美語情景對話 第415期:City to City 城市
Ruth: So, Akane, you're from Canada, right?
魯斯：茜，你來自加拿大，對吧？Akane: That's right.
茜：沒錯。Ruth: Tell me about where you live.
魯斯：跟我說說你住的地方。
Akane: Well, I grew up in Toronto, and it's quite a big city. In the greater Toronto area, there's about, I think3 1/2 million people just now and it's very multicultural and that's one of the things that I really like about Toronto is that there're many different people from many different countries.
茜：我在多倫多長大，那是一個非常大的城市。我想現在大多倫多地區有350萬人口，而且那是擁有多元文化的城市，這也是我喜歡多倫多的一點，因爲有許多來自不同國家的人。Ruth: And do you live in Toronto now?
魯斯：那你現在還住在多倫多嗎？Akane: No, actually, I haven't lived there for a year now I think, almost, actually more than that, because I've been travelling and working and what not.
茜：實際上不住了，我想我離開那裏有一年了，可能比一年的時間還長，因爲我一直在四處旅行、工作。Ruth: Oh, right. What's your job?
魯斯：哦，好。你做什麼工作？Akane: I'm actually a teacher.
茜：實際上我是一名老師。Ruth: Do you teach children or adults?
魯斯：你是教孩子還是教成年人？Akane: Usually I do. I am mostly trained to teach younger children, but recently I've begun teaching older students, or young adults, and I quite enjoy it actually.
茜：通常是這樣，我接受的培訓主要針對教育小孩子，但是近來我開始教年齡大一些的學生或是年輕人，我非常享受。Ruth: So which do you prefer?
魯斯：那你更喜歡哪種？Akane: Well, they both have good parts and bad parts and I think in the future I would like to do a bit of both.
茜：嗯，各有各的好處和壞處，我想以後我會想兩者兼做。Ruth: Do you know where you would like to live in the future?
魯斯：那你以後想住在哪裏呢？Akane: I have no idea. I would like to travel to different places and maybe I'll eventually settle back down in Toronto, where I'm from.
茜：我不知道。我喜歡去不同的地方旅行，也許我最終還是會回到故鄉多倫多定居。Ruth: Do you have family in Toronto?
魯斯：你有家人在多倫多嗎？Akane: Not at the moment, no. My parents moved to Vancouver and that's where they live right now.
茜：現在沒有。我父母搬去溫哥華了，他們現在就住在那裏。Ruth: Ah, Vancouver, is that in Canada was well?
魯斯：啊，溫哥華，那也是加拿大的城市吧？Akane: That's right. It's on the West Coast of Canada and the weather is much warmer there and that's why my parents like it there.
茜：沒錯。溫哥華位於加拿大的西海岸，那裏的天氣更溫暖，所以我父母喜歡那裏。Ruth: Oh, wow, it sounds nice.
魯斯：哦，哇，聽起來不錯。
重點講解：
1. have no idea
（表示強調）我不知道；
eg. I have no idea why he resigned his post.
我不知道他爲何辭去他的職務。
eg. Sponsor stated they have no idea where he is.
贊助方表示他們不知道他在哪兒。
2. settle down
（尤指結婚或買房後）定居，安頓下來；
eg. One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
總有一天，我會想安定下來，成個家。
eg. He's of an age when he ought to settle down.
他已經到了應該安頓下來的年齡了。
3. at the moment
此刻；目前；眼下；
eg. I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved at the moment.
我想她此刻定會覺得受到了極大的傷害，無人關愛。
eg. I must say I am really enjoying myself at the moment.
我得說此刻我感到非常愉快。
