美语情景对话 第284期:Japan 日本
Todd: Hello, what is your name?
托德:你好,你叫什么名字?Hitoshi: My name is Hitoshi Fukuda.
仁志:我叫福田仁志。Todd: Hitoshi
托德:仁志。
Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志:嗯。Todd: I'm sorry. What's your last name?
托德:抱歉,你的姓是什么?Hitoshi: Fukuda.
仁志:福田。Todd: Fukuda.
托德:福田。Hitoshi: Mm-hm.
仁志:嗯。Todd: And where are you from?
托德:你来自哪里?Hitoshi: Well, I'm originally from a city called Utsunomiya.
仁志:嗯,我在一个叫做宇都宫的城市出生。Todd: Uh-huh.
托德:啊哈。Hitoshi: It's north of Tokyo.
仁志:位于东京北边。Todd: Oh, nice.
托德:嗯,很好。Hitoshi: But, when I was ten I moved to Uwara, which is in Saitama.
仁志:不过我十岁的时候搬到浦和市去了,那里位于埼玉县。Todd: OK.
托德:好。Hitoshi: And I've been there ever since.
仁志:自那以后我一直在那座城市生活。Todd: OK. me about your country. Tell me about Japan.
托德:好。嗯,跟我说说你的祖国吧。跟我说说日本的情况。Hitoshi: Japan? Well, it's a very crowded country, a lot of people. And it's very small in terms of the size you know of the area. It's actually smaller than California.
仁志:日本?嗯,这是一个非常拥挤的国家,有许多人。而且你可能听说过,领土面积很小。实际上比加州还小。Todd: Wow. Wow.
托德:哇。哇。Hitoshi: And then, two-thirds of the area is covered by forests.
仁志:还有,日本国土的三分之二被森林覆盖。Todd: 's good. I love forests. I love forests. How many people live in Japan?
托德:这很好。我喜欢森林。我喜欢森林。日本有多少人口?Hitoshi: About 120,000,000.
仁志:大约1.2亿人。Todd: Wow.
托德:哇!Hitoshi: Yeah. Just about 125,000,000. It's about half the population of the states.
仁志:对。大概1.25亿吧。是美国人口的一半。Todd: Man! And what is the capital city?
托德:那首都是哪里?Hitoshi: It's Tokyo.
仁志:东京。Todd: Tokyo. And who is the leader of the country?
托德:东京。日本领导人是谁?Hitoshi: It's Koizumi.
仁志:小泉。Todd: Koizumi.
托德:小泉。Hitoshi: The Prime Minister. Yes.
仁志:是首相。对。重点讲解:
1. ever since
自从;打…以后一直;
eg. He's been there ever since you left!
自从你离开后他就一直在那里!
eg. Ever since we moved last year, I worry a lot about whether I can handle this new job.
自从去年我们搬家,我就一直非常担心能否做好这份新工作。
2. in terms of
在…方面;从…角度看;根据…来说;
eg. It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.
今年的电影无论从数量上还是质量上都说不上好。
eg. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。
3. know of
听说过;略有耳闻;
eg. We know of the incident but have no further details.
我们听说过这件事,但对详情不是很清楚。
eg. I know of the man, but I've never spoken to him.
我知道这个人,不过从来没有和他说过话。