美语情景对话 第326期:California Guy 来自加州的男人

Todd: OK. Hello! Could you introduce yourself please?

托德：好。你好！请介绍一下自己好吗？

Conrad: Yes! I'm Conrad Matsumoto. I'm from California like you, Todd. And now I'm living in Japan. I've been here about seven years.

康拉德：好的！我叫康拉德·松本。托德，我和你一样来自加利福尼亚。现在我住在日本。我来这里有七年了。

Todd: Wow! Seven years!

托德：哇！七年！

Conrad: Well, maybe six.

康拉德：嗯，也许是六年。

Todd: Six.

托德：六年。

Conrad: Yeah.

康拉德：对。

Todd: It goes by fast, huh?

托德：时间过得真快，对吧？

Conrad: It does, doesn't it?

康拉德：的确是，不是吗？

Todd: Yeah. Where are you from in California?

托德：是啊。你来自加州的哪里？

Conrad: Northern California. Uh, Stockton to be exact.

康拉德：我来自北加州，准确的说是斯托克顿市。

Todd: Oh, wow!

托德：哦，哇！

Conrad: Yeah!

康拉德：嗯！

Todd: That's pretty hot.

托德：那里非常热。

Conrad: Yeah, it gets very hot, but, um, it's more comfortable than Japan cause it's dry heat. Yeah, I know, I miss that dry heat.

康拉德：没错，那里非常热，不过，那里还是比日本要舒服得多，因为那里是干热。没错，我想我很想念那种干热的感觉。

Todd: Why don't you tell everyone about your family?

托德：你为什么不跟大家说说你的家庭呢？

Conrad: OK. Well, let's see, my older brother and younger brother, they're both married back in California. My parents are still fine. Yeah, and I'm still single.

康拉德：好的。我想想啊，我有一个哥哥和一个弟弟，他们都已经在加州结婚了。我父母身体不错。我还是单身。

Todd: 're still single?

托德：你……你还是单身吗？

Conrad: Yeah, I am the only one.

康拉德：对，我是家里唯一没结婚的孩子。

Todd: Yeah! Do you think you'll be single forever?

托德：嗯！你认为你会永远单身吗？

Conrad: Not forever. But I have no immediate plans to be married.

康拉德：不会永远。不过我并没有马上结婚的计划。

Todd: Uh-huh. Yeah, I'm kind of on the same way.

托德：啊哈。我和你的情况差不多。

Conrad: Yeah!

康拉德：嗯！

Todd: We're poor English teachers. We don't have any money!

托德：我们都是贫穷的英语老师。我们都没有钱！

Conrad: That's right.

康拉德：没错。

Todd: OK. Thanks a lot, Conrad.

托德：好。康拉德，非常谢谢你。

Conrad: Sure.

康拉德：不客气。

重点讲解：
1. go by
（时间）流逝，过去；
eg. My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by.
随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱。
eg. The excitement died down as time went by.
随着时间的推移，激动的心情逐渐平静下来。
2. back in
（表示描述场所的转换）在曾提到过的地方；以前；过去；追溯至；
eg. Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing.
与此同时，伦敦的皇宫影业公司也正在分崩离析。
eg. The story starts back in 1950, when I was five.
故事可以追溯到1950年，那时我才5岁。
3. kind of
稍微；有几分；有点儿；
eg. `Is she interested?' `Well, kind of.'
"她感兴趣吗？"“嗯，有点儿”
He was kind of a fool.
他有点儿傻。