实战口语情景对话：California Guy 来自加州的男人

Todd: OK. Hello! Could you introduce yourself please?

托德：好。你好!请介绍一下自己好吗?

Conrad: Yes! I'm Conrad Matsumoto. I'm from California like you, Todd. And now I'm living in Japan. I've been here about seven years.

康拉德：好的!我叫康拉德·松本。托德，我和你一样来自加利福尼亚。现在我住在日本。我来这里有七年了。

Todd: Wow! Seven years!

托德：哇!七年!

Conrad: Well, maybe six.

康拉德：嗯，也许是六年。

Todd: Six.

托德：六年。

Conrad: Yeah.

康拉德：对。

Todd: It goes by fast, huh?

托德：时间过得真快，对吧?

Conrad: It does, doesn't it?

康拉德：的确是，不是吗?

Todd: Yeah. Where are you from in California?

托德：是啊。你来自加州的哪里?

Conrad: Northern California. Uh, Stockton to be exact.

康拉德：我来自北加州，准确的说是斯托克顿市。

Todd: Oh, wow!

托德：哦，哇!

Conrad: Yeah!

康拉德：嗯!

Todd: That's pretty hot.

托德：那里非常热。

Conrad: Yeah, it gets very hot, but, um, it's more comfortable than Japan cause it's dry heat. Yeah, I know, I miss that dry heat.

康拉德：没错，那里非常热，不过，那里还是比日本要舒服得多，因为那里是干热。没错，我想我很想念那种干热的感觉。

Todd: Why don't you tell everyone about your family?

托德：你为什么不跟大家说说你的家庭呢?

Conrad: OK. Well, let's see, my older brother and younger brother, they're both married back in California. My parents are still fine. Yeah, and I'm still single.

康拉德：好的。我想想啊，我有一个哥哥和一个弟弟，他们都已经在加州结婚了。我父母身体不错。我还是单身。

Todd: You...you're still single?

托德：你……你还是单身吗?

Conrad: Yeah, I am the only one.

康拉德：对，我是家里唯一没结婚的孩子。

Todd: Yeah! Do you think you'll be single forever?

托德：嗯!你认为你会永远单身吗?

Conrad: Not forever. But I have no immediate plans to be married.

康拉德：不会永远。不过我并没有马上结婚的计划。

Todd: Uh-huh. Yeah, I'm kind of on the same way.

托德：啊哈。我和你的情况差不多。

Conrad: Yeah!

康拉德：嗯!

Todd: We're poor English teachers. We don't have any money!

托德：我们都是贫穷的英语老师。我们都没有钱!

Conrad: That's right.

康拉德：没错。

Todd: OK. Thanks a lot, Conrad.

托德：好。康拉德，非常谢谢你。

Conrad: Sure.

康拉德：不客气。