實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：匹茲堡 Pittsburg
Todd: OK, hello!
托德：你好!
Alex: Hi!
亞歷克斯：你好!
Todd: Hi, what's your name?
托德：你好，你叫什么名字?
Alex: Alex Cromer.
亞歷克斯：亞歷克斯·克羅默。
Todd: Cromer!
托德：克羅默!
Alex: Yes, sir.
亞歷克斯：沒錯(cuò)，先生。
Todd: And how do you spell that?
托德：怎么拼寫呢?
Alex: C-R-O-M-E-R.
亞歷克斯：C-R-O-M-E-R。
Todd: OK, and where are you from Alex?
托德：好的，亞歷克斯，你來自哪里?
Alex: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
亞歷克斯：賓夕法尼亞州匹茲堡。
Todd: OK, what's Pittsburgh like?
托德：好的，匹茲堡是什么樣的?
Alex: Pittsburgh is, let's see, it is very quiet. It's medium size, so there's not a lot of people but enough to make it fun but you know, it's very quiet.
亞歷克斯：我想想，匹茲堡非常安靜。那是一個(gè)中型城市，人口并不多，但是也充滿了樂趣，你知道，那里很安靜。
Todd: OK, what's the best thing about Pittsburg?
托德：嗯，匹茲堡最好的是什么?
Alex: Ooh, the best thing? I'd have to say, Oakland! Oakland is a part of Pittsburgh. It's where Pittsburgh University main campus is. And there's lots of stuff to do. Lots of college kids around. It's fun to hang out.
亞歷克斯：哦，最好的?那一定是奧克蘭!奧克蘭是匹茲堡的一個(gè)地區(qū)，是匹茲堡大學(xué)主校區(qū)所在地。那里有許多可以做的事情。附近有許多大學(xué)。在那邊轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)會(huì)有很多樂趣。
Todd: OK, did you go to the University of Pittsburg?
托德：好的，你上的是匹茲堡大學(xué)嗎?
Alex: No sir. I go to Penn State.
亞歷克斯：不是先生，我上的是美國賓州州立大學(xué)。
Todd: Oh, Penn State!
托德：哦，賓州州立大學(xué)!
Alex: Yeah!
亞歷克斯：是的!
Todd: OK, are they a rival universities?
托德：嗯，它們是競爭學(xué)校嗎?
Alex: Very much.
亞歷克斯：絕對是競爭對手。
Todd: OK, what's the worst thing about Pittsburgh?
托德：嗯，那匹茲堡最糟糕的是什么?
Alex: Oh, well the fact that it's kind of quiet sometimes, makes it, kind of a bit boring. I mean, sometimes there is not a lot of things to do. But other than that it's OK.
亞歷克斯：哦，事實(shí)上那里有時(shí)很安靜，所以會(huì)有點(diǎn)無聊。我的意思是，有時(shí)沒有什么事可做。但是除了那個(gè)，其它都很好。
Todd: What's the weather like?
托德：那兒的天氣怎么樣?
Alex: Ooh, it depends really. It gets really cold in winter and really hot in the summer, so it's kind of mixed.
亞歷克斯：哦，那取決于是哪個(gè)季節(jié)。那里冬天的時(shí)候非常冷，但是夏天的時(shí)候又非常熱，有點(diǎn)像混合型。
