实战口语情景对话 第122期:生活在爱达荷 Life in Idaho

 Todd:OK, so we're here. Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself to the listener¹?

好，我们就在这儿。你想走到台前向听众介绍一下你自己吗？

Roe:OK, my name is Hiroe Hashi. I've lived in America for about seven and a half years. I lived in Italy for two years.

好的，我叫Hiroe Hashi.我在美国住了七年半，在意大利住了两年。

Todd:Wow! You lived in Italy too.

哇！你还在意大利住过啊！

Roe:Right, right. So all together I've lived in a foreign country for nine and a half years.

是的，是的。所以总共算下来我在国外住了九年半。

Todd:Wow! That's amazing. So did you live in America before you lived in Italy? 哇！太惊人了！那你在意大利住之前就在美国住过吗？ Roe:I was in Italy when I was 9 years old, no actually 7 years old to 9 years old. 9岁就在意大利了，实际上没到9岁，7岁到9岁之间。

Todd:Did you learn Italian?

你学过意大利语吗？

Roe:A little bit. Basicallyslangs.

一点点。基本的俚语。

Todd:Wow, so then how old were you when you moved to America?

哇，那你搬到美国的时候你多大？

Roe:Yeah, I was 17. I was on a exchange program for when I went to Idaho.

恩我17。在我去爱达荷州的时候我在参加一个交流项目。

Todd:Wow, what did you think when you first got to America?

哇，你第一次到美国的时候感觉怎么样？

Roe:OK. I bought new clothing cause my image was like L.A., New York, but it was Idaho, but I didn't know what toexpect, and I got off from the airplane and I said to myself, "Oh, my god!". There was nothing there.

恩。因为我的着装风格比较像洛杉矶和纽约的，所以我买了新衣服。但我现在要去爱达荷州，我不知道会发生什么，但在我下飞机的那一刻我对自己说了句：“哦，我的天呐”。这儿什么都没有。

Todd:Yeah, so was it flat. Was it flat.

是的，的确很空很平。

Roe:It was flat. I saw, There was...I remember the sun going down cause it was nothing, really nothing: a flat space, 360 degrees, an airport, cowboys³.

它是平的。我看见那有……我记得太阳下山就因为那儿什么都没有，真的是什么都没有。平面空间，360度，一个机场还有牛仔。

Todd:Cowboys!

牛仔！

Roe:Potatoes. Real Cowboys. Spuds.

土豆。真正的牛仔。土豆。

Todd:So Idaho is cowboys and potatoes.

所以爱达荷州就有牛仔和土豆。

Roe:Exactly. That's all. About.

确实是。就是这样。

Todd:Do you still like potatoes?

你还喜欢土豆吗？

Roe:I stopped eating spuds since I came back cause I ate it everyday. You go to 31 Ice-cream shop and there they have spuds ice-cream.

自打我回来就没再吃过土豆，因为那个时候天天吃。你去冰激凌商店的时候，那儿会有土豆冰激凌。

Todd:Wow. So spud means⁴ potato.

哇。所以说spud就是土豆。

Roe:Yeah, spud, it's like Idaho English.

是的，土豆，它是爱达荷英语。

Todd:Wow. And how about cowboys. Did you become a real cowboy²?

哇，那牛仔呢？你变成一个真正的牛仔了吗？

Roe:I started to grow my hair, cause if you had short hair, people used to call you like a new-waver, like faggots. It was kind of a little disaster for somebody different to live.

我开始留头发了，因为如果你是短头发，人们习惯叫你新的动摇者，比如同性恋。收到他人的区别对待对我是一种灾难。

Todd:Yeah, for sure, that would be reallyharsh. So tell me about your family.

是的，确实，那太残酷了。那给我讲讲你的家庭吧。

Roe:My family! I have two brothers and a sister, and my fatherpassed awaythree years ago and my mom is working.

我的家庭！我有两个哥哥和一个姐姐，父亲三年前就去世了，母亲还在工作。

Todd:OK, Do youmissidaho?

好的，你会想念爱达荷州吗？

Roe:Friends. I've made some best friends in Idaho actually.

会想念朋友。事实上，我在那儿交了好多朋友。

Todd:Really.

真的啊。

Roe:Yeah, actually, I've lived in L.A., Washington⁵ State, but Idaho.

是的，确实是，除了爱达荷我还在洛杉矶和华盛顿州住过。

Todd:When is the last time you were in Idaho?

你最后在爱达荷州是什么时候？

Roe:When I, that's when I finished my program, so a long time ago. 10, wow, 12, 13 years ago.

当我，就是在我完成我项目的时候，所以应该是很久以前，10年，哇，12，13年前吧。

Todd:Wow, that is a long time. OK, and where do you live now?

哇，那是很长一段时间了。好，那你现在住在哪了呢？

Roe:I live in Yokohama.

我住在横滨。

Todd:Yokohama 横滨。

 From: http://www.hxen.com/oralenglish/shizhan/2015-12-04/409962.html

1 listener   

n.听众；收听者

参考例句：

• I'm a regular listener to her show.我经常收听她的节目。
• She became an attentive listener.她变成了一个专心致志的聆听者。

2 cowboy   

n.牛仔，牛郎，牧童

参考例句：

• I felt sure I had all the skills to be a cowboy.我确信自己具备当牛仔的一切本领。
• He loved to see cowboy movies.他爱看牛仔影片。

3 cowboys   

n.牧牛工( cowboy的名词复数 )；牛仔；冒失鬼；（尤指无能的）缺德的商人

参考例句：

• children playing a game of cowboys and Indians 玩美国西部牛仔与印第安人游戏的孩子们
• There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近来商界中，瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

5 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。