实战口语情景对话 第5期:澳大利亚

 Todd: Hello Michael. 你好，迈克尔。

Michael: Hello Todd. 你好，托德。

Todd: We're going to talk about Australia. Or your going to talk about Australia. So first of all how many people live in Australia? 我们聊聊澳大利亚。或者你来介绍一下澳大利亚。第一个问题，澳大利亚有多少人口？

Michael: Australia? Oh, there's about twenty million people in Australia right now. A little bit under, but close to twenty. 澳大利亚？目前，澳大利亚有人口两千万。不到两千万，但是很接近。

Todd: OK. What are the biggest cities? 好的，澳大利亚最大的城市是？

Michael: The biggest city? The biggest city is Sydney, then it's followed by Melbourne and then Brisbane and then I think it's Perth. But most of the big cities are on the East Coast of Australia. And Perth is on the west coast, but sort of of out there by itself. 最大的城市？澳大利亚最大的城市是悉尼，第二和第三大城市分别是墨尔本和布里斯班，第四是珀斯。大部分大城市都分布在澳大利亚东海岸，只有珀斯这个大城市在西海岸。

Todd: OK. Um, if you had to live in one place where would you live? 好的，如果你要选择一个居住的城市，你会选择哪里？

Michael: I like Brisbane. I had my teenage¹ years in Brisbane, growing up in Brisbane, um or maybe Sidney because it is a big city, but Brisbane has got the gold coast and the sunshine. 我喜欢布里斯班。我十几岁的时候就在布里斯班，我在那里长大。不过我也可能选择悉尼，因为它是最大的城市。但布里斯班有黄金海岸和充足的阳光。

Todd: Oh, nice. Actually, what is the capital city of Australia? 好的。澳大利亚的首都是哪里？

Michael: Ah, Canberra is the capital city. But is not the biggest city. Sydney is the biggest city. Canberra was made sort of by the politicians² so Sydney wouldn't get too crowded. It's a separate³ territory⁴. 堪培拉是澳大利亚的首都。但它不是最大的城市，悉尼才是。堪培拉是澳大利亚的政治中心，居住着大量政客，这样悉尼不会过于拥挤。这就是澳大利亚的城市功能的分离。

Todd: Have you been to all the major cities in Australia? 你到过澳大利亚所有的主要城市吗？

Michael: I have been to Melbourne when I was young, but yeah, I have. But yeah. Only a short time in Perth. 我以前去过墨尔本，是的，我去过。在珀斯带过很短的一段时间。

Todd: OK. What is the best thing about Australia? 好的。澳大利亚最棒的是什么？

Michael: The best thing about Australia? Ah, probably the friendly people. The relaxed attitude, and we like visitors from other cultures. 澳大利亚最棒的也许是人们的友好，放松的精神。我们喜欢来自不同文化的游客。

Todd: Oh, cool. Ah, how are Australians different than other people? How are they unique? 酷。澳大利亚人和其他地方的人有什么不同？他们有什么独特的？

Michael: How are Australians unique? Um, I would say that we're more fun-loving maybe or accepting of other people. And we don't mind making new friends actually and conversing⁵ with other people. 澳大利亚人的独特之处？我认为我们澳大利亚人更加风趣，或者是我们更能接受其他人。我们不介意结交新朋友，和其他人交谈。

Todd: Yeah, oh yeah that's good. That's nice. OK. Thanks a lot Micheal. 好的，很好。谢谢你，迈克尔。

Michael: No worries. 不客气。

1 teenage   

adj.青少年的；十几岁的

参考例句：

• His voice is very high for a teenage boy.对一个十几岁的男孩来说，他的嗓音很尖。
• He is too old now for teenage parties.他年龄太大了，不适于参加少年聚会。

2 politicians   

政治家( politician的名词复数 )； 政客，玩弄权术者

参考例句：

• Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters. 从政者最终是向选民负责。
• backstairs deals between politicians 政客之间的幕后交易

3 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

4 territory   

n.领土，领地，版图，地区，活动范围

参考例句：

• Resources in plenty can be found in this territory.这一地区能找到大量自然资源。
• Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources.我国土地辽阔，资源丰富。

5 conversing   

v.交谈，谈话( converse的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I find that conversing with her is quite difficult. 和她交谈实在很困难。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were conversing in the parlor. 他们正在客厅谈话。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》