实战口语情景对话 第278期:Paris 巴黎

 Todd: OK, Raphael, you were saying you lived in Paris. 

托德：拉斐尔，你说过你在巴黎生活过。

Rapheal: Yes, I made my studies there. 

拉斐尔：对，我在那里上学。

Todd: Paris is just an amazing city. Can you talk about Paris? 

托德：巴黎是一个非常棒的城市。你能谈谈巴黎的情况吗？

Rapheal:Yes! Well, the biggest difference I noticed with Tokyo is the size. Like Paris is nice in that way, you can go anywhere by walking. It might take at maximum an hour and a half if you want to go to a very far place, but basically¹ it's a city like made for walkers and you can really go anywhere just by walking, I mean it's quite pleasant cause you can see many, you know, nice buildings and places and things, just by walking. 

拉斐尔：当然！我认为巴黎和东京最大的不同就是面积。像巴黎的大小就很合适，你可以走着去任何地方。要是去稍微远点的地方最多要用一个半小时，基本来讲，巴黎这座城市很适合徒步旅行者，你可以步行去任何地方，我的意思是在这个过程中会非常愉快，因为步行你会看到许多漂亮的大楼、美丽的地方及美丽的事物。

Todd: Wow, that's nice. How many people live in Paris? 

托德：哇，那真好。巴黎有多少人口？

Rapheal:Including the suburbs² it's 8 million now. Maybe getting increasing, but the inner³ city is only one million, so it's not overcrowded at all. Yeah! 

拉斐尔：包括郊区有8百万人口。可能还会持续增长，不过内城区的人口只有1百万，所以完全不会拥挤。就是这样！

Todd: So, what else would you say is different about Tokyo and Paris? 

托德：那你觉得东京和巴黎还有什么区别呢？

Rapheal:Well, specially⁴, Paris you mean? The Transport is less expensive. This is important. 

拉斐尔：嗯，你是问巴黎的不同吗？交通费比较便宜。这很重要。

Todd: Yeah. 

托德：好。

Rapheal:Yeah, Yeah. 

拉斐尔：对，嗯。

Todd: It's more expensive? 

托德：交通费更贵？

Rapheal:No, it's less, sorry, it's less expensive. Anyway, the, I was surprised because Tokyo is not that expensive finally, I mean you can, you can live in a very expensive way if you want but you can save a lot as well. It's really up to you. But in Paris is quite hard to save. I mean, the food is very expensive, and if you want to go out, just, a restaurant or anything, it's really more expensive than in Japan. A restaurant for example, like prices in Japan start from a thousand yen⁵, maybe less, like 600 yen, and in France like the cheapest restaurant you can find is 15 Euro which is around 2000 Yen. 

拉斐尔：不，更便宜，抱歉，更便宜。总之，其实东京的交通费也不算太贵，这令我很吃惊，我的意思是，你可以过奢侈的生活，但是你也可以省下很多钱。这完全取决于个人。但是巴黎就很难省钱。我的意思是，巴黎的食物非常贵，如果你去餐厅或其他地方吃饭，那花费要比日本贵很多。比如去餐厅吃饭，日本便宜的餐厅可能大概是1000日元起，或者更少，也许600日元吧，但是巴黎最便宜的餐厅也要15欧元，大概2000日元左右。

Todd: Whoa! That is expensive. 

托德：哇！真贵！

Rapheal:Yeah, it's more expensive, wherever you go it's more expensive if you want to go out but on the contrary⁶ the cinema is really cheap, so so many people go to the cinema, I mean, the cinema is really, it's a part of Paris nightlife, like, people used to go to cinema once a week at least, almost everyone. Yeah, cause it's really cheap. A ticket is 1000 yen, maybe less. 

拉斐尔：对，比日本贵，去餐厅吃饭的花费比日本贵，不过电影票非常便宜，所以许多人都去电影院看电影，我的意思是，看电影是巴黎的夜生活之一，人们至少每周去看一次电影，几乎所有人都是如此。嗯，因为电影票很便宜。一张票大概1000日元，可能更便宜。

Todd: So, what about sports, like what kind of sports do you like to do? 

托德：那运动呢，你喜欢什么运动？

Rapheal:Yeah, anything. Anything, yeah! You have a lot of facilities, like gymnasium⁷, swimming pools, clubs, yeah, you can practice a lot. Especially, I was a student so, I had this very easy student life because France has a lot of students, whatever it is, so they give you a bit of money, and you get discount on almost anything, so sport is specially favorized in Paris when you are a student, you can almost like do whatever you want, as a sport almost free, sometimes, so, it's, you can do a lot of things. Actually, I did Aikido. I did swimming pool, squash⁸, tennis, yeah, uh, basketball, yeah, a lot of things actually. 

拉斐尔：任何运动，没错，任何运动！有许多设施，比如健身房，泳池，俱乐部，你可以做许多锻炼。尤其是，我还是学生的时候，过着非常简单的学生生活，因为法国有许多学生，他们会给你一笔钱，然后你做所有事情都可以打折，所以运动在巴黎的学生中很受欢迎，你可以做你想做的任何运动，有时运动几乎就是免费的，所以，你可以做许多事情。其实，我非常喜欢合气道。我也会去游泳，打壁球，打网球，嗯，打篮球，其实进行过许多运动。

Todd: Active guy. And what about the traffic if you want to drive in Paris? 

托德：你真是个有活力的家伙。那巴黎的交通情况怎么样，要是在巴黎开车呢？

Rapheal:I never tested, because as I told you it's so nice to just walk, that, and I didn't own a car but it's quite tough for people living in the suburbs cause they need a car to come, the train system is not really good. It's not like, there's a lot of delay⁹, trains and things like that, so if you live in the suburbs you need a car, and driving through Paris in the mornings or evening is really difficult, so I just didn't want to test, you know. 

拉斐尔：我从来没有试过，因为我告诉过你，在巴黎步行非常棒，而且我也没有车，不过步行对住在郊区的人来说很难，因为他们的出行需要轿车，巴黎的火车系统不是很好。火车经常晚点，所以要是住在郊区，你就需要一辆车了，不过早上和晚上在巴黎开车很难，所以我并不想开车，你知道的。

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 suburbs   

n.郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 inner   

adj.内部的，里面的；内在的，内心的；精神的

参考例句：

• The label is on the inner side of the box.标签贴在盒子内侧。
• Other people seek the mountains for renewal of their inner lives.另一些人到深山中去，寻求新的精神生活。

4 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

5 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

6 contrary   

adj.相反的；adv.相反的(地)；n.反面，相反

参考例句：

• My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own.在服装方面，我妹妹的爱好和我完全不同。
• The result is contrary to expectation.结果跟预料恰好相反。

7 gymnasium   

n.体育馆，健身房

参考例句：

• Our school has a big gymnasium.我们学校有座大型体育馆。
• The game will be staged in the gymnasium.竞赛将在体育馆举行。

8 squash   

n.壁球，摺皱不堪，拥挤嘈杂的人群，浓缩果汁，美国南瓜；vt.压扁，压制；vi.变扁，压榨

参考例句：

• He is drinking lemon squash.他正在喝柠檬露。
• She sprained her ankle playing squash.她在打软式墙网球时扭伤了脚踝。

9 delay   

v./ n.拖延，延误，延迟，延期；耽搁

参考例句：

• The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
• I couldn't judge whether the delay was good or bad.我不能断定这样延迟是好还是坏。