2-- My name is Mathew Gill.
1-- Mathew, where are you from?
2-- I'm from England, from North of England, near Manchester.
1-- Were you living in Manchester before you can to Japan?
2-- No, I was living in Bangkok, in Thailand, before I came to Japan.
1-- Wow, world traveler.
2-- Yes, something like that.
1-- Tell us about Manchester. What is Manchester like?
2-- Manchester's well know for being quite a grim, industrial town. But it's got a more modern reputation as a center of arts, and there's lots of cool music that comes out of there. Oasis from Manchester is the most famous band, and the Smiths, kind of fifteen years ago, came from Manchester.
1-- Oh, that's great. I love the Smiths, actually. Do you like Manchester?
2-- I think it's a fantastic place, yeah.
1-- I'd love to live there in the future. It's a great city.
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注解:
1.traveler旅行者
2.reputation名譽(yù)
3.in the future未來
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譯文:
1--哈羅,你叫什么名字?
2--我叫Mathew Gill.
1--Mathew,你來自哪里???
2--我來自英格蘭,是英格蘭北部,靠近曼徹斯特。
1--那你在來日本之前在曼徹斯特生活過嗎
2--沒有,在來日本之前,我住在泰國的曼谷。
1--哇,世界旅行家??!
2--是啊,和那差不多。
1--跟我們說說曼徹斯特吧。曼徹斯特是什么樣的呢?
2--曼徹斯特以一座陰冷的工業(yè)化城鎮(zhèn)著稱。但是現(xiàn)在享有的美譽(yù)更多的是藝術(shù)中心,有很多炫酷的音樂都是在這里產(chǎn)生。最著名的是來自曼徹斯特的綠洲樂團(tuán)和大約15年前來自曼徹斯特的史密斯樂團(tuán)。
1--哦,那真棒。我真的很喜歡史密斯樂團(tuán)。你喜歡曼徹斯特嗎?
2--是的,我覺得它是一個非常棒的城市。
1--我很希望將來能住在那里。那是一個非常好的城市。