美语情景对话 第1157期:Teaching Overseas 在海外教学
John: So Sarah, you're an English teacher, right?
约翰：萨拉，你是名英语老师，对吧？Sarah: That's right.
萨拉：没错。John: You must have taught in many countries before.
约翰：你之前一定在很多国家和地区教过英语。
Sarah: Yeah, I did. I taught in the USA, in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Ecuador.
萨拉：对，没错。我在美国、台湾、中国、韩国、日本和厄瓜多尔教过英语。John: Oh, Ecuador.
约翰：哦，厄瓜多尔。Sarah: Yeah.
萨拉：对。John: So you must be able to speak Spanish very well.
约翰：那你一定也会说西班牙语。Sarah: I think so. I studied really hard, and then when I lived in Ecuador, I spent a lot of time talking to people.
萨拉：是的。我在厄瓜多尔时非常努力地学习了西班牙语，我花很多时间和当地人交谈。John: Did you teach Spanish, too?
约翰：那你也教西班牙语？Sarah: No, I didn't. When I lived in Ecuador actually, I volunteered for the United Nations.
萨拉：不教。我在厄瓜多尔生活时，我是联合国的志愿者。John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦。Sarah: And I taught families and they were being relocated to Canada because they were fleeing the drug wars of Colombia.
萨拉：我的工作是教一些家庭英语，这些家庭要逃离哥伦比亚的毒品战争，他们会被重新安置在加拿大。John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦。Sarah: So I felt very badly for these families but they had a really bright future. So that was good. But then one week, I had a family, a couple of families and they were being relocated to Sweden.
萨拉：我为这些家庭感到难过，不过他们有一个非常光明的未来。这很好。不过有一周，我教了几个要被重新安置在瑞典的家庭。John: Oh.
约翰：哦。Sarah: And I said, "I can't teach them Swedish." And the UN said, "Well, maybe just teach them English." So I thought, they're going to Sweden, they don't need to learn English right now. And my friend at the time – she's Norwegian, and we were living together. And every day, she helped me to learn a little bit of Swedish. Just enough for one class so that I could teach these families...
萨拉：我说，“我不能教他们瑞典语”。联合国方面说，“你就教他们英语吧”。可是我想，他们要去瑞典，他们现在不用学英语。当时我有个朋友，她是挪威人，我们住在一起。她每天都帮助我学习一些瑞典语。足够我在当天的课上教那些家庭的。John: Wait, wait.
约翰：等一下。Sarah: Swedish.
萨拉：瑞典语。John: You were teaching Swedish language?
约翰：你教瑞典语？Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对。John: You are an English speaker.
约翰：可是你的母语是英语。Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对。John: You lived in Ecuador.
约翰：你当时在厄瓜多尔生活。Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对。John: And a Norwegian person taught you Swedish.
约翰：一个挪威人教你瑞典语。Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对。John: So you could teach Swedish to people from Ecuador.
约翰：所以你教厄瓜多尔人瑞典语。Sarah: From Colombia, currently living in Ecuador.
萨拉：那些人来自哥伦比亚，他们当时住在厄瓜多尔。John: So they could move to Sweden.
约翰：他们要搬去瑞典。Sarah: Yes.
萨拉：对。John: And you did this as a volunteer.
约翰：你志愿做这份工作。Sarah: Yeah. I wanted to help people. So I moved to Ecuador and I got a volunteer job with the United Nations to help teach people but I never thought I would be teaching Swedish.
萨拉：对。我想帮助别人。所以我去厄瓜多尔做联合国的志愿者，去帮助他人，我以前从来没想过我会教瑞典语。John: Wow.
约翰：哇哦。Sarah: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
萨拉：对。那很有趣。John: I would like to try that someday, too.
约翰：如果有机会，我也想尝试一下。Sarah: You can do it.
萨拉：你可以的。
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重点讲解：
1. be able to do sth. 可以…的，能够…的；
例句：A novelist must be able to use the cultural heritage of his nation.
小说家要善于利用他本国的文化遗产。
2. a couple of 两个；几个；
例句：They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.
他们已南下到布赖顿市住两天。
3. right now 立刻；立即；马上；
例句：The competition right now is fierce.
现在竞争得非常厉害。
