实战口语情景对话 第402期:Life in Sweden 瑞典的生活

 　　Todd: So, Ruth in Europe, have you traveled much?

　　托德：鲁斯，你去欧洲的很多地方旅行过吗？

　　Ruth: Yeah, actually, um, well, when I was younger I went on a tour around all of Western Europe and then when I was at university I backpacked around Scandinavia for a month with a friend. (Nice!) It was really nice, actually, yeah.

　　鲁斯：是的，实际上我年轻的时候去西欧旅行过，我上大学的时候和一个朋友去斯堪的纳维亚半岛背包旅行了一个月。（真好！）实际上那真的非常不错。

　　Todd: Wow, so where did you go in Scandinavia?

　　托德：哇，那你都去斯堪的纳维亚半岛的什么地方了？

　　Ruth: Well, we started off in Sweden and then we went to Norway and then we went to Denmark. We never actually made it to Finland. That was simply because we ran out of money, so.

　　鲁斯：嗯，我们从瑞典出发然后去了挪威和丹麦。可是我们没能去芬兰。原因很简单，因为我们没钱了。

　　Todd: So were you out in the wilderness¹, or were you just going from village to village?

　　托德：你是去旷野里旅行了，还是只是在各个村庄旅行？

　　Ruth: Really we just, we arrived in Stockholm. We went around Stockholm. We went to Oslo. We spent most of our time in the cities, although everything was so expensive. We ended up sleeping in youth hostels³ or on people's floors.

　　鲁斯：我们去了斯德哥尔摩。我们在斯德哥尔摩四处转了转。我们还去了奥斯陆。我们大部分时间都在城市里旅行，不过城市里的所有东西都很贵。我们晚上会入住青年旅馆或是睡在别人家的地板上。

　　Todd: What do you remember most about your trip?

　　托德：你在旅行中印象最深的事情是什么？

　　Ruth: Um, probably just having no money, so we couldn't eat really for a fortnight.

　　鲁斯：嗯，可能就是花光了钱吧，所以我们两星期都不能好好吃饭。

　　Todd: You couldn't eat?

　　托德：不能吃饭？

　　Ruth: Well, we ate breakfast in the youth hostel², and then we would take a bread roll from the youth hostel, from the breakfast bar and have that for lunch and then in the evening we would eat if we could afford it.

　　鲁斯：嗯，我们在青年旅馆吃早餐，然后我们会从青年旅馆的早餐吧台拿一个面包卷当做午餐，晚上如果我们付得起我们就会吃饭。

　　Todd: Actually, in terms of food, what do people in Scandinavia usually eat?

　　托德：实际上，谈到食物，斯堪的纳维亚半岛人一般都吃什么？

　　Ruth: Um, I think they eat a lot of potatoes and meat and things. I'm not sure really what a typical Scandinavian meal would be.

　　鲁斯：嗯，我想他们常吃土豆和肉类这样的食物。我也不太清楚斯堪的纳维亚半岛有什么典型食物。

　　Todd: That's OK. You didn't have any money to buy any food right?

　　托德：好吧。你没有钱买吃的吗？

　　Ruth: We didn't eat so.

　　鲁斯：对，所以我们没吃饭。

　　Todd: Yeah, silly question. Um, so what do you remember most about Stockholm?

　　托德：好吧，这真是愚蠢的问题。嗯，那你对斯德哥尔摩印象最深的是什么？

　　Ruth: Ah, they've got some really nice buildings in Stockholm. I've got relatives who live in Stockholm so we stayed with them, and also it was really hot when we went there, but it was also very pricey.

　　鲁斯：啊，斯德哥尔摩的大楼非常漂亮。我有亲戚在斯德哥尔摩生活，我们和他们住在一起，我们到那里的时候天气非常热，而且东西也很贵。

　　Todd: So in every store you went into were they playing ABBA?

　　托德：那你们去的商店都有播放阿巴合唱团的歌曲吗？

　　Ruth: No. Thank goodness⁴.

　　鲁斯：没有。真是谢天谢地。

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

3 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网

4 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！