美语情景对话 第467期:Exchange Host 接待家庭

Todd: Now Kate, you said that you actually had exchange students live with you…

托德：凯特，你说过你曾和交换学生一起住在……

Kate: I did.

凯特：是的。

Todd: …in New Zealand.

托德：……在新西兰。

Kate: I've had 3 exchange students.

凯特：我家里曾住过三个交换学生。

Todd: Ok, can you talk about each one?

托德：好，你能分别介绍一下他们吗？

Kate: Yep, the first one, she was very young, she was 14 I think at the time, so it was quite difficult for her to come to another country by herself, but by the end of 2 weeks she was in tears when she left our family. She was just so happy and overjoyed. And we still keep in contact.

凯特：好的，首先第一个，这个女孩年龄非常小，当时她只有14岁，所以对她来说独自来到一个陌生的国家非常难，两周后交换结束时她离开我家时哭了。那是因为她太开心了，可以说是欣喜若狂。现在我和她还有联系。

Todd: What was her name?

托德：她叫什么名字？

Kate: Ariko.

凯特：她叫Ariko。

Todd: Oh, ok.

托德：好。

Kate: Ariko.

凯特：名字是Ariko。

Todd: So were all the exchange students from Japan?

托德：那这些交换学生都来自日本吗？

Kate: They were. Three from Japan.

凯特：是的。都来自日本。

Todd: Who else did you have come to stay with you?

托德：还有哪个交换学生在你家住过？

Kate: The next one was interesting. She was from Kanto.. Kansai, near Osaka in Japan. And she actually…she was in a band, a brass band, an orchestra. She actually came to New Zealand to just play in this orchestra. She was a very lovely girl. She spoke fluent English so we had no problems in communicating.

凯特：第二个交换学生非常有意思。她来自关东……抱歉，是关西地区，在日本大阪附近。实际上她是乐队成员，是铜管乐队，管弦乐队的成员。她来新西兰就是为了参加这个管弦乐队。她是个非常可爱的女孩。她能说流利的英语，所以我们在交流上完全没有问题。

Todd: How long did she stay?

托德：她住了多长时间？

Kate: She stayed for 3 weeks actually. A bit longer.

凯特：她住了三周的时间。要稍微长一些。

Todd: You said there was one more…

托德：你说过还有一名交换学生……

Kate: One more was Ayako. She was older, she was actually more my brother's age so she spent a lot of time with my brother rather than with me 'cause I was going to school every day.

凯特：对，最后一个交换学生叫绫子。她的年龄要大一些，其实她和我哥哥的年龄差不多，所以相比我来说，她和我哥哥待在一起的时间更长，因为我每天都要去上学。

Todd: Oh, I see.

托德：哦，我知道了。

Kate: But we still got on very well. And my most memorable moment was going horse riding with her.

凯特：不过我们相处得很好。我印象最深的就是和她一起去骑马。

Todd: Oh, nice. Had she been on a horse before?

托德：真好。她以前骑过马吗？

Kate: No, first time.

凯特：没有，那是第一次。

Todd: She must have been pretty scared of the horses!

托德：她一定非常害怕马！

Kate: Yeah she was.

凯特：没错，她很害怕。

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重点讲解：
1. by oneself
独自；单独；
eg. You're old enough to travel on the train by yourself.
你长大了，能一个人坐火车了。
eg. Clive disappeared into a room by himself.
克莱夫独自一人进了屋。
2. in tears
哭泣；
eg. She steeped her handkerchief in tears.
她的泪水湿透了她的手绢。
eg. He ran home in tears to his mother.
他流著泪跑回家去找妈妈。
3. keep in contact
保持联络；
eg. We do keep in contact.
我们确实保持着联系。
eg. He bought a mobile phone to keep in contact more easily.
为了联系方便，他买了个手机。
4. get on
（同…）和睦相处；
eg. He is not a very easy man to get on with.
他不是一个容易相处的人。
eg. We do not get on well together.
我们相处得不融洽。
5. be scared of
惊恐的；恐惧的；害怕的；
eg. She's scared of walking home alone.
她害怕单独走回家。
eg. I was scared of slipping on the ice.
我害怕在冰上滑倒。