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(lái)
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譯文:
1--哈羅,你叫什么名字?
2--我叫Mathew Gill.
1--Mathew,你來(lái)自哪里???
2--我來(lái)自英格蘭,是英格蘭北部,靠近曼徹斯特。
1--那你在來(lái)日本之前在曼徹斯特生活過(guò)嗎
2--沒(méi)有,在來(lái)日本之前,我住在泰國(guó)的曼谷。
1--哇,世界旅行家??!
2--是啊,和那差不多。
1--跟我們說(shuō)說(shuō)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(lè)都是在這里產(chǎn)生。最著名的是來(lái)自曼徹斯特的綠洲樂(lè)團(tuán)和大約15年前來(lái)自曼徹斯特的史密斯樂(lè)團(tuán)。
1--哦,那真棒。我真的很喜歡史密斯樂(lè)團(tuán)。你喜歡曼徹斯特嗎?
2--是的,我覺(jué)得它是一個(gè)非常棒的城市。
1--我很希望將來(lái)能住在那里。那是一個(gè)非常好的城市。