实战口语情景对话 第26期:第一份工作 Radio Job

 Todd: Anili, have you always been an English teacher? Anili，你一直都是一名英语老师吗？

Anili: No, actually, I started out as a French teacher. That was my first job. 不完全是，最开始是一名法语老师。这是我的第一份工作。

Todd: Wow! So tell me about your first job! 哇！跟我说说你的第一份工作！

Anili: My first job! I was working in Central West Queensland in Australia so it was a remote¹ place. 我的第一份工作！我在澳大利亚昆士兰中西部，一个偏远的地方工作。

Todd: Sure. 是的。

Anili: For example, the nearest supermarket was about 100 kilometers away from me. 举个例子，离我最近的超市在100千米远的地方。

Todd: That's amazing. 这么远。

Anili: And, so of course the students lived, some of the students lived a long way away from the schools, so they had their lessons by teleconference, actually, school of the air. 有的学生住得离学校非常远，他们通过采用电话会议技术的空中教室来远程听课。

Todd: Wow, so when you had a teleconference for example, how many students would be on the air this time. 哇，那么当学生可以通过电话会议远程听课的时候，一次在线有多少学生呢。

Anili: I guess around eight, in two different locations³. And I would be in the third location². 我想有一共有八名学生，分别身处在不同的两个地方。而我是在第三个地点。

Todd: Wow, that's amazing! 哇，太棒了！

Anili: Yeah! 是的！

Todd: Yeah! And how often would you be teaching⁴ like this? 你多长时间上一次这样的课？

Anili: Well, the students were aged⁵ between 9 and 12 years old. They had two French lessons a week by teleconference. 学生们的年龄从9岁到12岁不等。他们一周有两节法语课。

Todd: Wow, and how long was each lesson? 哇，每节课多长时间？

Anili: 45 minutes. 45分钟。

Todd: Great. That's really interesting. 很棒。这真的很有趣。

1 remote   

adj.遥远的，僻远的；细微的，稀少的，漠然的

参考例句：

• I'm afraid your chances of success are rather remote.我担心你成功的机会极小。
• The thing happened in the remote past.这件事发生在遥远的过去。

2 location   

n.地点，位置，定位

参考例句：

• It is a suitable location for a new school.那是建一所新学校的合适地点。
• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。

3 locations   

n.位置，场所( location的名词复数 )；发现[找出]…的位置[地点]；外景（拍摄地）

参考例句：

• The massive-head buttress dam has some attractive features for certain locations. 大头支墩坝对于某些地区仍有其值得注意的特色。 来自辞典例句
• Knowing which one of 4096 date memory locations is not so simple. 要想访问4096个数据存储单元中的某一个绝非易事。 来自辞典例句

4 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。