实战口语情景对话 第27期:蒙特利尔 Montreal

 Todd: Hello, Ann! How are you doing? 你好，安！你好吗？

Ann: I'm fine. 我很好。

Todd: Ann, could you introduce yourself and tell people where you are from? 安，你能介绍一下自己来自哪里吗？

Ann: Yeah, my name's Ann Hutchingson and I'm from Montreal, Canada. And right now I'm an English teacher in Tokyo, Japan. 好的，我的名字叫做Ann Hutchingson，我来自加拿大蒙特利尔市。我现在在日本东京做一名英语老师。

Todd: Mm. OK. What's Montreal like? 好的，蒙特利尔市是什么样子的？

Ann: Montreal is a really nice city. It's just very cold in the wintertime. It is..uh, it has four seasons, and the nicest season is the summertime because it's really warm and people play a lot of sports, and there are some parks in Montreal, and you can go swimming and hiking¹ and biking and rollerblading. It's a very interesing city. 蒙特利尔市是一个很好的城市。只是那里冬天很冷。那里一年分为四个季节，最棒的季节是夏天，因为夏天很温暖，人们会出来运动，蒙特利尔有许多公园，你可以游泳，徒步游玩，骑自行车或滑旱冰。蒙特利尔市一个有趣的城市。

Todd: Wow! Were you born in Montreal? 哇！你在蒙特利尔出生吗？

Ann: I was born in Montreal and I can speak two languages. English is my first language but I also studied French in high school. 我在蒙特利尔出生，我能说两种语言。英语是我的第一语言，但我在高中还学了法语。

Todd: So, were you in a submersion program, or all your subjects in French. 法语是你的辅修课程吗，还是主课？

Ann: No, I went to an English high school but a lot of people in Montreal are in immersion² programs. 不，我上的是一所英语教学高中，但蒙特利尔有很多都是浸入式教育。

Todd: OK. Since you learned³ French, what do you think is the best way to learn language? 好的，你学了法语后，你觉得学习英语最好的方法是什么？

Ann: I think that you have to like learning⁴ another language and if you have a possitive attitude⁵ then you can find learning another language fun rather than stressful⁶ so I think that I had a few French friends and we would practice and they would be very patient and I liked the fact that I could communicate using another language cause then you have another identity⁷. 我想你一定很喜欢学习其他语言，如果用积极的态度去面对其他语言，就会觉得其他语言很有趣而不会觉得压力大，因此我认为我有一些说法语的朋友，我们一起练习语言，他们很有耐心，我很喜欢能够用另一种语言交流，感觉有了另外一种身份。

Todd: You have your French identity? 感觉有了法国人的身份？

Ann: I do. 是的。

Todd: OK. So what's your name in French? 好的，那么你的法语名字叫什么？

Ann: "Mono e Ann" “Mono e Ann”。

Todd: Wow! I need to get myself a French name? 我！我也应该取个法语名字？

Ann: Todd. 托德。

Todd: OK. Thanks a lot Ann. 好的，谢谢你，安。

Ann: You're welcome. Nice speaking with you. 不客气。很高兴和你聊天。

1 hiking   

n.徒步旅行

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Hiking is not yet popular in China.徒步旅行在中国还不流行。

2 immersion   

n.沉浸；专心

参考例句：

• The dirt on the bottom of the bath didn't encourage total immersion.浴缸底有污垢，不宜全身浸泡于其中。
• The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion.因长时间浸泡，木头发胀了。

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

5 attitude   

n.态度，看法；姿态，姿势

参考例句：

• What's his attitude toward this business?他对这事是什么态度？
• His attitude was shocking to her.他的态度令她感到震惊。

6 stressful   

adj.紧张的，压力重的

参考例句：

• My job isn't stressful,and I enjoy the work.我的工作没有压力，我很喜欢这份工作。
• It usually just makes situations more stressful.它通常会使情况更加紧迫。

7 identity   

n.身份，本体，特征；同一(性)，一致

参考例句：

• He never revealed his identity.他从未暴露过自己的身份。
• He showed his identity card and went in.他把工作证亮了一下就进去了。