今天的这段对话，在讨论纽卡斯尔，
 
纽卡斯尔离伦敦有多远？你更喜欢伦敦还是纽卡斯尔
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: OK, hello!
 
你好！
 
B: Hello!
 
你好！
 
A: Hi, what's your name?
 
嗨，你叫什么名字？
 
B: My name is Sarah.
 
我的名字是萨拉。
 
A: OK, and Sarah where are you from?
 
好的，萨拉，你来自哪里？
 
B: I'm from the north of England, Newcastle.
 
我来自英格兰北部的纽卡斯尔。
 
A: OK, so Newcastle, how far is that from London?
 
好，那纽卡斯尔离伦敦有多远？
 
B: Um, it's about 300 miles.
 
嗯，大约300英里。
 
A: Uh-huh, do you go to London a lot or have you been to London before?
 
啊，你经常去伦敦吗，或者说你以前去过伦敦吗？
 
B: I live in London. I've lived in London for the past seven years.
 
我住在伦敦。我过去七年一直住在伦敦。
 
A: Oh, really?
 
哦，这样啊？
 
B: Almost seven years, yeah.
 
差不多七年的时间了，对。
 
A: OK. Which do you prefer, London or Newcastle?
 
好的。那你更喜欢哪里，伦敦还是纽卡斯尔？
 
B: Um, like them both. I prefer Newcastle because it's smaller, so it's easier to get around and it's also cheaper. London is very expensive.
 
嗯，两个地方我都喜欢。我喜欢纽卡斯尔是因为那里很小，所以很容易四处游玩，而且物价也相对便宜。伦敦物价非常贵。
 
A: So all your family is in Newcastle?
 
那你家人还在纽卡斯尔吗？
 
B: Um, pretty much yeah.
 
嗯，差不多是这样。
 
A: So are they always trying to get you to go back and move back to Newcastle?
 
那他们会劝你搬回纽卡斯尔住吗？
 
B: Ah, no, no, because most of the jobs are in the south, anyway for younger people so it's quite difficult to get a job in the north in teaching.
 
嗯，不会，不会，因为大部分适合年轻人的工作机会都在南方，在北方找到一份与教育相关的工作非常难。
 
A: OK. Um, what do you like about London?
 
好的。嗯，你喜欢伦敦的什么地方？
 
B: Ah, it's a very busy place, there's lots of things going on all the time. There's also lots of things I don't like about London, but all my friends live there lots of job opportunities.
 
嗯，伦敦是一个非常忙碌的城市，有许多事情同时在进行。当然伦敦也有许多我不喜欢的地方，但是我所有的朋友都在那边，而且那里工作机会也多。
 
A: OK, what were you doing before you came to Japan in London?
 
好，你来日本之前，在伦敦是做什么工作的？
 
B: Ah, I was in Austria for a year. I was teaching in Austria, and then I was in London teaching, in London for a few years.
 
哦，我在奥地利待了一年。我在奥地利教课，之后我回伦敦继续教课，在伦敦工作了几年的时间。
 
A: What were you teaching in London?
 
你在伦敦教什么？
 
B: I was teaching primary school. I was a primary school teacher.
 
我在小学教课。我是一名小学老师。
 
A: Kids!
 
孩子！
 
B: Yeah.
 
对。
 
A: So what's it like teaching kids?
 
教孩子的感觉怎么样？
 
B: Um, tiring. Very tiring. I prefer teaching adults. That's my preference. I've mainly taught adults in TEFL, but in the state system in England it's only been children. It's fun. It's just very tiring.
 
嗯，累，非常累。我喜欢教成年人。我更偏好教成年人。我主要是用英语教授成年人，不过在英格兰的体系中，那只适用于儿童。不过这很有意思。只是会很累。