美語情景對話 第1180期:How International are you? 你有多國際化?

Todd: OK, Katie.

託德：好，凱蒂。

Katie: Yeah.

凱蒂：嗯。

Todd: Let's take an international test.

託德：我們來進行一場國際性測試。

Katie: Oh, OK.

凱蒂：好。

Todd: How international are you? Let's find out.

託德：你有多國際化？我們來測試一下。

Katie: Let's find out.

凱蒂：我們來測試吧。

Todd: First, have you ever eaten Greek food?

託德：第一個問題，你吃過希臘食物嗎？

Katie: Greek food? Ah, I've eaten, how do you say it, falafel.

凱蒂：希臘食物？嗯，我吃過，那叫什麼來着，鷹嘴豆餅。

Todd: Oh, is that Greek?

託德：哦，那是希臘食物？

Katie: I think so. I've had that, but apart from that, I've never eaten Greek food. How about you?

凱蒂：我想是的。我吃過那個，不過除那以外，我沒吃過其他希臘食物。你呢？

Todd: Ah, I think I have. Like, I've eaten Greek yogurt. Does that count?

託德：我想我吃過。我吃過希臘酸奶。那算嗎？

Katie: That counts.

凱蒂：算。

Todd: That counts?

託德：真的算？

Katie: That counts.

凱蒂：算。

Todd: OK, have you ever eaten Russian food?

託德：好，你吃過俄羅斯食物嗎？

Katie: What's Russian food?

凱蒂：什麼是俄羅斯食物？

Todd: I think, Russian food, is it borscht? Borscht is like a cabbage soup.

託德：我想羅宋湯應該算俄羅斯食物吧？羅宋湯和捲心菜湯差不多。

Katie: Hmm, I've never eaten Russian food.

凱蒂：嗯，那我從來沒吃過俄羅斯食物。

Todd: Yeah, maybe I haven't eaten Russian food either. OK, last one, have you ever eaten Vietnamese food?

託德：嗯，也許我也沒吃過。好，最後一個和食物有關的問題，你吃過越南食物嗎？

Katie: Ah, I see it written down. Is it pho?

凱蒂：啊，這個我記得，越南河粉，對吧？

Todd: Pho, the noodles?

託德：越南河吧，麪食嗎？

Katie: Yeah, I've eaten pho before.

凱蒂：對，我以前吃過越南河粉。

Todd: Yeah, I've been to Vietnam so I've eaten Vietnamese food a lot. And pho the noodles is really good.

託德：我去過越南，所以我吃過很多越南食物。越南河粉很好吃。

Katie: Yeah, it's delicious.

凱蒂：對，非常美味。

Todd: I've had that too.

託德：我也吃過。

Katie: OK, now let's talk about languages.

凱蒂：好，現在我們來談談語言。

Todd: Oh, OK. Have you ever studied French?

託德：哦，好。你學過法語嗎？

Katie: I have. I studied French for five years.

凱蒂：學過。我學過五年法語。

Todd: Oh, can you still speak French?

託德：哦，你現在還會說法語嗎？

Katie: Nope. Not at all.

凱蒂：不能。完全不行。

Todd: Yeah, me too. I once studied French years ago, but I haven't spoken French in so long I can't remember anything.

託德：我也是。我在很多年前學過法語，不過我很長時間沒有說過法語了，我現在一點兒法語都不記得了。

Katie: I can't remember anything either.

凱蒂：我也不記得。

Todd: Have you ever studied an Asian Language?

託德：你學過亞洲語言嗎？

Katie: I've studied Japanese. I can still speak it a little bit now, and I studied a little bit of Korean, but I don't speak Korean.

凱蒂：我學過日語。我現在能說一點兒日語，我還學過一點兒韓語，不過我不會說韓語。

Todd: Oh, really. OK. Wow, like I've studied Thai because I lived in Thailand for five years, and like you I've studied Japanese, but my Japanese is terrible.

託德：哦，真的嗎？哇哦，我學過泰語，因爲我在泰國生活了五年，和你一樣，我也學過日語，不過我日語說得很差。

Katie: How about your Thai?

凱蒂：那你泰語說得怎麼樣？

Todd: My Thai is OK. It's OK. I can talk a little bit. OK, so have you ever met a Spanish person?

託德：還可以，還不錯。我可以說一點兒泰語。好，你認識西班牙人嗎？

Katie: A Spanish person? Actually, I don't think I have.

凱蒂：西班牙人？我想我不認識。

Todd: Really?

託德：真的嗎？

Katie: I don't think I have met a Spanish person.

凱蒂：我想我不認識西班牙人。

Todd: Oh, interesting. I've been to Spain so, I've met a few and we have a Spanish teacher at my school.

託德：哦，有意思。我去過西班牙，我認識一些西班牙人，我們學校裏有一名西班牙老師。

Katie: Oh, maybe I have met a Spanish person then. Maybe, I've met a secret Spanish person.

凱蒂：哦，那也許我也認識西班牙人。我認識一位神祕的西班牙人。

Todd: OK, have you met a Chinese person?

託德：好，你認識中國人嗎？

Katie: Oh, yes, I've meet lots of Chinese people.

凱蒂：見過，我遇到過很多中國人。

Todd: OK, and have you met a Brazilian person?

託德：好，那你遇到過巴西人嗎？

Katie: I feel like if I say no, then I have. Probably. Probably, I've met a Brazilian person.

凱蒂：我想如果我說沒有，那可能有。也許我見過巴西人。

Todd: Yeah, I've met a few people from Brazil, so they're alway very nice. Very friendly people.

託德：我認識一些巴西人，他們非常友好。他們人很好。

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重點講解：
1. find out (尤指特意通過努力)發現，找出，查明；
例句：In working with others, you find out more about yourself.
在與別人一起工作的過程中，你會進一步認識你自己。
2. apart from 除了…外（別無）；
例句：Apart from clothes and bedding, I have nothing.
我除了行李被褥之外一無所有。
3. how about you （用於詢問對方的想法或要求）你呢，你覺得呢；
例句：How about you, John? Did you do anything this weekend?
你呢，約翰？你週末做什麼了嗎？
4. not at all 一點兒也不；完全不；
例句：I am not an obsessive. Not at all.
我不是個強迫症患者，完全不是。