英語(yǔ)播客初級(jí)版 第254期(外教講解):國(guó)籍

A:Hey! How was your first day of class? I’m in level two and I’m loving my class this semester! It’s great being in a class of international students!
B:Mine was ok, except that no one in my class speaks English. I guess it will force me to converse in Chinese more in class so at least I should improve a lot this semester.
A: That’s both fortunate and unfortunate. It’s the United Nations in my class! We have people from all over the world! There are three Germans, a Pole, a Scottish, two French, an American, a Brazilian, a Chilean, a New Zealander, though he prefers to call himself a Kiwi. Who else do we have? Oh, we also have a Moroccan, a Togolese, a Pakistani, and two Indonesians!
B:That’s quite the array of nationalities. Everyone in my class is from Asia, except me. There are a few South Koreans, several Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, Singaporean, Filipino, Kazakhstani, and one Russian.
A:Well, I think you’re pretty lucky actually. You’ll have the opportunity to learn so much about Asian culture.
B:I guess so, but I think it’s going to be hard to relate to my classmates, especially with the language barrier. I think I might change classes.
A:Don’t! Stay the course! Your spoken Chinese will be eternally grateful. I bet you it will even surpass mine with all that practice.
B:I highly doubt it. Your girlfriend is Chinese.
A:Well, there is that, yes.
United Nations 聯(lián)合國(guó)
array n.一系列, 大批
opportunity n.機(jī)會(huì)
language barrier 語(yǔ)言障礙
stay the course 堅(jiān)持到最后
A: 嘿!上學(xué)第一天怎么樣?我在第2年級(jí)，我喜歡這學(xué)期的課。在一個(gè)滿是國(guó)際生的班級(jí)中感覺(jué)很棒。
B：我還可以，就是班里沒(méi)人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)。我想那會(huì)迫使我在課堂上多用中文交流，至少這學(xué)期我會(huì)大幅度提高中文水平。
A: 那既是幸運(yùn)的又是不幸的。我們班就是個(gè)小聯(lián)合國(guó)。學(xué)生來(lái)自全世界各地。有3個(gè)希臘人，1個(gè)波蘭人，1個(gè)英國(guó)人，2個(gè)法國(guó)人，1個(gè)美國(guó)，1個(gè)巴西人,1個(gè)智利人，1個(gè)新西蘭人。盡管他更愿稱(chēng)自己是Kiwi人。還有別國(guó)得人嗎?還有1個(gè)摩洛哥人，1個(gè)多哥人，1個(gè)巴基斯坦人，2個(gè)印尼人。
B：有這么多國(guó)籍。我們班的每個(gè)人除了我都來(lái)自亞洲，有些韓國(guó)人，一些日本人，還有馬來(lái)西亞人，泰國(guó)人，新加坡人，菲律賓人，哈薩克斯坦人，以及一個(gè)俄國(guó)人。
A: 我認(rèn)為你很幸運(yùn)。你有機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)亞洲的文化。
B：我也這么想，但我想和同學(xué)們交流有點(diǎn)難度，尤其是有語(yǔ)言障礙。我想我得換班。
A: 別。要堅(jiān)持到最后。你說(shuō)漢語(yǔ)的口語(yǔ)能力最終一定很強(qiáng)。我打賭在如此多的練習(xí)下你會(huì)超過(guò)我的漢語(yǔ)水平。
B：我對(duì)此很懷疑。你女朋友是中國(guó)人。
A: 確實(shí)是。