实战口语情景对话 第394期:Uniquely Hawaiian 独特的夏威夷

 　　Todd: So, hello, Mitchell, right?

　　托德：你好，米切尔，你好吗？

　　Mitchell: Yes. Nice to meet you.

　　米切尔：我很好。很高兴见到你。

　　Todd: Nice to meet you. Now Mitchell, you're from Hawaii?

　　托德：很高兴见到你。米切尔，你来自夏威夷，对吧？

　　Mitchell: Yes, I am.

　　米切尔：对，是的。

　　Todd: That must be pretty cool. What's it like growing up in Hawaii?

　　托德：那里一定非常凉爽。在夏威夷长大是什么感觉？

　　Mitchell: Hawaii's really different compared to mainland¹ America. I'm originally born in Ohio, but I moved to Hawaii when I was two. The culture's really different. Since everyone came from different backgrounds, for example, people, Chinese people, Philliphino people, Korean people, they all came from the plantation² days. It's a mixed culture, and for example if, my friend's in Hawaii, if I look at one person, I don't know what nationality or race they are, because they have like six races in them.

　　米切尔：夏威夷与美国内陆地区非常不一样。我是在俄亥俄州出生的，两岁时随家人搬去夏威夷。那里的文化非常不同。因为所有人都来自不同的背景，比如那里有中国人、菲律宾人、韩国人等等，他们都是在种植园时期来到夏威夷的。那里是混合型文化，举个例子，我的朋友在夏威夷，如果我看到他们，我不确定他们的国籍或者是种族是什么，因为他们可能是六个种族的混血。

　　Todd: Really, yeah.

　　托德：真的吗？

　　Todd: Well how about in Hawaii, when you think of Hawaii, what do you think of? Is it weather or food?

　　托德：那你怎么看夏威夷，提起夏威夷，你会想到什么？天气还是食物？

　　Mitchell: Weather, food, and beach.

　　米切尔：是天气、食物和沙滩。

　　Todd: The beach. OK. Yeah, what island are you from by the way?

　　托德：沙滩。好，对了，你来自哪个岛屿？

　　Mitchell: I'm from Ohau.

　　米切尔：我来自欧胡岛。

　　Todd: Ohau, OK, so obviously³ Ohau's more like...

　　托德：欧胡岛，好，显然欧胡岛是……

　　Mitchell: Yeah, it's the capital of Hawaii. Honolulu is the capital. Ohau's the most populated island. Our population now is about one million.

　　米切尔：对，是夏威夷的首府。火奴鲁鲁是夏威夷首府。欧胡岛是人口最密集的岛屿。现在我们那里的人口约有1百万。

　　Todd: Oh, really. And the whole island is one million.

　　托德：哦，真的吗？整个岛屿的人口是1百万。

　　Mitchell: Our own island, that is one million.

　　米切尔：是我们那个岛的人口是1百万。

　　Todd: Well, usually how many tourists are actually on the island at the same time?

　　托德：一般去欧胡岛旅游的人有多少？

　　Mitchell: I would think at least 20,000.

　　米切尔：我想至少有2万人。

　　Todd: Yeah, that's quite a bit.

　　托德：那真是很多人。

　　Mitchell: Yeah.

　　米切尔：对啊。

　　Todd: Yeah. So in Hawaii is it warm all year round? Sunny, and?

　　托德：好，那夏威夷是一整年都非常温暖吗？阳光明媚？

　　Mitchell: Well, the coldest it gets is when you are sleeping in the winter time, it'll hit like 69 degrees fahrenheit⁴ and that's when people are throwing on sweaters, the whole like winter.

　　米切尔：嗯，能感觉到最冷时候应该是冬天睡觉的时候，温度约为69华氏度，所以那时人们都穿上了线衣，整个冬天都是如此。

　　Todd: The coldest it gets is 70 degrees.

　　托德：最冷的时候是70华氏度左右。

　　Mitchell: Right, around like 66 I would think, when you are sleeping.

　　米切尔：对，我想睡觉的时候大概是66华氏度左右。

　　Todd: Man, wow, actually, that's farhenheit, that's the American system. How warm is that in centigrade? About 25?

　　托德：嘿，实际上那是按华氏度算的，这是美国的气温系统。那用摄氏度来表示是多少度呢？25度吗？

　　Mitchell: 24, 25?

　　米切尔：24度或是25度吧？

　　Todd: Maybe, I don't even know. Interesting. What do you think is the best thing about living in Hawaii?

　　托德：可能是吧，我也不知道。有意思。你认为在夏威夷生活最好的事情是什么？

　　Mitchell: It'd have to be just the environment itself. There's, you know, everyone's like, we say 'Ohana' means family. Everyone treats everyone like, for example my friend's parents, I call them 'auntie' or something like that because they treat me as like I'm their own kids. It's the culture in general. It's a warm feeling culture. It's like, their not as shady⁵. They'll welome you. When you come in they'll start feeding you food, you know it's like, you're not even hungry and they're feeding you. Also, you can't beat the beach. Surfing, body boarding, body surfing, canoe⁶ paddling.

　　米切尔：我想应该是环境本身。你知道，我们说的ohaha就是指家人。每个人对待其他人都一视如仁，举个例子，我称呼我朋友的母亲为阿姨，因为他们像对待自己的孩子一样对待我。这就是夏威夷的文化，一种能感受到温暖的文化。他们不会那么阴暗，他们会欢迎你。你去到别人家以后，他们就会请你吃饭，其实有时你并不饿，但是他们还是会请你吃饭。当然不能忘了海滩，冲浪、滑浪、人体冲浪还有划艇。

　　Todd: Ah, man, it sounds pretty good. OK, thanks Mitchelll.

　　托德：哦，伙计，听起来太棒了。好，谢谢你，米切尔。

　　Mitchell: No worries. Thank you.

　　米切尔：不客气。谢谢你。

1 mainland   

n.大陆，本土

参考例句：

• The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
• Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。

2 plantation   

n.种植园，大农场

参考例句：

• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
• The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

4 Fahrenheit   

n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)

参考例句：

• He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
• The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。

5 shady   

adj.成荫的，多荫的，可疑的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He's a rather shady person.他是个相当靠不住的人。

6 canoe   

n.独木舟；vi.乘独木舟，划独木舟

参考例句：

• They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
• It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。