实战口语情景对话 第24期:外号 Nickname

 Todd: Hello! 你好！

David: Hello, Seattle! 你好，西雅图！

Todd: Hello, Seattle! OK, well, how about could you introduce yourself to the listener? 你好，西雅图！好的，你能向听众介绍一下自己吗？

David: Oh, hi, I'm David. I'm from Tennessee. The home of Jack¹ Daniel's whiskey and Elvis Presley. 你好，我是大卫。我来自田纳西州。杰克丹尼威士忌和埃维斯·普里斯利的故乡。

Todd: Do you like Elvis? 你喜欢埃维斯？

David: He's OK. 他很好。

Todd: Yeah! Cool! 酷！

David: Never met the guy, but. 但我从来没见过真人。

Todd: Your name is David. 你的名字叫大卫。

David: Yes, that is correct. 是的，没错。

Todd: But what does everyone call you here? 这里的人都怎么称呼你？

David: Tennessee 田纳西。

Todd: OK. Why does everyone call you Tennessee? 为什么所有人都叫你田纳西？

David: Two reasons. One, I'm from Tennessee, the most obvious reason and the third is because usually there is two to three, one time there was four Davids here. 有两个原因。第一，我来自田纳西州，这是最明显的原因。另外，就是因为通常会同时有两个或三个，有时候甚至是四个人都叫大卫。

Todd: Oh, I see. 我明白了。

David: And to keep us from getting confused they just started calling me Tennessee. 为了不叫混了，大家就开始叫我田纳西。

Todd: Oh, nice. Great. Well it was nice to meet you, David. 好的，太棒了。很高兴认识你，大卫。

David: Nice to meet you too, Todd. 很高兴认识你，托德。

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n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。