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今天的這段對話,在討論佛羅里達(dá),
你認(rèn)為佛羅里達(dá)州怎么樣?為什么選擇在佛羅里達(dá)上大學(xué)
來聽今天的講解:
A: Hey, Mike, how's it going?
嗨,邁克,最近怎么樣?
B: Good! How are you?
很好!你呢?
A: I'm alright. So you're from Florida right?
我還好。你來自佛羅里達(dá)州,對吧?
B: Well, actually, I went to college in Florida.
準(zhǔn)確地說,我是在佛羅里達(dá)州上的大學(xué)。
A: Why did you choose Florida?
你為什么選擇在佛羅里達(dá)上大學(xué)?
B: Well, the weather is similar to Hawaii, where I'm from, and I also got a scholarship to play soccer.
那里的天氣和我的家鄉(xiāng)夏威夷差不多,而且我因為踢足球獲得了那所大學(xué)的獎學(xué)金。
A: Oh, wow, so you play soccer.
哦,哇,你踢足球。
B: Yeah, I played midfield for my college for four years.
對,我在大學(xué)踢了四年中場。
A: Wow, you must be really good.
哇,那你一定很棒。
B: I don't know about that.
這個我可說不好。
A: Where was your university?
你上的大學(xué)在哪里?
B: It was in the Tampa Bay area, right on the bay, on Tampa Bay, and it's surrounded by the city of Tampa and Clearwater.
在坦帕灣地區(qū),在坦帕市和克利爾沃特附近。
A: So what is there to do in Tampa Bay?
在坦帕市可以做什么?
B: There's a lot of things. You can go fishing, boating, sailing, or kayaking. We used to do all of that when I was there.
有很多事情可以做??梢匀メ烎~、劃船、出海、玩皮劃艇。我在那里的時候經(jīng)常進(jìn)行這些活動。
A: Wow, sounds like a really great city.
哇,聽起來那真是一個很棒的城市。
B: Yeah, it was really fun if you like the outdoors type of thing.
對,如果你喜歡戶外運動,會很有意思。
A: Do you think it's the best city in Florida?
你認(rèn)為那里是佛羅里達(dá)州最棒的城市嗎?
B: Yeah, I think it's a good location. It's right in the middle of Florida so you can go to Miami. It's a few hours away drive, or to Orlando, that has Disneyworld.
對,坦帕市地理位置優(yōu)越,位于佛羅里達(dá)州中心,從那里去邁阿密很方便。開車只需要幾個小時的時間,去奧蘭多的迪士尼樂園也很方便。
A: Wow. Sounds like a really great place. Can you tell me about the weather?
哇。聽起來真是一個好地方。你能說一下那里的天氣情況嗎?
B: The weather's really nice in Florida most of the year, which is one reason why I went from Hawaii but in the summer time it gets really hot and when it gets hot you really need air-conditioning, but that's not problem.
佛羅里達(dá)州一年大部分時間的天氣都不錯,這也是我從夏威夷去那里上大學(xué)的原因之一,不過夏天的時候會非常熱,所以需要空調(diào),不過這并不是問題。
A: Does it rain?
下雨嗎?
B: Actually in the summertime, there's really bad lighting storms. It's always... It lasts for about half an hour but it's always between three and five o'clock in the evening.
夏天會有嚴(yán)重的暴風(fēng)雨。暴雨會持續(xù)半個小時左右,通常是在下午三點到五點時間下雨。
A: Sounds pretty scary?
聽起來很可怕。
B: Yeah, but when you're inside it's OK. It's kind of cool to watch.
對,不過在室內(nèi)還好??粗饷嫦掠旮杏X很酷。
A: Is there something you don't like about Florida?
佛羅里達(dá)州有你不喜歡的地方嗎?
B: The only thing I don't like is the bugs. There's so many bugs, especially during summer time. And really scary ants, and bugs you can't even see and they end up biting you.
我唯一不喜歡的就是蟲子。那里有非常多的蟲子,夏天更是飽受蟲子的困擾。非??膳碌奈浵佭€有你都沒見過的蟲子會咬你。
A: Wow. Sounds pretty scary.
哇,聽起來太可怕了。
B: Yeah, but as long as you have bug repellant when you go outside in the summer, there's no problem.
對,不過夏天外出時只要擦一些驅(qū)蟲劑就沒問題了。