英文原版对话1000个:829 House Party

Todd: Hello, Tini.

Tini: Hello.

Todd: Now, Tini, can you please mention all the countries you've been in in the world where you were a student?

Tini: Well, until now I've studied in Hong Kong for around six years, and America for a year and in Japan for more than three years, actually.

Todd: That's incredible¹. Did you also study in Vietnam², your country?

Tini: Oh, of course. Yes, since I'm Vietnamese.

Todd: OK, and you were in high school in America?

Tini: Yes. My senior³ year in high school.

Todd: Oh, great. And you're a university student now in Japan?

Tini: Yes, sir.

Todd: OK, and you also studied in high school in Vietnam?

Tini: Yes, sir.

Todd: OK. And what about in Hong Kong? What grades were you a student?

Tini: I studied from grade two to grade six.

Todd: OK. Now that makes you kind of an expert on young people around the world and what they like to do for fun.

Tini: Well, to some extent⁴.

Todd: OK. So what do friends like to do for fun in high school in America?

Tini: Well, of course, you know teenagers, we all like to have parties, and one very interesting thing about parties in America is like they like to do it at their own house, especially when their parents are out.

Todd: Yes. Actually, I'm American. I remember well.

Tini: Uh-huh. Well, like, like when your parents are out on a business trip or on a vacation to some other states or to some other countries and then, you know, you will be baby-sitting your house for a couple of days, and that is actually a really opportunity to have some parties.

Todd: Right. Right. Actually, I remember there's a lot of peer⁵ pressure actually, so if your parents are away you feel like you have to have a party.

Tini: Exactly. Exactly. Like, "Hey, I heard that your parents are away. Why not this, huh?

Todd: Right. So does that happen in other countries, like in Vietnam or in Japan?

Tini: Oh, absolutely no.

Todd: No!

Tini: I don't think so. Like to my own experience, I don't think so.

Todd: Oh, why not?

Tini: Well, first of all, parents are always home. That is the number one rule, and you actually, you can't, you know stay, we have like curfew times for... especially for students in Vietnam, for example you have to be back home at ten thirty. And period.

Todd: That's pretty early.

Tini: Well, yes, you know people are pretty conservative⁶.

Todd: But kids don't have curfews in America?

Tini: I... Yes, I do think so, but you know, um.. they are pretty more flexible⁷.
 

1 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。

2 Vietnam   

n.越南

参考例句：

• Vietnam is suffering from food shortage.越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
• Laos is on the west of Vietnam.老挝在越南西面。

3 senior   

adj.年长的；资格较老的，地位较高的；n.年长者，前辈；大学高年级学生

参考例句：

• My brother is senior to me by two years.我哥哥比我年长两岁。
• They are senior students.他们是高年级学生。

4 extent   

n.程度，范围，限度；广度，宽度，大小

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent. 这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• What's the extent of the damage? 损坏的程度如何?

5 peer   

n.同辈，同等地位的人，伙伴，贵族；vi.仔细看，费力地看

参考例句：

• Children are easily influenced by their peer.孩子很容易受同辈影响。
• He is a peer.他是一个贵族。

6 conservative   

adj.保守的，守旧的；n.保守的人，保守派

参考例句：

• He is a conservative member of the church.他是一个守旧教会教友。
• The young man is very conservative.这个年轻人很守旧。

7 flexible   

adj.易曲的，灵活的，柔软的，能变形的，可通融的

参考例句：

• We need a foreign policy that is more flexible.我们需要一种更灵活的外交政策。
• We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well.我们既要有原则性，也要有灵活性。