【话匣子英语】采访亚力克斯（2）

这两期的节目主要是采访亚力克斯，听她讲述她的精彩人生以及有趣的冒险故事，亚力克斯的英语非常好，但其实英语只是她的第二外语，她又是如何做到的呢?

 

Harp¹: Did you miss the city, or you were just enjoying nature and being in a smaller town?

Aleksandra: I’d say I’m a split personality in a way. I wilt², shrivel up, when I’m only immersed in an urban environment, and I start to get itchy and lonely when I’m only in the bush. I cannot be without one or the other.

Harp: I see. I see. OK, and then how, after this love affair with Vancouver and the beautiful city, did you end up on the East Coast?

Aleksandra: That was a love affair with a job. I really got a very interesting opportunity to work for the National Cancer Institute of Canada, and being that it’s a very large organization with lots of superbly interesting research projects, it was an offer I could not decline. Absolutely. So that, in and of itself, was enough to move me east.

Harp: OK. So you worked with the cancer research institute for a couple of years?

Aleksandra: It was about somewhere around 8 years. And it was a very steep learning curve.

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 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。