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1-- have you ever seen Bill Gate's home on the internet?
2-- no. what's it like?
1-- it's got its own library, theatre, swimming pool, and a guest house. The house itself has about ten different rooms that are all hooked up to computers so you can get things done in each room through a remote control. It's also located near the sea, so he can park his boats next to his house. It's absolutely amazing!
2-- would you want to live there?
1-- I think his house is fantastic, but I wouldn't want to live there. You would have to hire one or two people to clean all the rooms in the house, plus a few people to take care of the gardens, and probably an au pair or two to take care of the children. It's just too big of a place to take care of on your own.
2-- what's your dreamhome like then?
1-- my dream home is actually just a samll cottage in a quite village in England.
2-- would you want to buy an old cottage or build a new one yourself?
1-- old homes are great because they've got character. I think that's important.
2-- it that why you wear second-hand cloths as well? Because they've got character?
1-- no, that's just because I don't have enough money to buy new cloths all the time!
2-- I see. If you lived in an old house, would it be decorated in a modern way?
1-- no, I'd definitely try to restore it to its original state. I love to imagine what it'd be like to live in another time in history and living in a house decorated like it would have been 200 years ago would be a great way to feed my imagination even more!
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注解:
1.remote control遙控
2.absolutely極其
3.fantastic極好的
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譯文:
1--你在網(wǎng)上看到過比爾蓋茨的家嗎?
2--沒見過。什么樣???
1--他家有私人圖書館,影院,游泳池和供客人住的別墅。主人的別墅里有十間完全不同的房間,都連著電腦,所以你可以在任何一個(gè)地方用遙控器控制其它房間里的設(shè)備。別墅建在海邊,他的游艇就停泊在房子旁邊。實(shí)在是太美了。
2--你想住在那里嗎?
1--我是覺得他的房子很棒,可是我不想住在那里。你得雇一倆個(gè)人來打掃所有的房間,再雇好幾個(gè)人來打理花園,也很可能還需要一倆個(gè)保姆照顧孩子們。這房子自己來弄實(shí)在是太大了。
2--那你夢想中的家是個(gè)什么樣的呢?
1--我夢想的家應(yīng)該在英格蘭一個(gè)很安靜的小鎮(zhèn),是一套小小的鄉(xiāng)村農(nóng)舍。
2--你想買一套老宅子還是自己蓋套新的?
1--老房子當(dāng)然最好了,因?yàn)樗凶约邯?dú)特的味道。我認(rèn)為這點(diǎn)很重要。
2--這也是你穿二手衣服的原因嗎?因?yàn)樗鼈冇凶约旱奈兜溃?br />
1--不,那只是因?yàn)槲覜]錢買新衣服。
2--我知道了。如果你有一套老房子,你會(huì)把它裝修的很現(xiàn)代嗎?
1--不會(huì)。我會(huì)盡力把它修復(fù)成原來的樣子。我喜歡住在里面想象自己生活在另一個(gè)歷史時(shí)空里。如果把房子裝修成它200年前的樣子,就更能滿足我的想象了。