原版英语对话1000个:151 Hong Kong

Todd: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello!

Laura: Hi!

Todd: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from?

Laura: I'm from Hong Kong.

Todd: Hong Kong. That's great. So tell us about Hong Kong.

Laura: Well, it's a country for people, and well, when I ask my friends would they love Hong Kong they just say, Oh well, many good cheap things to buy, what, so many, a lot of delicious dishes, what, so.

Laura: And Hong Kong is a really big modern city, with tall, tall buildings.

Todd: Do you live downtown where all the tall buildings are?

Laura: When, I'm in the city. I live in the 24th floor.

Todd: The 24th floor.

Laura: So my brother live in 44.

Todd: Wow!

Laura: It's amazing right?

Todd: Yeah, that's insane. Wow

Laura: So just for residential¹ users we have very tall buildings.

Todd: Oh, OK. What's the best thing about Hong Kong?

Laura: Well, what do you mean?

Todd: Like what's something that is really nice about living in Hong Kong?

Laura: Mm!

Todd: It's kind of hard. I'm sorry. On the spot. How about the food? Does Hong Kong have really good food?

Laura: Maybe a lot of choice. So you have different kind of cuisine², like Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, well, a lot of choice.

Todd: OK. And the people of Hong Kong, do they all speak different types of Chinese?

Laura: Well, mainly Cantonese, but sometimes, well in school they usually speak English.

Todd: Really!

Laura: Yes, now because well, we are a part of China, so we usually, we have to learn Mandarin³ as well.

Todd: OK, so you speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.

Laura: Well, you can say that.

Todd: That's amazing. OK, thanks a lot.

 

1 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

2 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

3 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。