实战口语情景对话：Tampa, Florida 佛罗里达州坦帕市

Mari: Hey, Mike, how's it going?

马里：嗨，迈克，最近怎么样?

Mike: Good! How are you?

迈克：很好!你呢?

Mari: I'm alright. So you're from Florida right?

马里：我还好。你来自佛罗里达州，对吧?

Mike: Well, actually, I went to college in Florida.

迈克：准确地说，我是在佛罗里达州上的大学。

Mari: Why did you choose Florida?

马里：你为什么选择在佛罗里达上大学?

Mike: Well, the weather is similar to Hawaii, where I'm from, and I also got a scholarship to play soccer.

迈克：那里的天气和我的家乡夏威夷差不多，而且我因为踢足球获得了那所大学的奖学金。

Mari: Oh, wow, so you play soccer.

马里：哦，哇，你踢足球。

Mike: Yeah, I played midfield for my college for four years.

迈克：对，我在大学踢了四年中场。

Mari: Wow, you must be really good.

马里：哇，那你一定很棒。

Mike: I don't know about that.

迈克：这个我可说不好。

Mari: Where was your university?

马里：你上的大学在哪里?

Mike: It was in the Tampa Bay area, right on the bay, on Tampa Bay, and it's surrounded by the city of Tampa and Clearwater.

迈克：在坦帕湾地区，在坦帕市和克利尔沃特附近。

Mari: So what is there to do in Tampa Bay?

马里：在坦帕市可以做什么?

Mike: There's a lot of things. You can go fishing, boating, sailing, or kayaking. We used to do all of that when I was there.

迈克：有很多事情可以做。可以去钓鱼、划船、出海、玩皮划艇。我在那里的时候经常进行这些活动。

Mari: Wow, sounds like a really great city.

马里：哇，听起来那真是一个很棒的城市。

Mike: Yeah, it was really fun if you like the outdoors type of thing.

迈克：对，如果你喜欢户外运动，会很有意思。

Mari: Do you think it's the best city in Florida?

马里：你认为那里是佛罗里达州最棒的城市吗?

Mike: Yeah, I think it's a good location. It's right in the middle of Florida so you can go to Miami. It's a few hours away drive, or to Orlando, that has Disneyworld.

迈克：对，坦帕市地理位置优越，位于佛罗里达州中心，从那里去迈阿密很方便。开车只需要几个小时的时间，去奥兰多的迪士尼乐园也很方便。

Mari: Wow. Sounds like a really great place. Can you tell me about the weather?

马里：哇。听起来真是一个好地方。你能说一下那里的天气情况吗?

Mike: The weather's really nice in Florida most of the year, which is one reason why I went from Hawaii but in the summer time it gets really hot and when it gets hot you really need air-conditioning, but that's not problem.

迈克：佛罗里达州一年大部分时间的天气都不错，这也是我从夏威夷去那里上大学的原因之一，不过夏天的时候会非常热，所以需要空调，不过这并不是问题。

Mari: Does it rain?

马里：下雨吗?

Mike: Actually in the summertime, there's really bad lighting storms. It's always... It lasts for about half an hour but it's always between three and five o'clock in the evening.

迈克：夏天会有严重的暴风雨。暴雨会持续半个小时左右，通常是在下午三点到五点时间下雨。

Mari: Sounds pretty scary?

马里：听起来很可怕。

Mike: Yeah, but when you're inside it's OK. It's kind of cool to watch.

迈克：对，不过在室内还好。看着外面下雨感觉很酷。

Mari: Is there something you don't like about Florida?

马里：佛罗里达州有你不喜欢的地方吗?

Mike: The only thing I don't like is the bugs. There's so many bugs, especially during summer time. And really scary ants, and bugs you can't even see and they end up biting you.

迈克：我唯一不喜欢的就是虫子。那里有非常多的虫子，夏天更是饱受虫子的困扰。非常可怕的蚂蚁还有你都没见过的虫子会咬你。

Mari: Wow. Sounds pretty scary.

马里：哇，听起来太可怕了。

Mike: Yeah, but as long as you have bug repellant when you go outside in the summer, there's no problem.

迈克：对，不过夏天外出时只要擦一些驱虫剂就没问题了。