原版英语对话1000个:274 Life in England

Todd: So, where did you grow up in England?

Mark: So, I grew up in a place called Bradford

Todd: Yeah

Mark: Actually Bradford is famous in England for two things. One, it's famous for curry¹. Indian curry because in Bradford we have a lot of Indian and muslim people, but also it's famous for riots because Bradford had major riots in England, it's had maybe the two worst riots in England for the past 10 years and that's due to racism² basically.

Todd: Really

Mark: Yeah

Todd: Oh, no! Is it a rough area?

Mark: Yeah, it's very working class. Yeah, not so much money in Bradford, pretty poor.

Todd: What was it like growing up there, like, what did you do as a kid?

Mark: What did I do as a kid? It was, it was tough, I lived on a government, well we call it councilor estate, maybe in America it's called maybe government assisted housing, so my area was pretty tough, but always there were lots of kids around so we were always playing
football, cricket, or riding bikes or sometimes causing mischief³.

Todd: How would you cause mischief?

Mark: It depends, maybe sometimes there's an old guy who nobody likes who lives near us so we go and throw maybe eggs at his windows and as we grew older we started throwing rocks at his windows, yeah.

Todd: What would you do if you had a house now and some kid threw eggs at your house?

Mark: If some kid threw eggs at my house I'd probably buy a big dog and set the dog off the least and the dog can chase the kids away.

 

1 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

2 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

3 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。