【话匣子英语】采访哈皮

哈皮和毛拉一直是这档节目的主持人，今天请来的嘉宾非常特殊，毛拉打算对哈皮展开一场采访。

Maura: Now, today we are going to do a Chatterbox episode¹. And that is where Harp² and I get to chat about all different kinds of topics. And sometimes we also interview people. Now, today I’m going to interview someone who is very interesting and who most of you all, or almost everyone, already knows. I’m going to interview Harp.

 

Harp: It’s true. I’m so interesting!

 

Maura: We thought that if you’ve been listening for a while, you might be curious about us and want to get to know us more. Or if you’re a new listener, like, maybe it’s your New Year’s resolution to learn English, and you’re just tuning³ in, you might want to know a little bit more about who we are. So, I’m going to interview Harp. And this episode, we’re going to do something that we haven’t done before. When I’m interviewing Harp, I want you to keep an ear out for an expression that means to fail or to succeed, OK? So, in this episode, Harp is going to use an expression that means to fail or to succeed in a certain situation. So listen to this episode and I’ll reveal⁴ at the end what the expression is.

 

Harp: Very exciting! Let’s get started.

 

Maura: All right. So, Harp, why don’t you tell us a little bit more about your background and where you’re from and where you grew up, because we’re not from Montreal, where we podcast from.

 

Harp: Yeah. You know, it’s funny because people ask me this question all the time and I have a little bit of a hard time responding because I’m kind of from two places at the same time, I would say. Because I was born in Fort⁵ St. John, which is in Northern British Columbia. And when I say northern, I mean northern. It is 15 hours north of Vancouver. And I lived there until I was 13. And Fort St. John is a very small town and there isn’t much to do, but it’s quite pretty. It’s in the northern forest so it’s really pretty. But like I said, it’s a bit boring, so my parents decided⁶ that they wanted to move and they thought about some different places and they decided we were moving to Edmonton, which is in Alberta. So now when people ask me, I say I’m half from Edmonton and half from BC because when I was 13 I moved to Edmonton and I kind of grew up there. I went to university in Alberta and Edmonton is home to me. People ask me where I’m from, I usually say Edmonton.

 

Maura: All right. And did you like growing up out west? I can ask you that because I’m not from that part of Canada.

 

Harp: I really did enjoy it. Fort St. John might have been boring, but it was a cute little town. We had a good group of family and friends there. And Edmonton, I actually really enjoyed growing up there. It’s a bigger city in terms of Canadian size, but it had a small-town feel to it but there were things to do. It was a nice place. I really enjoyed both my college and my university

 

Maura: So, what did you study at university?

 

Harp: I studied political science.

 

Maura: So does that mean you wanted to become a politician?

 

Harp: I was actually thinking more of becoming a lawyer. And so it’s a really common route to go from political science into law. And I love politics. Even now, I read the news a lot, I’m always following what’s going on politically in Canada, the US, and even internationally.

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 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。

3 tuning   

n.调谐，调整，调音v.调音( tune的现在分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 reveal   

vt.揭露，泄露；展现，显示

参考例句：

• The journalist did not want to reveal the identity of his informant.那个新闻工作者不想透露消息提供人的身份。
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes.它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。

5 fort   

n.要塞，堡垒，碉堡

参考例句：

• The fort can not be defended against an air attack.这座要塞遭到空袭时无法防御。
• No one can get into the fort without a pass.没有通行证，任何人不得进入要塞。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。