英语博客-北美风情 228 An interview with Maura

 　　You’ve already heard our interview with Harp¹, now here’s the interview with Maura! How much do you know about Maura already? Do you know which countries she visited when she travelled around Europe? Do you know in which country she taught English? Set the record straight and check out this episode to get to know more about your other Culips host.

　　Harp:After this time in Europe, did you speak French well?

　　Maura:The saddest part is, Harp, when I was looking for places to WWOOF, that was my objective. I wanted to go and have a French immersion². But the only place that accepted me was a place, a farm, where the guy was from England.

　　Harp:Oh no!

　　Maura:Yeah. So I was in France but I was staying with English people, speaking English all the time. So I didn’t learn much French at all, unfortunately.

　　Harp:But you’re very fluent in French now. Did you learn that mainly in Montreal?

　　Maura:Yup. After I came back from my travels in Europe, I lived in Quebec City, which is even more French than Montreal, and I started learning French there. I took a class at the university there and when I came to Montreal, I took more classes and I did language exchanges, which I have to say helped me so much with my French.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 immersion   

n.沉浸；专心

参考例句：

• The dirt on the bottom of the bath didn't encourage total immersion.浴缸底有污垢，不宜全身浸泡于其中。
• The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion.因长时间浸泡，木头发胀了。