實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：生活在愛達(dá)荷 Life in Idaho

Todd:OK, so we're here. Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself to the listener?

好，我們就在這兒。你想走到臺前向聽眾介紹一下你自己嗎?

Roe:OK, my name is Hiroe Hashi. I've lived in America for about seven and a half years. I lived in Italy for two years.

好的，我叫Hiroe Hashi.我在美國住了七年半，在意大利住了兩年。

Todd:Wow! You lived in Italy too.

哇!你還在意大利住過啊!

Roe:Right, right. So all together I've lived in a foreign country for nine and a half years.

是的，是的。所以總共算下來我在國外住了九年半。

Todd:Wow! That's amazing. So did you live in America before you lived in Italy? 哇!太驚人了!那你在意大利住之前就在美國住過嗎? Roe:I was in Italy when I was 9 years old, no actually 7 years old to 9 years old. 9歲就在意大利了，實(shí)際上沒到9歲，7歲到9歲之間。

Todd:Did you learn Italian?

你學(xué)過意大利語嗎?

Roe:A little bit. Basicallyslangs.

一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)?；镜馁嫡Z。

Todd:Wow, so then how old were you when you moved to America?

哇，那你搬到美國的時(shí)候你多大?

Roe:Yeah, I was 17. I was on a exchange program for when I went to Idaho.

恩我17。在我去愛達(dá)荷州的時(shí)候我在參加一個(gè)交流項(xiàng)目。

Todd:Wow, what did you think when you first got to America?

哇，你第一次到美國的時(shí)候感覺怎么樣?

Roe:OK. I bought new clothing cause my image was like L.A., New York, but it was Idaho, but I didn't know what toexpect, and I got off from the airplane and I said to myself, "Oh, my god!". There was nothing there.

恩。因?yàn)槲业闹b風(fēng)格比較像洛杉磯和紐約的，所以我買了新衣服。但我現(xiàn)在要去愛達(dá)荷州，我不知道會(huì)發(fā)生什么，但在我下飛機(jī)的那一刻我對自己說了句：“哦，我的天吶”。這兒什么都沒有。

Todd:Yeah, so was it flat. Was it flat.

是的，的確很空很平。

Roe:It was flat. I saw, There was...I remember the sun going down cause it was nothing, really nothing: a flat space, 360 degrees, an airport, cowboys.

它是平的。我看見那有……我記得太陽下山就因?yàn)槟莾菏裁炊紱]有，真的是什么都沒有。平面空間，360度，一個(gè)機(jī)場還有牛仔。

Todd:Cowboys!

牛仔!

Roe:Potatoes. Real Cowboys. Spuds.

土豆。真正的牛仔。土豆。

Todd:So Idaho is cowboys and potatoes.

所以愛達(dá)荷州就有牛仔和土豆。

Roe:Exactly. That's all. About.

確實(shí)是。就是這樣。

Todd:Do you still like potatoes?

你還喜歡土豆嗎?

Roe:I stopped eating spuds since I came back cause I ate it everyday. You go to 31 Ice-cream shop and there they have spuds ice-cream.

自打我回來就沒再吃過土豆，因?yàn)槟莻€(gè)時(shí)候天天吃。你去冰激凌商店的時(shí)候，那兒會(huì)有土豆冰激凌。

Todd:Wow. So spud means potato.

哇。所以說spud就是土豆。

Roe:Yeah, spud, it's like Idaho English.

是的，土豆，它是愛達(dá)荷英語。

Todd:Wow. And how about cowboys. Did you become a real cowboy?

哇，那牛仔呢?你變成一個(gè)真正的牛仔了嗎?

Roe:I started to grow my hair, cause if you had short hair, people used to call you like a new-waver, like faggots. It was kind of a little disaster for somebody different to live.

我開始留頭發(fā)了，因?yàn)槿绻闶嵌填^發(fā)，人們習(xí)慣叫你新的動(dòng)搖者，比如同性戀。收到他人的區(qū)別對待對我是一種災(zāi)難。

Todd:Yeah, for sure, that would be reallyharsh. So tell me about your family.

是的，確實(shí)，那太殘酷了。那給我講講你的家庭吧。

Roe:My family! I have two brothers and a sister, and my fatherpassed awaythree years ago and my mom is working.

我的家庭!我有兩個(gè)哥哥和一個(gè)姐姐，父親三年前就去世了，母親還在工作。

Todd:OK, Do youmissidaho?

好的，你會(huì)想念愛達(dá)荷州嗎?

Roe:Friends. I've made some best friends in Idaho actually.

會(huì)想念朋友。事實(shí)上，我在那兒交了好多朋友。

Todd:Really.

真的啊。

Roe:Yeah, actually, I've lived in L.A., Washington State, but Idaho.

是的，確實(shí)是，除了愛達(dá)荷我還在洛杉磯和華盛頓州住過。

Todd:When is the last time you were in Idaho?

你最后在愛達(dá)荷州是什么時(shí)候?

Roe:When I, that's when I finished my program, so a long time ago. 10, wow, 12, 13 years ago.

當(dāng)我，就是在我完成我項(xiàng)目的時(shí)候，所以應(yīng)該是很久以前，10年，哇，12，13年前吧。

Todd:Wow, that is a long time. OK, and where do you live now?

哇，那是很長一段時(shí)間了。好，那你現(xiàn)在住在哪了呢?

Roe:I live in Yokohama.

我住在橫濱。

Todd:Yokohama 橫濱。