【话匣子英语】采访毛拉

上次节目采访了哈皮，让我们对哈皮有了个大致了解。这次我们采访的是毛拉，让我们来了解一下毛拉吧

Harp¹: Yes. Today I’m interviewing Maura. Last week, she interviewed me. We think this is a good idea for all of you to learn a little bit more about us, especially because there are a lot of new listeners² who might not know lots about us.

 

Maura: Right. It might be a New Year’s resolution³ to start listening to an English podcast, and you might just have tuned⁴ in. So now is your chance to get to know Harp and me a little bit more.

 

Harp: Yes. So let’s get started. Now, Maura, why don’t you tell us a little bit more about you. Where did you grow up?

 

Maura: Well, I was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. And my parents and even my grandparents were born in Canada, which is actually pretty rare⁵. And I lived there most of my life, until I went to university. Then I moved to a city called Guelph and I went to university there. After that, I travelled around a whole bunch⁶, and then I ended up in Montreal.

 

Harp: Sounds exciting. Now, tell me about Kitchener because I’ve never been there. I know it’s close to Toronto, but was it fun growing up there?

 

Maura: It was fun. I mean, of course I had lots of friends but it was very suburban⁷. And usually I answer this question by something that I read in a travel guide once. One of my friends, who was Australian, had a travel guide to Canada and I was curious⁸ and I looked up Kitchener in the travel guide. And the advice actually was that unless it was Oktoberfest, Kitchener wasn’t a place worth visiting. And it’s a bit sad and funny, but it’s true. Kitchener used⁹ to be called Berlin and it has—still has—a lot of German people. And so in the month of October, we have a really big Oktoberfest. It’s the second biggest Oktoberfest, next to the one in Germany, so it’s a pretty big deal. We also have something that’s interesting outside of Kitchener. We have lots of cute little small towns. And we also have a really famous market called the St. Jacobs Market. What’s really cool about this market is there are a lot of Mennonites who sell food and clothes and crafts¹⁰ at this market. And so outside of Kitchener, you can see Mennonites. They’re a rare group of people to see and it’s interesting to see these kinds of people.

 

Harp: Very interesting. I had no idea the Oktoberfest was that big. We should go one time.

 

Maura: Yeah. We should. It’s pretty fun.

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 listeners   

n.倾听者，收听者( listener的名词复数 )；听众

参考例句：

• the demographics of radio listeners 电台听众统计数据
• The singer's high notes jarred on the ears of her listeners. 那位歌手的高音让听众们觉得刺耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 resolution   

n.坚定，决心，决心要做的事，决定，决议

参考例句：

• You must stand to your resolution.你一定要坚守你的决心。
• I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading.我仍然还没有放弃多看些书的决心。

4 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 rare   

adj.稀罕的，罕有的，珍贵的，稀薄的，半熟的，非常的；adv.非常

参考例句：

• It is rare to see a man over 160 years old.很少见到一个人能活到160岁。
• The zoo has a lot of rare animals in it.这个动物园有许多珍奇的动物。

6 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

7 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

8 curious   

adj.好奇的，求知的，古怪的

参考例句：

• I heard a curious sound in the room.我在房间里听到奇怪的声音。
• He puts forward so many curious questions.他提出这么多稀奇古怪的问题。

9 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

10 crafts   

n.工艺( craft的名词复数 )；行业；飞机；飞行器

参考例句：

• traditional crafts like basket-weaving 像编篮子之类的传统工艺
• an arts and crafts emporium 工艺品商店