(lái)美國(guó)嗎?
B: No, this is my second visit. I first came to America in July 1999. That time I was here on vacation——just sightseeing, but during that trip I decided that I would come to the United States and study English.
不,這是第二次。我第一次來(lái)是在1999年7月。那次只是觀光旅游,但是在旅游的過(guò)程中我下定決心一定要來(lái)美國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。
A: How long will you be here for this time?
你這次來(lái)要呆多久?
B: I arrived in January and I’ll stay until December, 2002.
我今年1月份來(lái)的,將于2002年12月離開(kāi)。
A: Are you enjoying your stay here?
你喜歡呆在這里嗎?
B: Yes and no. Some things are much better than I expected but other things are not so good. I enjoy my lessons very much but I sometimes find it difficult to practice my oral English. American people are very kind but it seems they don’t have time to talk with people from abroad.
喜歡也不喜歡。有些事情比我想象中的要好,但有些卻不盡人意。我很喜歡所上的課程,但是有時(shí)候說(shuō)英語(yǔ)有困難。美國(guó)人很友好,但是看來(lái)他們沒(méi)有時(shí)間和一個(gè)外國(guó)人講英語(yǔ)。
A: Are you learning English for any particular reason?
你學(xué)英語(yǔ)有沒(méi)有什么特別的原因?
B: Yes. At home in China I work in advertising and many of the words we use are English, so I want to understand English better because that will help my job.
有。在中國(guó)我是做廣告的,有很多情況下要用到英語(yǔ),所以我想提高英語(yǔ)水平,把工作做得更好。
A: Did you learn English at home in China before you came to study English here?
你來(lái)這里之前在中國(guó)學(xué)過(guò)英語(yǔ)嗎?
B: Sure. When I was a student in China I studied English for six years. But that was a long time ago and in the meantime I forgot all my grammar. So before I came to America I went to English classes for two hours each week for six months. Now I study 20 hours each week and sometimes I have an extra lesson.
學(xué)過(guò)。我在中國(guó)上學(xué)的時(shí)候?qū)W了6年英語(yǔ)。但那是很久以前的事了,語(yǔ)法也早就全忘光了。在來(lái)美國(guó)之前我每周去上兩個(gè)小時(shí)的英語(yǔ)課,一共上了半年?,F(xiàn)在我每周學(xué)20個(gè)小時(shí)的英語(yǔ),有時(shí)候還會(huì)更多。
A: What do you miss most about China while you are here in America?
你身在美國(guó),最想念中國(guó)的什么?
B: I miss real Chinese food. I miss my mother’s cooking and of course I miss my whole family very much.
我懷念正宗的中國(guó)菜。我懷念我媽媽做的飯。當(dāng)然了,我非常想念我的家人。
口語(yǔ)要素
★ Thank you for talking the time to be interviewed. 謝謝你抽時(shí)間來(lái)面試。
★ Is this your first visit to America? 這是你第一次來(lái)美國(guó)嗎?
★ How long will you be here for this time? 你這次來(lái)要呆多久?
★ Are you enjoying your stay here? 你喜歡呆在這里嗎?
精彩句子
★ Are you learning English for any particular reason?
你學(xué)英語(yǔ)有沒(méi)有什么特別的原因?
★ What do you miss most about China while you are here in America?
你身在美國(guó),最想念中國(guó)的什么?