实战口语情景对话 第96期:芝加哥 Chicago

 Todd: OK, hello, could¹ you say your name please? 你好，你叫什么名字？

Diana: Yes, my name is Diana Heyne. 我的名字叫戴安娜·海恩。

Todd: Diana, where are you from? 戴安娜，你来自什么地方？

Diana: I live in Chicago². 我来自芝加哥。

Todd: Great, Chicago! How long have you lived in Chicago? 太棒了，芝加哥！你在芝加哥住了多久？

Diana: Actually³, only for a year. I'm mostly⁴ a mid-western girl. I've lived all over the mid-west. 实际上，只住了一年。我算是个中西部女孩。我一直住在中西部。

Todd: OK, like what places in the mid-west? 比如中西部的哪些地方？

Diana: I was⁵ born⁶ in Iowa, and I lived in Indiana after that, and then I moved to Illinois, and then I grew up mostly in Michigan, but now I live in Chicago and I love it. 我在爱荷华州出生，此后住在印第安纳州，接着搬到了伊利诺斯州，在密歇根州长大，但现在住在芝加哥，我喜欢那里。

Todd: OK, so Chicago is your favorite⁷ place? 芝加哥是你最喜欢的地方？

Diana: Yes. 是的。

Todd: OK, why do you like Chicago? 那么，你为什么喜欢芝加哥？

Diana: It's busy. Everyone in Chicago is always busy and they're doing their own⁸ thing, and it's just fun to be in such⁹ an exciting atmosphere¹⁰. 芝加哥是一座繁忙的城市，那里的每一个人都忙着做自己的事情，身处那样令人兴奋的环境让我觉得很有趣。

Todd: OK. Does Chicago have a lot of good food, a lot of good restaurants? 好的。芝加哥是不是有许多美食，很多好吃的餐馆？

Diana: Yes. If you like to eat Chicago is a good place to go. My favorite place is the Taco Burrito Palace¹¹. 是的。如果你喜欢吃，那么对你来说芝加哥一定是个不错的地方。我做喜欢的餐馆叫做Taco Burrito Palace

Todd: Taco Burrito Palace. Wow. Sounds good. Taco Burrito Palace。哇，听上去不错。

1 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

2 Chicago   

n.芝加哥(美国中部城市)

参考例句：

• She has never been to a big city other than Chicago.除芝加哥外她没有去过别的大城市。
• We must change at the next station for Chicago.我们得在下一站换车去芝加哥。

3 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

4 mostly   

adv.主要地；大部分

参考例句：

• Our weather has been mostly warm.我们这里的天气多半是暖和的。
• She uses her car mostly for driving to work.她的汽车主要用于上下班。

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

7 favorite   

n.特别喜爱的(人)物；adj.特别喜爱的

参考例句：

• Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.春秋是我喜欢的季节。
• Her most favorite fruit is orange.她最喜欢的水果是桔子。

8 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

9 such   

adj.如此的，这样的；pron.这样的；adv.如此地

参考例句：

• He is such a man.他是这样一个人。
• He spent all his money,he is such a fool.他这样傻，花光了所有的钱。

10 atmosphere   

n.大气，空气，气氛，大气层，大气圈

参考例句：

• We live in an atmosphere of freedom.我们生活在自由的环境中。
• We try and provide a very homely atmosphere.我们试图营造一种非常舒适放松的气氛。

11 palace   

n.皇宫；官殿；豪华大厦

参考例句：

• It is really a magic palace!那真是一个有魔力的宫殿！
• What a palace this was!这里可真像皇宫啊！