美语情景对话 第238期:Great Fruit 丰富的水果

Todd: Hey, Lois, why don't you have a plum!

托德：嗨，洛伊丝，来个李子吃吧！

Lois: Oh, thank you very much. Lovely!

洛伊丝：哦，非常谢谢你。好吃！

Todd: You like plums?

托德：你喜欢吃李子？

Lois: I love all fruits, but plums especially.

洛伊丝：所有的水果我都爱吃，不过特别喜欢李子。

Todd: Oh, there goes the water.

托德：哦，它们富含水分。

Lois: It's very juicy.

洛伊丝：有很多果汁。

Todd: It is juicy. How does it taste?

托德：有很多果汁。味道怎么样？

Lois: Mm, it tastes sweet, very refreshing.

洛伊丝：嗯，是甜的，非常清新的味道。

Todd: Mm, I love plums.

托德：嗯，我喜欢李子。

Lois: Yeah, me too.

洛伊丝：我也喜欢。

Todd: Guess how much this box cost?

托德：你猜这盒李子要多少钱？

Lois: I'm thinking it's probably quite expensive, so in yen, maybe 1,000 yen.

洛伊丝：我想可能会非常贵，大概1000日元吧。

Todd: Ah, yeah, pretty close. It cost 900 yen for 8 plums.

托德：对，差不多。这8个李子就要900日元。

Lois: Very expensive in Japan.

洛伊丝：日本的价格真的很贵。

Todd: I know it's crazy. In America you can get this for like maybe 200 yen. Not even that, maybe 100 yen.

托德：我知道，这很让人抓狂。在美国的话，这些大概200日元就能买到。可能都不用，100日元就能买到。

Lois: In England it's cheap but probably not as cheap as in America. I think maybe because we have to import everything. It's slightly more expensive.

洛伊丝：在英国李子很便宜，不过不像美国那么便宜。我想，可能是因为我们所有的东西都要靠进口。所以会有些贵。

Todd: Actually, that's a good question. What fruits do you grow in England?

托德：实际上，这是个很好的问题。英国种植什么水果？

Lois: Apples and Apples and maybe pears and...

洛伊丝：苹果，可能还有梨……

Todd: No coconuts?

托德：没有椰子吗？

Lois: No coconuts. No bananas. and maybe we grow plums. I don't know.

洛伊丝：没有椰子。没有香蕉。可能我们种李子，我不清楚。

Todd: It looks like a very English fruit.

托德：那看上去像英国的代表水果。

Lois: But definitely apples.

洛伊丝：那绝对是苹果。

Todd: Or strawberries?

托德：或者草莓？

Lois: Strawberries, oh yeah. Lots of strawberries and tomatoes but maybe they're a vegetable some people say fruit. Some people say vegetable. But lots of tomatoes. And I'm sure lots of other things but, I just know about apples.

洛伊丝：草莓，对，没错。英国种植很多草莓和土豆，不过可能它们属于蔬菜，有些人说它们是水果，有些人说是蔬菜。不过英国种植大量的土豆。我确定还种植大量的其他作物，不过我只知道苹果。

Todd: What's your favorite fruit?

托德：你最喜欢的水果是什么？

Lois: My favorite fruit! I really like pineapples, and I also like strawberries. Strawberries and cream. It's one of my favorite desserts.

洛伊丝：我最喜欢的水果！我非常喜欢菠萝，我还喜欢草莓。草莓奶油是我最喜欢的甜点之一。

Todd: Yeah, so have you ever been to Wimbleton and had strawberries and cream?

托德：嗯，你去温布登吃过草莓奶油吗？

Lois: I haven't. I'd love to go. But strawberries and cream at Wimbleton are so expensive. I don't know how much but really, really expensive.

洛伊丝：没有。我很想去。不过温布登的草莓奶油非常贵。我不清楚具体的价格，不过真的很贵。

重点讲解：
1. Why
问句中与 not 连用表示建议，为什么不……
eg. Why not give Claire a call?
为什么不给克莱尔打个电话？
eg. Why don't you come home with me until you sort things out?
你何不先和我一起回家，等事情解决了再走？
eg. Why don't we talk it through?
为什么我们不把这事谈开呢？
2.
像…一样；
eg. I never went through a final exam that was as difficult as that one.
我从来没有碰到过像那次那么难的期末考试。
eg. There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original.
找不出明显的理由来解释为什么这部片子拍得不如原先的好。
3. would love to do sth.
乐于；很愿意做某事；
eg. I would love to play for England again.
我很乐意再次为英格兰队效力。
eg. His wife would love him to give up his job.
他妻子很乐意他辞去工作。