今天的這段對話,在討論高中畢業(yè)后,
你高中畢業(yè)后干了什么?上了什么大學(xué)
來聽今天的講解:
A: do you mind if I sit here?
我坐這兒你不介意吧?
B: no, of course not. Go ahead.
不,當(dāng)然不介意,坐吧.
A: don't I know you?
我該不會是認識你吧?
B: yes, now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class together in high school.
對了,說起來還真認識.我想我們高中時曾經(jīng)在一起上過化學(xué)課.
A: you're right! How are you? It's been a long time!
沒錯!你好嗎?那是很久以前的事了!
B: What did you do after high school?
你高中畢業(yè)后干了什么?
A: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
我直接上大學(xué)了.你呢?
B: I took a year off to go travelling.
我休學(xué)一年出去旅游了.
A: that sounds exciting. Where did you go?
聽起來很有意思.你都去哪里了?
B: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?
我走遍了全球.那是我生命中最美好的一年.你去哪個學(xué)校了?
A: I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its languages department.
我去了康涅狄格州的一個小學(xué)校.那兒的語言學(xué)院名聲很好.
B: Oh, did you study a foreign language?
你學(xué)的是外語吧?
A: yes, I got a grant to study Chinese.
對,我拿了獎學(xué)金學(xué)中文.
B: that's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
那是一門很難學(xué)的語言,對吧?
A: it is, but it's very rewarding.
是的,但是很值得一學(xué).
B: so you can speak Chinese?
那你現(xiàn)在可以講中文了?
A: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die!
可以,但是我希望自己能說的更好些.對于中文,我會活到老學(xué)到老的.
B: I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well.
我覺得大多數(shù)語言要想掌握好都要花上一輩子的時間.