英语PK台 第45期:西班牙和丹麦的"根文化"

 听力文本：

Track one

Daniel – take me on a ‘Cooks Tour’

I started working with Four Seasons eighteen years ago

Working with the company gave me a great opportunity to travel around the world

I worked first in London – spent four years there

Went to Punta Mita in Mexico – was part of the opening of a property in Punta Mita

Thereafter¹ went to South America – Venezuela, Caracas

Post that, travelled to US, spent six years there – worked at the Four Seasons in LA; Miami; Las Vegas

Then it was time to go to China – I spent a couple of years in Shanghai and a couple of years in Beijing before I moved to The Rosewood

The way that you pronounce the names – do you speak Spanish?

I do – I am half Spanish, half Danish

The way you pronounce Caracas – obviously² a native Spanish speaker

That would be why you were in Mexico and other places with a Spanish influence

Speaking Spanish has its benefits, like speaking Chinese would

Although after seven years I do not speak the language

I find it very difficult and you have to be committed to a language

I get by with the everyday, common language you need to survive in China

Speaking Spanish will give you the benefit to be available for working in countries where Spanish is needed.

Often in Spanish speaking countries English may not be common – speaking Spanish is necessary if you want to travel to those countries

1 thereafter   

adv.此后，以后

参考例句：

• Thereafter they did not speak.此后他们就不再讲话了。
• On the opening day all tickets are a dollar, thereafter,they'll be two dollars.开张那天票价一元，以后两元。

2 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。