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【英语趣味课堂】世界观光旅行家-Globetrotter

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Jeff: So, Jonathan, what is home for you? Where is home for you?
Jonathan: Where is home for me? Actually, I would have to say that I'm homeless.
 
Jeff: Homeless! What do you mean homeless?
 
Jonathan: Well, I don't call one particular place home. I pretty much live out of a suitcase. I don't have roots holding me to one particular place. I was born and raised in Toronto but from a very young age I was traveling for different purposes: some for the work that I was doing, some for just pleasure travel and even now when I go back to Toronto, it doesn't really feel like home. In fact people comment about my accent, and they say, "Oh, that's an interesting accent. Where you are from?" and I say, "Well, I'm from here."
 
Jeff: So where do you split1 most of the majority of your time? Where's your base?
 
Jonathan: Well, I don't really have a base. That's the thing. I spend about four, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less, months in Japan and I usually visit my parents for about a month a year, sometimes in Canada where they spend spring, summer and early autumn, and sometimes in this small little town in Mexico that they like to go to avoid the harsh2 Canadian winter.
 
Jeff: So, you and... in between those times, in between Mexico, in between Canada, in between Japan, where are you?
 
Jonathan: Wherever I sort of feel like going. Now I don't draw the kind of salary that allows me to live a glamourous lifestyle and travel around the world with the jet3 set, but I can certainly go and spend several months a year in different destinations, living a very basic existence but having enough time to be able to travel around and stay in simple accommodation4, go out and hit the bars at night, talk to the people I meet in those different areas. At different times I have different interests.
 
Jeff: So that sounds like a pretty exciting, pretty fun life. Do you ever get tired of it?
 
Jonathan: I think that it's the kind of life that doesn't appeal to everyone and some people think I have this wonderful, fantastic life all the time. Sometimes, I would like to work a little bit more. Sometimes, I think, "Oh, no! I have nothing to do for the next three months."
 
Jeff: Except for travel.
 
Jonathan: Yes. And as of now, this work that I'm about to do finishes in a couple of days and people have asked me, where am I going afterwards and my honest answer is I don't know. I literally5 have no idea where I'm going to be four or five days from now, and I have no idea what I'll be doing for the next three months until I need to be back in Japan for work three months from now.
 
Jeff: Well, good luck on your next trip.
 
Jonathan: Thank you.

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1 split avXwG     
n.劈开,裂片,裂口;adj.分散的;v.分离,分开,劈开
参考例句:
  • Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了?
  • The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。
2 harsh XdDzu     
adj.严厉(酷)的,刺耳的,刺目的,毛糙的
参考例句:
  • The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
  • Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻,但有建设性。
3 jet YaPz3     
n.喷气发动机,喷气式飞机;v.喷出,喷射
参考例句:
  • Put a match to the jet to light the gas.将火柴放在煤气喷嘴上点燃煤气。
  • I don't see the jet of your plan.我不明白你的计划的要点。
4 accommodation kJDys     
n.设备,膳宿,旅馆房间;容纳,提供,适应;调解,妥协;贷款
参考例句:
  • Many old people choose to live in sheltered accommodation.许多老年人选择到养老院居住。
  • Have you found accommodation?找到住处没有?
5 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
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