【美语情景对话,第251期:New,Zealand,新西兰】 美语情景对话
Todd: Hello!
托德：你好！
Leo: Hello!
里奥：你好！
Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please?
托德：嗯，请你自我介绍一下，好吗？
Leo: Sure. My name"s Leonard Tui. I"m from Auckland, New Zealand.
里奥：好的。我的名字是里昂纳多·图伊。我来自新西兰奥克兰。
Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard?
托德：哇！真好！是叫里昂纳多吗？
Leo: Yes, Leonard.
里奥：对，里昂纳多。
Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard?
托德：好的。那人们都叫你里昂纳多？
Leo: Some people call me Leonard.
里奥：有些人这么叫我。
Todd: Leonard!
托德：里昂纳多！
Leo: Some call me Leo. Some call me Lenny.
里奥：有些人叫我里奥。有些人叫我莱尼。
Todd: Oh, wow! Quite, quite a few. Back home, what do your friends call you?
托德：哇哦！好多种叫法啊。那你家乡的朋友都叫你什么？
Leo: Back home just Leonard.
里奥：家乡的朋友就叫我里奥纳多。
Todd: Leonard. Oh, OK! Great, um, so tell us about New Zealand.
托德：里昂纳多。哦，好的！很好，嗯，跟我们说说新西兰吧。
Leo: Well, I come from Auckland which is the largest city in New Zealand. The total population of New Zealand is just under 4 million. Auckland has roughly the one point two million.
里奥：嗯，我来自奥克兰，那是新西兰最大的城市。新西兰的人口总数只有不到4百万人。奥克兰的人口接近120万人。
Todd: OK. Oh, great.
托德：哦，很好。
Leo: And, uh, Auckland is in, more near top of the North Island. The weather there is pretty mild.
里奥：奥克兰市的地理位置离新西兰北岛的顶部很近。那里的天气非常温和。
Todd: OK. What is the best thing about New Zealand?
托德：好。那新西兰最好的是什么？
Leo: I would say the outdoors, the nature, just basically getting outside...enjoying life.
里奥：我会说是户外、大自然，就是去户外享受生活。
Todd: OK. How long has it been since you lived in New Zealand?
托德：好。你在新西兰生活多长时间了？
Leo: It"s been seven years now.
里奥：七年了。
Todd: Oh, really! Wow, do you miss it?
托德：哦，真的吗！哇，那你想念那里吗？
Leo: I actually miss the, the social side, the family and the outdoors.
里奥：实际上我很想念那里的社会生活，家人，还有户外生活。
Todd: Yeah, yeah, I hear it"s a beautiful place.
托德：嗯，嗯。我听说那是个 美丽的地方。
Leo: Oh, it is. Especially in the South Island.
里奥：没错。尤其是新西兰南岛。
Todd: Wow! Yeah, I really hope to go there sometime. I hear it"s just a fantastic place. OK. Thanks a lot.
托德：哇！嗯，我真希望有时间去看看。我听说那是个梦幻的地方。嗯，非