2分钟英语课堂：历史人物 Historical Figures

Introduction

简介

In this lesson, we will study how to talk to someone about historical figures.

本节课我们将学习怎样和他人讨论历史人物。

Talking About Gandhi

讨论甘地

Kate: Hey, John! What are you reading?

凯特：嘿，约翰!你在读什么?

John: I’m reading a book on Gandhi.

约翰：我在看一本关于甘地的书。

Kate: Oh! Is it good ?

凯特：奥!好看吗?

John: Yeah, it’s really good. Gandhi inspires me deeply. He led India to independence.

约翰：好看，这本书很好。我深受甘地的启发。他领导印度独立。

Kate: Well, that must’ve been hard.

凯特：那一定肯艰难。

John: It was hard. But do you know he didn’t use any force or weapons? He just believed in non-violent civil disobedience.

约翰：很艰难。但是你知道吗?他们有使用任何军队和武器。他相信非暴力不合作的原则。

Kate: That’s inspiring. If only there were more people like him these days!

凯特：很受启发，如果现在有更多像他一样的人就好了。

Talking About Thomas Edison

谈论托马斯爱迪生

Kate: Hey Chris, I need your help with something.

凯特：嘿，克丽丝，我需要你的帮助。

Chris: Sure! What is it?

克丽丝：没问题，什么事?

Kate: We were having a Science class and my teacher asked me about Edison. I didn’t know anything about him so I got really embarrassed.

凯特：我们上科学课的时候老师问我关于爱迪生的问题，我对他一点都不了解，所以我尴尬死了。

Chris: That’s bad, Kate. He’s such a popular historical figure.

克丽丝：太糟糕了，凯特。他很受人们欢迎的历史人物啊。

Kate: I’m not good in History. Who was he?

凯特：我历史不好，他是谁啊?

Chris: Thomas Alva Edison. The guy invented electricity, Kate!

克丽丝：托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生，那个发明灯泡的人啊，凯特!

Kate: Oh, great! I’m even more embarrassed now.

凯特：太好了!我现在更尴尬了。

Talking About Abraham Lincoln

讨论亚伯拉罕·林肯

Chris: Hey John! I heard you were reading a book about Gandhi.

克丽丝：嘿，约翰!听说你在看一本关于甘地的书。

John: Yes, I was. But I want to read more about Abraham Lincoln now. Do you know anything about him?

约翰：是的，我看过。但是我现在想看一些关于亚伯拉罕·林肯的书，你知道他吗?

Chris: Of course! He is my favorite president.在他被刺杀后

克丽丝：当然，他是我最喜欢的总统了。

John: He’s everyone’s favorite president I guess. The whole country was in shock after his assassination.

约翰：我想他是每个人最爱的总统。在他被刺杀后全国都震惊了。

Chris: I can only imagine the commotion after the shock. What’s sad is that he was killed by an actor.

克丽丝：我能想象刺杀事件后的慌乱情景。他被一名演员杀害了，太伤心了。

John: I know. That’s really sad. John Wilkes Booth, right?

约翰：我知道，真是很难过。约翰温克彭斯，是吗?

Chris: That’s right. Hey, did you watch the latest movie about Lincoln?

克丽丝：是的。嘿，你看了最新的关于林肯的电影了吗?

John: I did. It’s awesome. Daniel Day-Lewis is an inspiration for us actors.

约翰：我看了。非常棒。丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯是我们演员的灵感

Chris: He’s amazing. I’ll watch it this weekend.

克丽丝：他太棒了，我这周会看的。

Talking About Mother Teresa

谈论德蕾莎修女

Kate: Hey Bob, tell me the name of a historical figure you admire.

凯特：嘿，鲍勃，跟我说谁你最敬佩的历史人物吧。

Bob: Just like that?! Hmm...okay...I know: Mother Teresa!

鲍勃：就这样?呃……好的…我最敬佩德蕾莎修女。

Kate: Who was she?

凯特：他是谁?

Bob: You don’t know?! Well, she was a nun and a missionary. She devoted herself to working among the really poor people.

鲍勃：你不知道?好吧，他是一名修女，也是传教士。他致力于帮助贫穷的人民。

Kate: Where was she from? And when was she born?

凯特：他是哪里人?他什么时候出生的?

Bob: Gee! Gimme a break. I’m not Google. But why do you ask?

鲍勃：天!等一下，我又不是百度知道，但是你为什么问这些?

Kate: Just asking. I need to learn more about historical figures.

凯特：就是问问，我需要了解更多的历史人物。

Bob: Oh, I see. What you need is to read more, girl!

鲍勃：哦，我知道了。你需要的是多读书，姑娘!