英语访谈对话 105 Toronto

 　　Todd: Hey, Marika! What is your home town?

　　Marika: My hometown is Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

　　Todd: OK, and how many people live there?

　　Marika: About 4 million people.

　　Todd: Oh really?

　　Marika: Mm-hm. It's the biggest city in Canada.

　　Todd: Really. What is the best thing about it?

　　Marika: The best thing about Toronto is that it's a very multi-cultural city, and there is a really big mix of different people and there is lots of different things going on and lots of different cultural events and different restaurants and it's really interesting to meet all the different people.

　　Todd: What is the worst thing about it?

　　Marika: The worst thing about it is that I grew up there so I don't think it's as exciting as it probably is.

　　Todd: Oh, really.

　　Marika: Like sometimes I just get bored there because I'm used to it. Is that a bad thing?

　　Todd: NoMarika: That's weird¹. Let me say that again. What's the worst thing about it, OK, can I say the worst thing about it?

　　Todd: YeahMarika: One more time?

　　Todd: SureMarika: The worst thing about Toronto is that it's expanding and a lot of the farmland² that is outside of Toronto is now being developed into condominiums and suburbs³ and it's really good farmland but now it's just being turned into suburbs which is really bad I think.

1 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

2 farmland   

n.农田，乡间的土地

参考例句：

• They own 200 acres of farmland.他们拥有200英亩的农田。
• If this wet land was drained,it would be good farmland.如果把这块湿地的水排干，这块地就会成为良田。

3 suburbs   

n.郊区，城郊( suburb的名词复数 )；四乡；隧；四郊

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• The new college will be located in the suburbs. 这所新建的学院将设在郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》