美語情景對話 第875期:Scottish Cities 蘇格蘭城市

Matt: So, Rachel, where are you from?

馬特：蕾切爾，你來自哪裏？

Rachel: I'm from Scotland.

蕾切爾：我來自蘇格蘭。

Matt: Okay, Okay. Scotland like, what's the biggest city in Scotland?

馬特：好，好的。哪座城市是蘇格蘭最大的城市？

Rachel: The capitol city is Edinburgh but the biggest city, size-wise and population-wise is Glasgow.

蕾切爾：首府是愛丁堡，不過就面積和人口來說，格拉斯哥是最大的城市。

Matt: Okay and you lived in ...? Did you live in one of those two cities?

馬特：好，那你在哪個城市生活？是這兩座城市的其中一個嗎？

Rachel: My grandparents lived in Edinburgh and I lived in Glasgow for quite awhile at university.

蕾切爾：我祖父母生活在愛丁堡，我大學期間在格拉斯哥生活了一段時間。

Matt: Okay. I'm under the impression that there's a lot of rain in that area. Is that true or?

馬特：好。在我的印象裏，那個地區雨水很多。是這樣嗎？

Rachel: Yeah, pretty much.

蕾切爾：對，雨水非常多。

Matt: Yeah, we both come from rainy climates.

馬特：好，我們都來自多雨型氣候。

Rachel: Yeah, the West Coast of Scotland gets more rain that the east coast, so it's Glasgow that gets more rain than Edinburgh but Edinburgh has this very bitter cold wind, and it's really chilly.

蕾切爾：對，蘇格蘭西海岸的雨水比東海岸多，所以格拉斯哥的雨水比愛丁堡多，但是愛丁堡寒風刺骨，非常冷。

Matt: All year round or just in the winter?

馬特：是全年都是這樣，還是隻是冬天？

Rachel: No, pretty much all year round. Yeah.

蕾切爾：全年大部分時間。

Matt: Interesting. Tell me about Glasgow. What kind of city is it?

馬特：有意思。和我說說格拉斯哥吧。那座城市怎麼樣？

Rachel: Glasgow? When I was a kid was actually sort of very rundown, and it used to be famous for boat building and industry. But yeah, when I was a kid, I mean it was famous for being a very rough town and lots of unemployment. Lots of social problems, and then it just went through a kind of renaissance and got lots of money from the European Union and then the town just totally transformed. When I go back it's so different.

蕾切爾：格拉斯哥？我小時候那裏非常破舊，曾經以造船業聞名。但是，那是我小時候的事情，格拉斯哥曾是一座不發達的城市，因高失業率而聞名。當時那裏有很多社會問題，後來經歷了文藝復興，並從歐盟那裏獲得了大筆資金，使這座城市完全轉變了。我回去的時候那裏完全變了樣。

Matt: How is it different? Is it like more of a center for art than it was? Or is it ...? Like what's different?

馬特：和以前有什麼不同？更像藝術中心了？還是怎樣？有什麼不同？

Rachel: It did become a city of culture. And I think that reflects the sort of liveliness of the people of Glasgow. Like they're just, they have such a good sense of humor. They're very friendly. Quite different from Edinburgh where they're much more reserved I think.

蕾切爾：的確，格拉斯哥成爲了文化之城。我認爲這反映出格拉斯哥民衆的活力。他們有非常好的幽默感，又很友好。他們與愛丁堡人有很大不同，我認爲愛丁堡民衆更保守。

Matt: People are a little uptight.

馬特：人們有些保守。

Rachel: Yes, yes, so .. not uptight but they're not so friendly as Glaswegians.

蕾切爾：對，對，不是保守，不過不像格拉斯哥人那樣友好。

Matt: Glaswegians!

馬特：格拉斯哥人！

Rachel: Yes.

蕾切爾：對。

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重點講解：
1. all year round 一年到頭；終年；
例句：The weather here is abominable all year round.
這裏一年到頭天氣都不好。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：He used to go for long walks on the moors.
他過去時常在荒野上長時間地散步。
3. be famous for 著名的；有名的；
例句：She was once famous for her curves, making a name for herself as one of the country's foremost glamour models.
她曾經以身體的曲線而聞名，她是全國最有魅力的模特之一。
4. be different from 和…不同；
例句：It's quite different from the weather forecast.
這同天氣預報所說的出入很大。