實戰(zhàn)口語情景對話：Finland 芬蘭

Todd: Mariel, you are from Finland.

托德：瑪麗埃爾，你來自芬蘭。

Mariel: Oh, yeah. Yes, I am.

瑪麗埃爾：對，我來自芬蘭。

Todd: What city are you from?

托德：你來自哪座城市?

Mariel: I live in a city called Espoo, which is right next to Helsinki, but I was born in the center of Finland in a place called Jyvaskyla.

瑪麗埃爾：我生活在埃斯波，這個城市和赫爾辛基相鄰，不過我出生在芬蘭中部城市于韋斯屈萊。

Todd: Right in the middle?

托德：在芬蘭中心嗎?

Mariel: Yeah, pretty much right in the middle.

瑪麗埃爾：對，在芬蘭中心。

Todd: So is that way out in nature in the forest, or is it a big city?

托德：那座城市被森林這樣的自然景觀包圍，還是一座大城市?

Mariel: It's a reasonable size city, maybe the fifth largest in Finland, but it is very, a very natural place still. It's surrounded by lakes and forests and lots of cliffs and really beautiful scenery. Yeah.

瑪麗埃爾：那座城市的規(guī)模合理，應(yīng)該是芬蘭的第五大城市，不過那里仍然極具自然特性。那里被湖泊、森林和懸崖包圍，景色非常美。

Todd: Well, that sounds nice.

托德：聽起來不錯。

Mariel: Yeah. Yeah, I love it there. I go back there every year to visit my hometown.

瑪麗埃爾：對，我非常喜歡那里。我每年都會回家鄉(xiāng)看看。

Todd: Now does your family still live in your hometown?

托德：你家人還住在家鄉(xiāng)嗎?

Mariel: No, they live down south near Helsinki.

瑪麗埃爾：沒有了，他們現(xiàn)在住在離赫爾辛基很近的一個南部城市。

Todd: OK, is that common? Everybody moves to the big city.

托德：這種現(xiàn)象很普遍嗎?所有人都搬去大城市。

Mariel: Pretty much, yeah. Especially young people. They want to get jobs and go to schools near Helsinki. Yeah.

瑪麗埃爾：非常普遍。在年輕人中間尤為普遍。他們想在赫爾辛基附近找工作、上學(xué)。

Todd: Now is Finland part of the European Union?

托德：芬蘭是歐盟成員國吧?

Mariel: Yes, it is since 1995.

瑪麗埃爾：對，芬蘭1995年加入了歐盟。

Todd: OK, so because it's part of the European Union do a lot of young people decide to leave Finland and go live in other countries?

托德：好，既然芬蘭是歐盟成員國，那有沒有很多年輕人離開芬蘭去其他國家?

Mariel: The Finnish young people are actually very outgoing and they're very interested foreign cultures so a lot of people take a year or two just to travel, just to see the world, visit some places, and yeah, a lot of people go out to other countries to study as well. Yep, mainly Europe but also a lot of my friends for example went to India for six months or to South America.

瑪麗埃爾：芬蘭人很開朗，對外國文化非常感興趣，所以有許多人會用一到兩年的時間去旅游，看看這個世界，參觀各個景點，也有許多人去外國留學(xué)。多數(shù)人會去歐洲國家，不過我也有很多朋友會在印度生活過六個月，也有人去南美洲。

Todd: OK. Sounds fun.

托德：好，聽起來真有意思。

Mariel: Yeah.

瑪麗埃爾：對。

Todd: But because you're in the European Union you can go live in France or Germany or Spain if you want, correct?

托德：因為芬蘭是歐盟成員國，所以如果你們想，你們就可以去法國、德國或是西班牙生活，對吧?

Mariel: Yeah. It's very easy. Just go.

瑪麗埃爾：對，而且很簡單。只要過去就可以了。

Todd: But do most Finnish people prefer to stay in Finland or do a lot of people like to go move to warmer climates?

托德：那大部分芬蘭人是更喜歡留在芬蘭，還是喜歡搬去擁有溫暖氣候的國家生活?

Mariel: Finnish people are very patriotic. We really love our country. We like to visit other places but I think even if we live abroad for a long time most people always some back to Finland. I think especially if they want to have a family because Finland is a very safe place and it's very good to raise your kids in Finland.

瑪麗埃爾：芬蘭人非常愛國。我們很愛我們的國家。我們喜歡去其他地方旅游，但是我認(rèn)為即使我們在外國生活了很長時間，大部分芬蘭人還是會回到芬蘭。尤其是在他們想組建家庭時，因為芬蘭是一個非常安全的國家，很適合撫養(yǎng)孩子。

Todd: Sounds like a nice place.

托德：聽起來是個不錯的地方。

Mariel: Yeah, I think so. You should come and visit.

瑪麗埃爾：對，我是這么認(rèn)為的。你應(yīng)該來玩玩。

Todd: Oh, I'd love to.

托德：哦，我很樂意去。