【英语趣味课堂】旅游-Traveling

Todd: OK, Hello!

 

Nicoleta: Hello!

 

Todd: What's your name?

 

Nicoleta: Nicoleta.

 

Todd: Hi, Nicoleta. Um, Nicoleta, where are you from?

 

Nicoleta: Germany.

 

Todd: Great. Great. Where in Germany?

 

Nicoleta: It's called Tria, but it's quite, quite small.

 

Todd: OK. So like north, east.

 

Nicoleta:Southwest.

 

Todd: Southwest.

 

Nicoleta: Exactly.

 

Todd: OK

 

Nicoleta: Near Luxemburg.

 

Todd: Oh, OK. Must be pretty. OK, we're going to talk about traveling. Do you like to travel?

 

Nicoleta: Yes, Of course.

 

Todd: OK, what places have you visited?

 

Nicoleta: I've been to some places in Europe and to New York and now I'm in Japan.

 

Todd: Wow, you've been all over. OK, what's your favorite place so far?

 

Nicoleta: I have three. The Toscana in Italy. New York and I think Tokyo.

 

Todd: OK, Wow! One in every continent¹. 

 

Todd: Do you have a lot of luggage² when you travel?

 

Nicoleta: Yeah, if I can yes. I mean there are limits³.

 

Todd: Sure. So how many suitcases did you have when you came to Tokyo?

 

Nicoleta: Mm, one. A big one. Yeah, it's about 20 kilo, so, yeah.

 

Todd: OK, where would you like to go?

 

Nicoleta: Oh, that's difficult. I don't know. South America maybe.

 

Todd: OK. Do you speak Spanish⁴?

 

Nicoleta: No, but yeah, I mean.

 

Todd: Actually, you speak English perfect

 

Nicoleta: Oh, no.

 

Todd: And you speak German. So, do you speak any other languages?

 

Nicoleta: Yeah, I speak French and yeah, I'm doing a little bit Japanese but..

 

Todd: Oh, yeah, it's hard yeah!

 

Nicoleta: It's very hard yeah.

 

Todd: I've been here four years and my Japanese is terrible. Last question, are you nervous when you fly?

 

Nicoleta: Yes, definitely⁵.

 

Todd: Yeah.

 

Nicoleta: Yeah.

 

Todd: Yeah, me too.

 

 

 

1 continent   

n.大陆，洲，(the Continent)欧洲大陆

参考例句：

• Africa is the second largest continent in the world.非洲是世界第二大洲。
• Asia is the biggest continent.亚洲是第一大洲。

2 luggage   

n.行李，行装

参考例句：

• Have you packed your luggage?你打包行李了吗？
• Will you please keep an eye on my luggage?劳驾帮我看一下行李。

3 limits   

n.境界( limit的名词复数 )；界限；限度；限额

参考例句：

• The site is off-limits to the general public. 这个场所不对公众开放。
• Towards the city limits the houses begin to thin out. 靠近城市尽头的地方房屋渐渐稀少起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 Spanish   

adj.西班牙人的，西班牙的，西班牙语的；n.西班牙语

参考例句：

• She grew up in Spain,so her first language is Spanish.她在西班牙长大，第一语言是西班牙语。
• I can read Spanish but can't translate into it.我能阅读西班牙语，但不能翻译成西班牙语。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。