美语情景对话 第1180期:How International are you? 你有多国际化?

Todd: OK, Katie.

托德：好，凯蒂。

Katie: Yeah.

凯蒂：嗯。

Todd: Let's take an international test.

托德：我们来进行一场国际性测试。

Katie: Oh, OK.

凯蒂：好。

Todd: How international are you? Let's find out.

托德：你有多国际化？我们来测试一下。

Katie: Let's find out.

凯蒂：我们来测试吧。

Todd: First, have you ever eaten Greek food?

托德：第一个问题，你吃过希腊食物吗？

Katie: Greek food? Ah, I've eaten, how do you say it, falafel.

凯蒂：希腊食物？嗯，我吃过，那叫什么来着，鹰嘴豆饼。

Todd: Oh, is that Greek?

托德：哦，那是希腊食物？

Katie: I think so. I've had that, but apart from that, I've never eaten Greek food. How about you?

凯蒂：我想是的。我吃过那个，不过除那以外，我没吃过其他希腊食物。你呢？

Todd: Ah, I think I have. Like, I've eaten Greek yogurt. Does that count?

托德：我想我吃过。我吃过希腊酸奶。那算吗？

Katie: That counts.

凯蒂：算。

Todd: That counts?

托德：真的算？

Katie: That counts.

凯蒂：算。

Todd: OK, have you ever eaten Russian food?

托德：好，你吃过俄罗斯食物吗？

Katie: What's Russian food?

凯蒂：什么是俄罗斯食物？

Todd: I think, Russian food, is it borscht? Borscht is like a cabbage soup.

托德：我想罗宋汤应该算俄罗斯食物吧？罗宋汤和卷心菜汤差不多。

Katie: Hmm, I've never eaten Russian food.

凯蒂：嗯，那我从来没吃过俄罗斯食物。

Todd: Yeah, maybe I haven't eaten Russian food either. OK, last one, have you ever eaten Vietnamese food?

托德：嗯，也许我也没吃过。好，最后一个和食物有关的问题，你吃过越南食物吗？

Katie: Ah, I see it written down. Is it pho?

凯蒂：啊，这个我记得，越南河粉，对吧？

Todd: Pho, the noodles?

托德：越南河吧，面食吗？

Katie: Yeah, I've eaten pho before.

凯蒂：对，我以前吃过越南河粉。

Todd: Yeah, I've been to Vietnam so I've eaten Vietnamese food a lot. And pho the noodles is really good.

托德：我去过越南，所以我吃过很多越南食物。越南河粉很好吃。

Katie: Yeah, it's delicious.

凯蒂：对，非常美味。

Todd: I've had that too.

托德：我也吃过。

Katie: OK, now let's talk about languages.

凯蒂：好，现在我们来谈谈语言。

Todd: Oh, OK. Have you ever studied French?

托德：哦，好。你学过法语吗？

Katie: I have. I studied French for five years.

凯蒂：学过。我学过五年法语。

Todd: Oh, can you still speak French?

托德：哦，你现在还会说法语吗？

Katie: Nope. Not at all.

凯蒂：不能。完全不行。

Todd: Yeah, me too. I once studied French years ago, but I haven't spoken French in so long I can't remember anything.

托德：我也是。我在很多年前学过法语，不过我很长时间没有说过法语了，我现在一点儿法语都不记得了。

Katie: I can't remember anything either.

凯蒂：我也不记得。

Todd: Have you ever studied an Asian Language?

托德：你学过亚洲语言吗？

Katie: I've studied Japanese. I can still speak it a little bit now, and I studied a little bit of Korean, but I don't speak Korean.

凯蒂：我学过日语。我现在能说一点儿日语，我还学过一点儿韩语，不过我不会说韩语。

Todd: Oh, really. OK. Wow, like I've studied Thai because I lived in Thailand for five years, and like you I've studied Japanese, but my Japanese is terrible.

托德：哦，真的吗？哇哦，我学过泰语，因为我在泰国生活了五年，和你一样，我也学过日语，不过我日语说得很差。

Katie: How about your Thai?

凯蒂：那你泰语说得怎么样？

Todd: My Thai is OK. It's OK. I can talk a little bit. OK, so have you ever met a Spanish person?

托德：还可以，还不错。我可以说一点儿泰语。好，你认识西班牙人吗？

Katie: A Spanish person? Actually, I don't think I have.

凯蒂：西班牙人？我想我不认识。

Todd: Really?

托德：真的吗？

Katie: I don't think I have met a Spanish person.

凯蒂：我想我不认识西班牙人。

Todd: Oh, interesting. I've been to Spain so, I've met a few and we have a Spanish teacher at my school.

托德：哦，有意思。我去过西班牙，我认识一些西班牙人，我们学校里有一名西班牙老师。

Katie: Oh, maybe I have met a Spanish person then. Maybe, I've met a secret Spanish person.

凯蒂：哦，那也许我也认识西班牙人。我认识一位神秘的西班牙人。

Todd: OK, have you met a Chinese person?

托德：好，你认识中国人吗？

Katie: Oh, yes, I've meet lots of Chinese people.

凯蒂：见过，我遇到过很多中国人。

Todd: OK, and have you met a Brazilian person?

托德：好，那你遇到过巴西人吗？

Katie: I feel like if I say no, then I have. Probably. Probably, I've met a Brazilian person.

凯蒂：我想如果我说没有，那可能有。也许我见过巴西人。

Todd: Yeah, I've met a few people from Brazil, so they're alway very nice. Very friendly people.

托德：我认识一些巴西人，他们非常友好。他们人很好。

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重点讲解：
1. find out (尤指特意通过努力)发现，找出，查明；
例句：In working with others, you find out more about yourself.
在与别人一起工作的过程中，你会进一步认识你自己。
2. apart from 除了…外（别无）；
例句：Apart from clothes and bedding, I have nothing.
我除了行李被褥之外一无所有。
3. how about you （用于询问对方的想法或要求）你呢，你觉得呢；
例句：How about you, John? Did you do anything this weekend?
你呢，约翰？你周末做什么了吗？
4. not at all 一点儿也不；完全不；
例句：I am not an obsessive. Not at all.
我不是个强迫症患者，完全不是。