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Todd: OK, hello!
托德:你好!
Sarah: Hello!
萨拉:你好!
Todd: Hi, what's your name?
托德:嗨,你叫什么名字?
Sarah: My name is Sarah.
萨拉:我的名字是萨拉。
Todd: OK, and Sarah where are you from?
托德:好的,萨拉,你来自哪里?
Sarah: I'm from the north of England, Newcastle.
萨拉:我来自英格兰北部的纽卡斯尔。
Todd: OK, so Newcastle, how far is that from London?
托德:好,那纽卡斯尔离伦敦有多远?
萨拉:嗯,大约300英里。
Todd: Uh-huh, do you go to London a lot or have you been to London before?
托德:啊,你经常去伦敦吗,或者说你以前去过伦敦吗?
Sarah: I live in London. I've lived in London for the past seven years.
萨拉:我住在伦敦。我过去七年一直住在伦敦。
Todd: Oh, really?
托德:哦,这样啊?
萨拉:差不多七年的时间了,对。
托德:好的。那你更喜欢哪里,伦敦还是纽卡斯尔?
Sarah: Um, like them both. I prefer Newcastle because it's smaller, so it's easier to get around and it's also cheaper. London is very expensive.
萨拉:嗯,两个地方我都喜欢。我喜欢纽卡斯尔是因为那里很小,所以很容易四处游玩,而且物价也相对便宜。伦敦物价非常贵。
Todd: So all your family is in Newcastle?
托德:那你家人还在纽卡斯尔吗?
Sarah: Um, pretty much yeah.
萨拉:嗯,差不多是这样。
Todd: So are they always trying to get you to go back and move back to Newcastle?
托德:那他们会劝你搬回纽卡斯尔住吗?
Sarah: Ah1, no, no, because most of the jobs are in the south, anyway5 for younger6 people so it's quite difficult to get a job in the north in teaching7.
萨拉:嗯,不会,不会,因为大部分适合年轻人的工作机会都在南方,在北方找到一份与教育相关的工作非常难。
Todd: OK. Um, what do you like about London?
托德:好的。嗯,你喜欢伦敦的什么地方?
Sarah: Ah, it's a very busy place, there's lots of things going8 on all the time. There's also lots of things I don't like about London, but all my friends live there lots of job opportunities9.
萨拉:嗯,伦敦是一个非常忙碌的城市,有许多事情同时在进行。当然伦敦也有许多我不喜欢的地方,但是我所有的朋友都在那边,而且那里工作机会也多。
托德:好,你来日本之前,在伦敦是做什么工作的?
Sarah: Ah, I was11 in Austria12 for a year. I was teaching in Austria, and then I was in London teaching, in London for a few13 years.
萨拉:哦,我在奥地利待了一年。我在奥地利教课,之后我回伦敦继续教课,在伦敦工作了几年的时间。
Todd: What were you teaching in London?
托德:你在伦敦教什么?
萨拉:我在小学教课。我是一名小学老师。
托德:孩子!
Sarah: Yeah.
萨拉:对。
Todd: So what's it like teaching kids?
托德:教孩子的感觉怎么样?
Sarah: Um, tiring16. Very tiring. I prefer teaching adults17. That's my preference18. I've mainly19 taught20 adults in TEFL, but in the state21 system22 in England it's only been children. It's fun. It's just very tiring.
萨拉:嗯,累,非常累。我喜欢教成年人。我更偏好教成年人。我主要是用英语教授成年人,不过在英格兰的体系中,那只适用于儿童。不过这很有意思。只是会很累。
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int. 啊!呀!嗳!哈!(表现痛苦,感叹,惊奇,怜惜,厌弃,欢喜等) | |
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n.英里( mile的名词复数 );很多;一英里赛跑;大面积 | |
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adv.几乎,差不多 | |
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v.宁愿(选择);更喜欢 | |
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adv.不管怎样;无论如何 | |
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adj.年轻的;n.年纪较小的人 | |
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n.教学,执教,任教,讲授;(复数)教诲 | |
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n.去,离去,地面(或道路)的状况,工作情况;(复数形式)goings: 行为;adj.进行中的,流行的,现存的 | |
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n.机会( opportunity的名词复数 );适当的时机;条件;就业(或晋升、进步等)的良机 | |
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v.动词come的过去式 | |
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n.奥地利(欧洲国家) | |
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adj.很少的,不多的,少数的;int.少数的 | |
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n.最主要者;adj.主要的,初期的,根本的 | |
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n.小孩( kid的名词复数 );年轻人;小山羊;小山羊皮 | |
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adj.引起疲劳的;累人的 | |
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17 adults | |
n.成年的人或动物( adult的名词复数 ) | |
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18 preference | |
n.偏爱,优先,优先权,优先的选择 | |
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adv.主要地,大抵,大概 | |
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n.州,国,情形;adj.国家的,州的,正式的;vt.说,陈述,声明,规定 | |
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