实战口语情景对话：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. Um..tell 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: Ah..that'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。