英语访谈对话 159 Favorite Fruit

 　　Todd: Selvam, what is your favorite¹ food?

　　Selvam: My favorite fruit is grapes.

　　Todd: Grapes.

　　Selvam: Yeah.

　　Todd: Oh, really!

　　Selvam: Yes.

　　Todd: OK. Do you like wine²? Do you drink wine?

　　Selvam: No, no, I don't drink anything, but I like grapes, the taste is very good.

　　Todd: Do you like...?

　　Selvam: It's very sweet that's why I like them.

　　Todd: Do you like green grapes or purple grapes?

　　Selvam: Green, Green grapes.

　　Todd: Green grapes.

　　Selvam: Yeah.

　　Todd: OK, are there many grapes around your hometown⁴ in India⁵?

　　Selvam: Yes, yeah. We have, I used⁶ to eat everyday⁷ grapes, because I like them very much that's.

　　Todd: OK, actually⁸ in my home in America we have many grapes where I live also.

　　Selvam: Oh.

　　Todd: Yeah, and how about what is your favorite season?

　　Selvam: My favorite season is winter.

　　Todd: Winter.

　　Selvam: Yeah, because in India, most of the days will be summer. Winter will come for only two months. That's why we love winter season.

　　Todd: Really?

　　Selvam: Yeah, it is very summer, very hot. That's why people are very black as³ a reason⁹.

　　Todd: You like the cool, cool weather.

　　Selvam: Yes.

　　Todd: Oh, nice. I'm the opposite¹⁰. I like warm weather

1 favorite   

n.特别喜爱的(人)物；adj.特别喜爱的

参考例句：

• Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.春秋是我喜欢的季节。
• Her most favorite fruit is orange.她最喜欢的水果是桔子。

2 wine   

n.酒，葡萄酒，紫红色；vt./vi.喝酒，请喝酒

参考例句：

• After drinking some wine,I feel warm all over.喝酒以后周身发热。
• The wine bottle is empty.酒瓶干了。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 hometown   

n.故乡；家乡

参考例句：

• Australia is the hometown of kangaroos.澳大利亚是袋鼠的故乡。
• My hometown is 100 miles away from here.我的家乡离这里有一百英里路。

5 India   

n.印度（亚洲）

参考例句：

• New Delhi is the capital of India.新德里是印度的首都。
• In India,there are fifteen official languages.印度有15种官方语言。

6 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。

7 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

8 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

9 reason   

n.原因，理由，理智，道理；v.劝说，推理

参考例句：

• That is the reason why we must go now.那就是我们现在必须走的理由。
• The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.水灾是那场大雨造成的。

10 opposite   

adj.相对的，相反的，对面的；prep.对面

参考例句：

• The post office is opposite (to) the station.邮局在车站的对面。
• Black and white are opposite.黑与白是截然相反的。