商務(wù)溝通英語口語視頻教程(高級)：29_Talking about Your Hometown

You mean you grew up in this town?

你的意思是你在這個城鎮(zhèn)長大?

Basically.

基本上是。

Actually, I was brought up in the suburbs, but I still consider this my hometown.

實際上，我在郊區(qū)長大,但我仍然認(rèn)為這是我的家鄉(xiāng)。

And in all my years here, I've seen this town grow a lot.

在這兒的許多年里，我看到了這個小鎮(zhèn)成長了很多。

I've heard that lots of people are moving to this region nowadays.

我聽說很多人都搬到這個地區(qū)。

They sure are!

的確是!

This town used to be surrounded by fields and forests.

該城鎮(zhèn)曾經(jīng)被田野與森林所包圍。

Now it's all housing developments.

現(xiàn)在全都是房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)項目。

And every year there's more and more construction on the outskirts of town.

并且每年在城市的郊區(qū)有越來越多的建筑。

Housing prices are up, too.

房價也上漲了。

The mortgage on the house I own would be twice today what I paid originally.

我所擁有的房屋抵押貸款將是今天的兩倍。