美语情景对话 第1132期:Meg's Travels 梅格的旅行

Todd: Hey, Meg. We are talking about traveling and visiting other countries. What countries have you traveled to?

托德：嗨，梅格。我们来谈谈去其他国家旅行。你去过哪些国家？

Meg: I've been to quite a few different countries. For example, Spain, Belize and Indonesia.

梅格：我去过很多国家。比如西班牙、伯利兹和印度尼西来。

Todd: Wow, three different continents.

托德：哇哦，这三个国家在三个不同的大洲。

Meg: Yeah, pretty far apart.

梅格：对，相隔很远。

Todd: Wow, that's cool. So Spain, that must be a really nice country. What did you think of Spain?

托德：哇哦，那真酷。西班牙肯定是个美丽的国家。你认为西班牙怎么样？

Meg: Spain is really beautiful. There's a lot of beautiful nature and also some nice cities. While I was there, I lived in a small city called Caceres.

梅格：西班牙真的很美。那里有很多美丽的自然风景，城市也很美。我在那里旅行时住在名为卡塞雷斯的小城市。

Todd: Oh nice. Are the people really friendly in Spain?

托德：哦，不错。西班牙人友好吗？

Meg: Yes. Actually, the people are very friendly and very helpful, especially if you're lost.

梅格：友好。实际上，西班牙人既友好又乐于助人，尤其是在你迷路时，他们非常乐意帮忙。

Todd: Oh, that's great. I hear Spanish food is really, really good.

托德：哦，那太好了。我听说西班牙食物非常非常美味。

Meg: Spanish food is delicious. I lived with a Spanish family and my Spanish mom cooked delicious meals every day for lunch. In Spain, seafood is really popular. So I ate a lot of fish and shrimp.

梅格：西班牙食物的确很美味。我当时和一个西班牙家庭住在一起，那家的女主人每天中午都会烹饪美味的饭菜。西班牙人非常喜欢海鲜。所以我吃了很多鱼和虾。

Todd: Oh, I love fish and shrimp.

托德：哦，我喜欢鱼虾。

Meg: Me too.

梅格：我也喜欢。

Todd: Now, Spain is really warm, right?

托德：西班牙很暖和，对吧？

Meg: Yes. Spain was very hot while I was there during the summer.

梅格：对。我是夏天去的西班牙，当时非常炎热。

Todd: Oh yeah? How hot? How hot does it get?

托德：是吗？有多热？西班牙夏天有多热？

Meg: It got up past 40 Degrees Celsius during the summer.

梅格：夏天的温度超过40摄氏度。

Todd: Wow.

托德：哇哦。

Meg: Yeah. It was pretty hot.

梅格：对。非常炎热。

Todd: Does it rain?

托德：夏天会下雨吗？

Meg: It does rain. But when I was there in the summer, it didn't rain very often.

梅格：会下雨。不过我在那里的那个夏天，雨水并不多。

Todd: So what about Belize? Belize is a really small country.

托德：那伯利兹呢？伯利兹是一个非常小的国家。

Meg: Belize is very small, but it's also hot similar to Spain in the summer.

梅格：伯利兹的确非常小，而且夏天也很热，和西班牙差不多。

Todd: Why did you go to Belize?

托德：你为什么去伯利兹旅行？

Meg: I went to Belize on a study trip for school, and I stayed there for about two weeks.

梅格：我随学校去伯利兹进行游学考察，我在那里待了两周的时间。

Todd: Okay. Now, does Belize have good food?

托德：好。伯利兹有美食吗？

Meg: Belize also has good food. There was a family that cooked for us and we had a lot of delicious almost Mexican type food.

梅格：伯利兹也有美食。有一家人负责我们的饮食，我们享用了很多美味的墨西哥式美食。

Todd: Oh really? So for example, what do you eat? Like, what do people eat in Belize?

托德：真的吗？你都吃了哪些美食？伯利兹人一般都吃什么？

Meg: People eat – it's kind of like a taco but flat with a tortilla, and some meat and vegetables on top and some spices that make it really delicious.

梅格：伯利兹有一种像墨西哥煎玉米粉卷的食物，在墨西哥薄馅饼上放肉类、蔬菜和调料，非常好吃。

Todd: So the last country is Indonesia. When did you go to Indonesia?

托德：最后一个国家是印度尼西亚。你什么时候去的印尼？

Meg: I actually went to Indonesia just last year.

梅格：我去年去的印尼。

Todd: Oh wow. How long did you stay?

托德：哇哦。你在那里玩了多长时间？

Meg: I only stayed there for about a week.

梅格：我只玩了一周左右。

Todd: Oh yeah? Oh, short trip.

托德：是吗？短途旅行。

Meg: Yeah, it was a short trip, but I was just visiting some friends there.

梅格：对，是短途旅行，我是去那里看望朋友的。

Todd: Where did you go?

托德：你去了哪里？

Meg: I went to Jakarta and Bali.

梅格：我去了雅加达和巴厘岛。

Todd: Oh, okay. So I hear Bali has really beautiful beaches. Is it true?

托德：好。我听说巴厘岛有非常漂亮的海滩。是真的吗？

Meg: Yeah, it's true. There are a lot of famous and beautiful beaches in Bali.

梅格：没错。巴厘岛有很多著名的美丽海滩。

Todd: Oh, did you surf in Bali?

托德：哦，你在巴厘岛冲浪了吗？

Meg: I've never surfed before. Usually, when I went to the beach, I just wanted to put my feet in the water.

梅格：我从来没有冲过浪。通常我去海滩只想把脚放在海水里。

Todd: Oh yeah. Now, Bali also has very famous scenery on the inside like the rice fields. Did you see the rice fields of Bali?

托德：哦。巴厘岛内陆以稻田而闻名。你有去欣赏稻田美景吗？

Meg: No, I didn't see the rice fields. But I did go to some famous historical spots.

梅格：没有，我没有去稻田。不过我去了一些著名的历史景点。

Todd: So of the three countries – Spain, Belize and Indonesia – what country was your favorite?

托德：西班牙、伯利兹和印尼，这三个国家你最喜欢哪里？

Meg: Maybe Spain was my favorite because I love learning language and it was really nice to stay with my Spanish family.

梅格：应该是西班牙吧，因为我喜欢学习语言，而且和西班牙家庭一起生活很美好。

Todd: Yeah. I could see that. I really want to go to Spain, and I hope to go soon.

托德：好。我可以理解。我也想去西班牙，希望不久后能实现。

Meg: I hope you can go too. It's beautiful.

梅格：我也希望你能去。那里真的很美。

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重点讲解：
1. quite a few 相当多；不少；
例句：We haven't seen each other for quite a few days.
咱们有日子没见面了。
2. think of 想；认为；
例句：What do you think of modern art?
你对现代艺术有何看法？
3. be similar to 相像的；相仿的；类似的；
例句：The hardness of ice is similar to that of concrete.
冰的硬度和混凝土相仿。