实战口语情景对话：Kiwi Summers 新西兰的夏天

Todd: So, Mark, what do Kiwis like to do in the summer?

托德：马克，新西兰人在夏天喜欢做什么?

Mark: Yeah, I think the first thing for some people to realise is that Christmas is midsummer in New Zealand.

马克：我想一些人应该首先意识到圣诞节正值新西兰的盛夏时节。

Todd: Oh nice!

托德：哦真好!

Mark: So Kiwis combine Christmas holiday and New Year holiday with a summer vacation as well. I can remember when I was small, we'd have family Christmases and then the next day, which is Boxing Day, we'd go to the beach or we'd travel somewhere and rent a small house on the beach. They call them 'batches' in the north of the island or 'cribs' in the south island. And you just spend 4, 5 days, maybe a week, 2 weeks, just swimming in the sea, playing in the sand dunes, walks in the forest: just a really relaxing time with family and family friends.

马克：所以新西兰人把圣诞假期、元旦假期和夏日假期结合到一起。我记得我小的时候，我们会一家人一起过圣诞节，圣诞节后就是节礼日，我们会去海滩或者去其他地方旅行，然后在海滩上租间小房子。岛屿北部的人称房屋为batches，而南部的人称之为cribs。你可以在那里度过四五天，甚至是一两周的时间，可以在海里游泳，在沙丘上玩耍，在森林里散步;和家人和朋友享受休闲时光。

Todd: That sounds nice, so you know in Australia they're really big on surfing. Do a lot of people surf in New Zealand?

托德：听起来不错，你知道澳大利亚人非常热衷于冲浪。新西兰喜欢冲浪运动的人多吗?

Mark: There is a surfing population. I think the Australian beaches are probably much larger and maybe they have better waves, I don't know, but several of my friends used to go on surfing holidays in summer as well.

马克：有喜欢冲浪的人。我认为澳大利亚的海滩要大得多，而且可能那里的海浪也更适合冲浪，我不清楚，不过我的一些朋友在夏日假期也经常去冲浪。

Todd: And what foods do people like to eat when they get together for the summer?

托德：那人们一起过夏日假期时喜欢吃什么食物?

Mark: Barbecue is almost the national obsession in summertime, you know, you'd just throw a sausage on the barbie or friends would ring up and say 'hey, it's a nice night, let's have a barbie!'. I think all my friends have their own barbecue set.

马克：新西兰人在夏天最喜欢的是烧烤，你可能刚刚开始烤香肠，你的朋友就会打电话来说“嗨，这是个美好的夜晚，我们去烧烤吧!”我觉得我所有的朋友都有烧烤装备。

Todd: What meats do people barbecue?

托德：人们喜欢烤什么肉吃?

Mark: Again, New Zealand foods used to very much sort of be the lamb or beef, but now it's getting a lot more varied, you can grill a nice fish on the barbecue, you can still have sausage, chicken, pork, beef, lamb, whatever you want.

马克：我要再说一次，新西兰食物以前基本以羊肉和牛肉为主，不过现在种类就很多了，烧烤时可以烤新鲜的鱼类，也可以烤香肠、鸡肉、猪肉、牛肉、羊肉等等，任何你喜欢的食物都可以烤。

Todd: Yeah, it sounds good. OK, well thanks, Mark.

托德：好，听起来真不错。谢谢，马克。

Mark: OK.

马克：好的。