美語情景對話 第1325期:Are you a budget traveller? 你是經濟型旅行者嗎?
Mark: My name is Mark.
馬克:我是馬克。Sorie: And my name is Sorie and today's question is, are you a budget traveler?
索瑞:我是索瑞,今天要討論的問題是,你是經濟型旅行者嗎?Mark: Definitely.
馬克:我絕對是。
Sorie: How come?
索瑞:爲什麼?Mark: Well, the thing that comes to my mind is my trip. I traveled for six months in India and when I went to India for six months I had, I took so little money with me but I stretched it out, I stretched it out and I stretched it out a bit more and I could stay there living in relative luxury for hardly any money.
馬克:我想到了我的旅行經歷。我曾在印度旅行了6個月的時間,在印度玩的那6個月,我帶的錢很少,可是我設法使帶的錢能支撐更長時間,延長我的遊玩時間,我可以在幾乎沒什麼錢的狀態下過相對較奢侈的生活。Sorie: For how long?
索瑞:多長時間?Mark: Six months.
馬克:6個月。Sorie: Six months, wow, that's amazing.
索瑞:6個月,哇哦,那太不可思議了。Mark: Yeah, how about you, have you had any experience of traveling on a budget?
馬克:嗯,你呢?你有節省開支的旅行經歷嗎?Sorie: No, I think I like luxury traveling, I like eating well and staying in nice places but every once in a while it's alright to have a budget travels especially if you're, especially if you're going a third world country.
索瑞:沒有,我想我喜歡豪華的旅行,我喜歡吃好的、住好的酒店,不過每隔一段時間進行一次廉價旅遊也不錯,尤其是在第三世界國家。Mark: Alright, yeah, if you could go anywhere on a budget, where would you go?
馬克:對,如果你要進行廉價旅遊,那你會選擇去哪裏?Sorie: I would like to go to India as well.
索瑞:我也想去印度。Mark: I recommend it, I think it's a great country to travel on a budget.
馬克:我建議你去,那真的是一個適合進行廉價旅遊的國家。Sorie: Well, I'll do that, thank you.
索瑞:嗯,我會去的,謝謝你。譯文屬僅供學習交流使用,未經許可請勿轉載
重點講解:
1. how come (用於因爲驚訝而詢問)怎麼會這樣呢,爲什麼;
例句:How come I never knew that?
我怎麼會一直都不知道?
2. come to mind 突然想起;(想法)一下子冒出來;
例句:For most people, only two options come to mind.
對大多數人來說,只有兩個選擇浮現腦海。
3. stretch out 延伸;
例句:I'd like to stretch out my mortgage payments over a longer period if possible.
如果有可能的話,我想延長我的抵押付款期。
4. every once in a while 偶爾;間或;
例句:Every once in a while something comes up that you can't prepare for.
但偶爾也會出現一些你無法準備的情況。