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1. California 加利福尼亞州
2. San Francisco 舊金山(三藩市)
3. It's the largest Chinese population and the oldest in the United States. 舊金山的華人區(qū)是全美最大最老的。
4. Chinatown 中國(guó)城
5. No problem at all. 完全沒問題。
6. So it's nice weather most of the year, and people are sort of happy. 一年大部分時(shí)間天氣都很好,所以人們都挺開心的。
7. gay rights movement 同性戀權(quán)利運(yùn)動(dòng)
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Northern California >> NorCal 北加州(Sacrameto 加州首府, San Francisco 舊金山)
Southern California >> SouCal 南加州 (Los Angeles 洛杉磯, San Diego 圣地亞哥)
9. rivalry 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)關(guān)系
10. It's a weird relationship. People in Northern California don't really like Southern California that much.
關(guān)系比較微妙。北加州的人不太喜歡南加州的人。
11. Many people in San Francisco and Northern California think that people in Southern California are a little shallow or superficial.
很逗舊金山人和北加州的人都覺得南加州的人有點(diǎn)膚淺。
12. entertainment industry 娛樂業(yè)
13. struggling actor/actress 想要成名的演員
14. There's a lot more of that. You have that in San Francisco too, but not in the same way. 還有很多這種事。舊金山也有這樣的事,但不太一樣。
15. Palo Alto, Silicon Valley 硅谷,帕羅奧圖
16. low profile 低調(diào)
17. It rains a lot. And more than that, it's really foggy. 經(jīng)常下雨,不止這樣,還霧蒙蒙的。
18. It's not free unfortunately. Before, it was very cheep. It was not that expensive. But recently it‘s become much much much more expensive.
很不幸不是免費(fèi)的。但以前確實(shí)很便宜,一點(diǎn)也不貴。但最近變得越來(lái)越貴了。
19. tuition 學(xué)費(fèi)
20. I think tuition, only tuition for one year, is 15,000 to 20,000 dollars a year.
我覺得光學(xué)費(fèi)一年就要一萬(wàn)五到兩萬(wàn)美金。
21. I think it's about 40,000 a year. 我覺得大概一年四萬(wàn)美金吧。
22. concrete 混凝土
23. It's pretty here too though. It's pretty in different ways. 這里也很美啊,美的方式不同罷了。