英语访谈对话 13 Summer Vacation

 　　Todd: OK. We're back with Jeanna. You wanna talk about your summer vacation.

　　Jeanna: Sure. I went to Las Vegas, Nevada; Reno, Nevada; Tahoe, California¹; and San Diego, California and I went to Disneyland².

　　Todd: Wow! Sounds like a really good time.

　　Jeanna: Yeah, it was. It was a lot of fun.

　　Todd: What was the best place?

　　Jeanna: Probably Las Vegas. It was the most interesting.

　　Todd: OK. why was it the most interesting?

　　Jeanna: It was just really busy and there was always stuff³ going on. Ya know, never resting.

　　Todd: OK. Ah, for example what stuff is going on? Like, what did you do?

　　Jeanna: Well, we went shopping a lot, in a lot of different casinos that had malls in them, w ent and visited the Hoover Dam⁴.

　　Todd: Oh, wow! It's pretty big.

　　Jeanna: Yeah, really big.

　　Todd: That's a lot of water. Did you go swimming?

　　Jeanna: No.

　　Todd: Can you swim in the Hoover Dam?

　　Jeanna: You can swim in the reservoir⁵.

　　Todd: I mean in the reservoir. Yeah. OK. How did you get to Las Vegas?

　　Jeanna: By plane from Oakland to Las Vegas.

　　Todd: OK. How long did it take?

　　Jeanna: About an hour and forty-five minutes.

　　Todd: OK. Do you think you'll go back to Las Vegas someday in the future?

　　Jeanna: Hopefully.

　　Todd: OK. Great. Thanks a lot Jeanna.

　　Jeanna: You're welcome.

1 California   

n.加利福尼亚(美国)

参考例句：

• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。
• We were driving on a California freeway.我们正沿着加利福尼亚的一条快车道驾车行驶。

2 Disneyland   

n.迪斯尼乐园

参考例句：

• Excuse me, is this the right way to Disneyland?劳驾，这是去迪斯尼乐园的路吗？
• Can you tell me something about Disneyland?请您给我讲迪斯尼乐园的情况好吗？

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 dam   

n.水坝，水闸；堰堤；vt.在…上筑坝，堵住

参考例句：

• The villagers went at building a dam with a will. 村民们劲头十足地着手修一座水坝。
• The Aswan Dam helps to control the River Nile in Egypt.阿斯旺水坝有助于控制埃及的尼罗河。

5 reservoir   

n.水库，蓄水池；(人才等的)储藏，汇集

参考例句：

• The town is supplied with water from a reservoir.该城镇由小山中的一座水库供水。
• A large quantity of water is stored in the reservoir.水库存了大量的水。