美語情景對話 第251期:New Zealand 新西蘭

Todd: Hello!

託德：你好！

Leo: Hello!

里奧：你好！

Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please?

託德：嗯，請你自我介紹一下，好嗎？

Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand.

里奧：好的。我的名字是里昂納多·圖伊。我來自新西蘭奧克蘭。

Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard?

託德：哇！真好！是叫里昂納多嗎？

Leo: Yes, Leonard.

里奧：對，里昂納多。

Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard?

託德：好的。那人們都叫你里昂納多？

Leo: Some people call me Leonard.

里奧：有些人這麼叫我。

Todd: Leonard!

託德：里昂納多！

Leo: Some call me Leo. Some call me Lenny.

里奧：有些人叫我里奧。有些人叫我萊尼。

Todd: Oh, wow! Quite, quite a few. Back home, what do your friends call you?

託德：哇哦！好多種叫法啊。那你家鄉的朋友都叫你什麼？

Leo: Back home just Leonard.

里奧：家鄉的朋友就叫我里奧納多。

Todd: Leonard. Oh, OK! Great, um, so tell us about New Zealand.

託德：里昂納多。哦，好的！很好，嗯，跟我們說說新西蘭吧。

Leo: Well, I come from Auckland which is the largest city in New Zealand. The total population of New Zealand is just under 4 million. Auckland has roughly the one point two million.

里奧：嗯，我來自奧克蘭，那是新西蘭最大的城市。新西蘭的人口總數只有不到4百萬人。奧克蘭的人口接近120萬人。

Todd: OK. Oh, great.

託德：哦，很好。

Leo: And, uh, Auckland is in, more near top of the North Island. The weather there is pretty mild.

里奧：奧克蘭市的地理位置離新西蘭北島的頂部很近。那裏的天氣非常溫和。

Todd: OK. What is the best thing about New Zealand?

託德：好。那新西蘭最好的是什麼？

Leo: I would say the outdoors, the nature, just basically getting ying life.

里奧：我會說是戶外、大自然，就是去戶外享受生活。

Todd: OK. How long has it been since you lived in New Zealand?

託德：好。你在新西蘭生活多長時間了？

Leo: It's been seven years now.

里奧：七年了。

Todd: Oh, really! Wow, do you miss it?

託德：哦，真的嗎！哇，那你想念那裏嗎？

Leo: I actually miss the, the social side, the family and the outdoors.

里奧：實際上我很想念那裏的社會生活，家人，還有戶外生活。

Todd: Yeah, yeah, I hear it's a beautiful place.

託德：嗯，嗯。我聽說那是個 美麗的地方。

Leo: Oh, it is. Especially in the South Island.

里奧：沒錯。尤其是新西蘭南島。

Todd: Wow! Yeah, I really hope to go there sometime. I hear it's just a fantastic place. OK. Thanks a lot.

託德：哇！嗯，我真希望有時間去看看。我聽說那是個夢幻的地方。嗯，非常謝謝你。

Leo: You're welcome.

里奧：不客氣。

重點講解：
1. introduce oneself
自我介紹；
eg. Let me introduce myself.
我來自我介紹一下。
eg. The English teacher is asking her students to introduce themselves.
英語老師正在叫她的學生們作自我介紹。
eg. She introduce herself with smile.
他微笑着介紹自己。
2. hope to do sth.
希望做某事；
eg. I hope to get a job within the next two weeks.
我希望能在未來兩週內找到一份工作。
eg. We hope to recoup our initial investment in the first year.
我們希望我們的前期投資在第一年就能賺回來。
eg. I hope to announce the winner shortly.
我希望馬上宣佈勝利者的名字。