实战口语情景对话：Texas 得克萨斯州

Todd: So, Ivan, where are you from?

托德：伊凡，你来自哪里?

Ivan: I'm from Texas.

伊凡：我来自得克萨斯州。

Todd: Texas!

托德：得克萨斯州!

Ivan: Yep.

伊凡：没错。

Todd: OK, what's the difference between Texas and Japan?

托德：嗯，那得州和日本有什么不同?

Ivan: Texas is big and Japan is little.

伊凡：得州很大，日本很小。

Todd: Yeah, how about the food?

托德：好的，那食物呢?

Ivan: The food! In Texas we eat a lot of steak, we eat a lot of meat, a lot of beans, a lot of bad stuff for you, but it tastes good.

伊凡：食物!通常得州会吃牛排类的食物，很多肉类，豆类，还有对你来说很糟的食物，不过味道很不错。

Todd: Yeah, what kind of food do you prefer?

托德：嗯，你喜欢哪种食物?

Ivan: You know it's funny. I go back to Texas sometimes and I can't eat that anymore. I'mso used to the lighter meals: the fish and stuff here. Um, what do I like more? Sometimes I like chili, sometimes I like sushi.

伊凡：你知道这很有趣。我有时会回得州去，而我却不再吃那里的食物了。因为我已经习惯了清淡的饮食：比如日本的鱼类和其他食物。嗯，我最喜欢哪类食物?有时我喜欢咖喱，有时我喜欢吃寿司。

Todd: Yeah, how does the weather compare with Texas and Japan?

托德：嗯，那要比较一下得州和日本的天气呢?

Ivan: Ah, I'm from Houston, Texas which is in the south and that's just hot, hot, hot. Never had a white Christmas in Houston. The average is about 41, 41 degrees in the summer.

伊凡：嗯，我来自得克萨斯州休斯敦，那里位于南部，所以非常热，特别的热。休斯敦的圣诞节就从没下过雪。夏季的平均气温有41度。

Todd: Whoa!

托德：哇!

Ivan: Yeah, so it rains a lot more here too. I still can't get used to all the rain.

伊凡：对，而日本夏季雨水丰富。我实在是不能适应这里的雨水。

Todd: So, Houston is pretty close to Mexico, right?

托德：那休斯敦离墨西哥很近，对吗?

Ivan: Yeah, actually, it's a nine hour drive, well not nine, maybe six. I used to go down there back in high school. Me and my buddies would go. There's no drinking age in Mexico. Beer is about 25 cents or 30 yen over there.

伊凡：对，实际上，开车需要九个小时的时间，嗯，也许不是九个小时，大概六个小时吧。上高中时我曾去过墨西哥。我和我朋友去的。墨西哥对饮酒的年龄没有限制。那里啤酒只要25美分，也就是30日元。

Todd: Yeah, what do you remember about your trips to Mexico?

托德：嗯，你还记得去墨西哥旅行的事吗?

Ivan: Not much, which is why we went. We just went. It was called a border town. Basically they just exist to take care of high school and college kids that want to party for a couple of nights. It's not really nice but it's cheap and it's fun.

伊凡：至于我们为什么要去那里，我印象不深了。我们去了一个边境小镇。基本上来说，那里就是方便照顾高中生和大学生的地方，这些学生希望去那里狂欢几个夜晚。那里不是很好，不过很便宜，而且很有趣。