實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Hawaii 夏威夷

Mari: Hi, I'm Mari. I'm here with Ron. Ron is from Hawaii. So Ron, what is so special about Hawaii?

馬里：嗨，我是馬里。今天由我和羅恩來討論話題。羅恩來自夏威夷。羅恩，夏威夷有什么特別之處?

Ron: Well, Hawaii is my home, but to people not from Hawaii, I think Hawaii is famous forits nice weather, its warm all year round, also it's known for its beaches. The beaches are very nice. And it's also known for its warm hospitality. The people are also very nice.

羅恩：夏威夷是我的家鄉(xiāng)，我想對其他人來說，夏威夷以天氣好、四季溫暖如春聞名，另外夏威夷的海灘也很出名。海灘非常不錯。而且夏威夷也以熱情好客而聞名。夏威夷人非常友好。

Mari: So can you tell me more about the weather? It's always sunny? It never rains?

馬里：你能給我們介紹一下夏威夷的天氣嗎?天氣一直都是陽光明媚嗎?從來不下雨嗎?

Ron: It does rain, but often it rains and it's sunny at the same time, so we have a lot of rainbows. Hawaii is also famous for rainbows.

羅恩：夏威夷也會下雨，不過通常下雨時天氣也是晴朗的，所以經(jīng)常能看到彩虹。夏威夷的彩虹也很有名。

Mari: That's nice. Can you tell me more about the beach?

馬里：這真不錯。你能和我說說那里的海灘嗎?

Ron: We have beaches on all shores of the island — all our islands. There's many beaches to choose from. And often, some beaches have big waves, some beaches have small waves, and you can choose which beach to go to depending on whether you want to surf in big waves or you want to swim where there's no waves.

羅恩：夏威夷島的所有海岸都有海灘。有很多海灘可供游客選擇。一些海灘風浪很大，其他海灘風浪很小，你可以依據(jù)你是想在大浪中沖浪還是想在小浪中沖浪來選擇要去哪個海灘，你也可以在沒有風浪的時候去游泳。

Mari: Can you tell me maybe about the nature in Hawaii?

馬里：你能和我說說夏威夷的自然風景嗎?

Ron: We have forests, so there's lots of animals, like birds, and small animals like wallabies: we have Hawaiian wallabies and they live in the forest.

羅恩：我們有森林，森林里有很多動物，有鳥類還有沙袋鼠這樣的小動物，夏威夷有沙袋鼠，它們生活在森林里。

Mari: What's a wallaby?

馬里：什么是沙袋鼠?

Ron: Wallabies, they're those little mammals from Australia and they were introduced in Hawaii and now they're wild in Hawaii. They've become their own species.

羅恩：沙袋鼠是來自澳大利亞的哺乳動物，它們被引進到夏威夷，現(xiàn)在在夏威夷是野生動物。它們已經(jīng)成為了夏威夷的物種。

Mari: What do they look like?

馬里：它們長什么樣?

Ron: They look like little kangaroos I think.

羅恩：我認為它們看起來像小袋鼠。

Mari: Interesting. Any other interesting animals in Hawaii?

馬里：真有趣。夏威夷還有其他有趣的動物嗎?

Ron: We have a lot of pigs, wild pigs. We like to go hunting for them and we like to eat them.

羅恩：我們有很多野豬。我們喜歡去狩獵野豬，然后吃豬肉。

Mari: Are there any animals that live in the sea?

馬里：有生活在海里的動物嗎?

Ron: We have nice coral reefs, so there's lots of beautiful fish in our coral reefs and many people like to go snorkeling to look at our reefs. We also have turtles and seals in Hawaii.

羅恩：我們有漂亮的珊瑚礁，珊瑚礁里有很多漂亮的魚類，有許多游客喜歡在夏威夷浮潛，去欣賞那些珊瑚礁。夏威夷也有烏龜和海豹。

Mari: Are there any whales?

馬里：有鯊魚嗎?

Ron: We do have whales during the months of March till February I believe. They come from Alaska and they come to Hawaii during those months and then they return to Alaska.

羅恩：我想2月到3月海里有鯊魚。在這段時間，這些鯊魚從阿拉斯加來到夏威夷，之后它們會再回到阿拉斯加。

Mari: Wow, there are a lot of animals that live in Hawaii. Sounds like a great place to visit.

馬里：哇，有很多動物生活在夏威夷。聽起來夏威夷是個很棒的旅行地。