實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Tampa, Florida 佛羅里達州坦帕市

Mari: Hey, Mike, how's it going?

馬里：嗨，邁克，最近怎么樣?

Mike: Good! How are you?

邁克：很好!你呢?

Mari: I'm alright. So you're from Florida right?

馬里：我還好。你來自佛羅里達州，對吧?

Mike: Well, actually, I went to college in Florida.

邁克：準確地說，我是在佛羅里達州上的大學(xué)。

Mari: Why did you choose Florida?

馬里：你為什么選擇在佛羅里達上大學(xué)?

Mike: Well, the weather is similar to Hawaii, where I'm from, and I also got a scholarship to play soccer.

邁克：那里的天氣和我的家鄉(xiāng)夏威夷差不多，而且我因為踢足球獲得了那所大學(xué)的獎學(xué)金。

Mari: Oh, wow, so you play soccer.

馬里：哦，哇，你踢足球。

Mike: Yeah, I played midfield for my college for four years.

邁克：對，我在大學(xué)踢了四年中場。

Mari: Wow, you must be really good.

馬里：哇，那你一定很棒。

Mike: I don't know about that.

邁克：這個我可說不好。

Mari: Where was your university?

馬里：你上的大學(xué)在哪里?

Mike: It was in the Tampa Bay area, right on the bay, on Tampa Bay, and it's surrounded by the city of Tampa and Clearwater.

邁克：在坦帕灣地區(qū)，在坦帕市和克利爾沃特附近。

Mari: So what is there to do in Tampa Bay?

馬里：在坦帕市可以做什么?

Mike: There's a lot of things. You can go fishing, boating, sailing, or kayaking. We used to do all of that when I was there.

邁克：有很多事情可以做?？梢匀メ烎~、劃船、出海、玩皮劃艇。我在那里的時候經(jīng)常進行這些活動。

Mari: Wow, sounds like a really great city.

馬里：哇，聽起來那真是一個很棒的城市。

Mike: Yeah, it was really fun if you like the outdoors type of thing.

邁克：對，如果你喜歡戶外運動，會很有意思。

Mari: Do you think it's the best city in Florida?

馬里：你認為那里是佛羅里達州最棒的城市嗎?

Mike: Yeah, I think it's a good location. It's right in the middle of Florida so you can go to Miami. It's a few hours away drive, or to Orlando, that has Disneyworld.

邁克：對，坦帕市地理位置優(yōu)越，位于佛羅里達州中心，從那里去邁阿密很方便。開車只需要幾個小時的時間，去奧蘭多的迪士尼樂園也很方便。

Mari: Wow. Sounds like a really great place. Can you tell me about the weather?

馬里：哇。聽起來真是一個好地方。你能說一下那里的天氣情況嗎?

Mike: The weather's really nice in Florida most of the year, which is one reason why I went from Hawaii but in the summer time it gets really hot and when it gets hot you really need air-conditioning, but that's not problem.

邁克：佛羅里達州一年大部分時間的天氣都不錯，這也是我從夏威夷去那里上大學(xué)的原因之一，不過夏天的時候會非常熱，所以需要空調(diào)，不過這并不是問題。

Mari: Does it rain?

馬里：下雨嗎?

Mike: Actually in the summertime, there's really bad lighting storms. It's always... It lasts for about half an hour but it's always between three and five o'clock in the evening.

邁克：夏天會有嚴重的暴風(fēng)雨。暴雨會持續(xù)半個小時左右，通常是在下午三點到五點時間下雨。

Mari: Sounds pretty scary?

馬里：聽起來很可怕。

Mike: Yeah, but when you're inside it's OK. It's kind of cool to watch.

邁克：對，不過在室內(nèi)還好?？粗饷嫦掠旮杏X很酷。

Mari: Is there something you don't like about Florida?

馬里：佛羅里達州有你不喜歡的地方嗎?

Mike: The only thing I don't like is the bugs. There's so many bugs, especially during summer time. And really scary ants, and bugs you can't even see and they end up biting you.

邁克：我唯一不喜歡的就是蟲子。那里有非常多的蟲子，夏天更是飽受蟲子的困擾。非?？膳碌奈浵佭€有你都沒見過的蟲子會咬你。

Mari: Wow. Sounds pretty scary.

馬里：哇，聽起來太可怕了。

Mike: Yeah, but as long as you have bug repellant when you go outside in the summer, there's no problem.

邁克：對，不過夏天外出時只要擦一些驅(qū)蟲劑就沒問題了。