美語情景對話 第765期:Tampa, Florida 佛羅里達州坦帕市
Mari: Hey, Mike, how's it going?
馬裏：嗨，邁克，最近怎麼樣？Mike: Good! How are you?
邁克：很好！你呢？Mari: I'm alright. So you're from Florida right?
馬裏：我還好。你來自佛羅里達州，對吧？
Mike: Well, actually, I went to college in Florida.
邁克：準確地說，我是在佛羅里達州上的大學。Mari: Why did you choose Florida?
馬裏：你爲什麼選擇在佛羅里達上大學？Mike: Well, the weather is similar to Hawaii, where I'm from, and I also got a scholarship to play soccer.
邁克：那裏的天氣和我的家鄉夏威夷差不多，而且我因爲踢足球獲得了那所大學的獎學金。Mari: Oh, wow, so you play soccer.
馬裏：哦，哇，你踢足球。Mike: Yeah, I played midfield for my college for four years.
邁克：對，我在大學踢了四年中場。Mari: Wow, you must be really good.
馬裏：哇，那你一定很棒。Mike: I don't know about that.
邁克：這個我可說不好。Mari: Where was your university?
馬裏：你上的大學在哪裏？Mike: It was in the Tampa Bay area, right on the bay, on Tampa Bay, and it's surrounded by the city of Tampa and Clearwater.
邁克：在坦帕灣地區，在坦帕市和克利爾沃特附近。Mari: So what is there to do in Tampa Bay?
馬裏：在坦帕市可以做什麼？Mike: There's a lot of things. You can go fishing, boating, sailing, or kayaking. We used to do all of that when I was there.
邁克：有很多事情可以做。可以去釣魚、划船、出海、玩皮划艇。我在那裏的時候經常進行這些活動。Mari: Wow, sounds like a really great city.
馬裏：哇，聽起來那真是一個很棒的城市。Mike: Yeah, it was really fun if you like the outdoors type of thing.
邁克：對，如果你喜歡戶外運動，會很有意思。Mari: Do you think it's the best city in Florida?
馬裏：你認爲那裏是佛羅里達州最棒的城市嗎？Mike: Yeah, I think it's a good location. It's right in the middle of Florida so you can go to Miami. It's a few hours away drive, or to Orlando, that has Disneyworld.
邁克：對，坦帕市地理位置優越，位於佛羅里達州中心，從那裏去邁阿密很方便。開車只需要幾個小時的時間，去奧蘭多的迪士尼樂園也很方便。Mari: Wow. Sounds like a really great place. Can you tell me about the weather?
馬裏：哇。聽起來真是一個好地方。你能說一下那裏的天氣情況嗎？Mike: The weather's really nice in Florida most of the year, which is one reason why I went from Hawaii but in the summer time it gets really hot and when it gets hot you really need air-conditioning, but that's not problem.
邁克：佛羅里達州一年大部分時間的天氣都不錯，這也是我從夏威夷去那裏上大學的原因之一，不過夏天的時候會非常熱，所以需要空調，不過這並不是問題。Mari: Does it rain?
馬裏：下雨嗎？Mike: Actually in the summertime, there's really bad lighting storms. It's always... It lasts for about half an hour but it's always between three and five o'clock in the evening.
邁克：夏天會有嚴重的暴風雨。暴雨會持續半個小時左右，通常是在下午三點到五點時間下雨。Mari: Sounds pretty scary?
馬裏：聽起來很可怕。Mike: Yeah, but when you're inside it's OK. It's kind of cool to watch.
邁克：對，不過在室內還好。看着外面下雨感覺很酷。Mari: Is there something you don't like about Florida?
馬裏：佛羅里達州有你不喜歡的地方嗎？Mike: The only thing I don't like is the bugs. There's so many bugs, especially during summer time. And really scary ants, and bugs you can't even see and they end up biting you.
邁克：我唯一不喜歡的就是蟲子。那裏有非常多的蟲子，夏天更是飽受蟲子的困擾。非常可怕的螞蟻還有你都沒見過的蟲子會咬你。Mari: Wow. Sounds pretty scary.
馬裏：哇，聽起來太可怕了。Mike: Yeah, but as long as you have bug repellant when you go outside in the summer, there's no problem.
邁克：對，不過夏天外出時只要擦一些驅蟲劑就沒問題了。
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重點講解：
1. be similar to 相像的；相仿的；類似的；
例句：My apartment's similar totheirs.
我的公寓跟他們的很像。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：Johnused tooversleep. So do I.
約翰過去常常睡覺睡過頭。我也一樣。
3. end up 最終；結果；到頭來；
例句：Most of usend upliving bland and troubled lives.
我們大部分人都會度過平淡而且艱難的一生。
4. as long as 只要；
例句：I don't mind,as long asyou think it necessary.
只要你認爲有必要，我不反對。
