生活中熱門口語話題第1期:生活成本

Tony: excuse me, are you Nick?

Nick: yes, I am. Can't you recognize me, Tony?

T: yeah. I haven't seen you for a couple of years. I'm glad to meet you again.

N: me too.

T: where have you been all these years?

N: I've been to Tokyo for doctor degree.

T: have you finished your courses?

N: yeah. I got my degree this July.

T: congratulations!

N: thanks.

T: will you go back to work?

N: no.

T: why?

N: because the cost of living there is too high.

T: but so far as I know, the salary there is the highest in the world.

N: yes. But as I said, the cost of living is too high. You surely earn more, but at the same time, you spend more. You will find you don't have much saving after working several years.

T: I see.

N: moreover, the pressure of surviving Tokyo is extremely great.

T: I know. Many people commit suiside there every year.

N: right. So I prefer to return to this city. Although it's small, the salary is not as high as Tokyo, but it's more comfortable to live.


不好意思,請問你的託尼嗎?
正是.你認不出我了嗎,託尼?
是的.我已經多年沒見到你了.很高興再次見到你.
我也是.
你這幾年到哪去了?
我在東京攻讀博士學位.
你完成學業了嗎?
完成了.我今年7月拿到學位了.
恭喜你.
謝謝.
你要回去工作嗎?
不.
爲什麼?
因爲那裏的生活費太高了.
但據我所知,那裏的工資是世界上最高的啊.
沒錯,但我說過,那裏的生活費太高.你掙得多,花得也多.工作幾年後,你會發現你根本沒存到什麼錢.
我明白了.
而且,在那裏的生活壓力非常大.
我知道.那裏每年都有很多人自殺.
是的,所以我選擇回到這裏.雖然是個小城市,工資沒東京高,但更適合生活.


as far as I know; as far as I can remember, see, tell: used to say that you think you know, remember, understand, etc. something but you cannot be completely sure, especially because you do not know all the facts 就我所知;盡我所記得的;依我看
As far as we knew, there was no cause for concern. 就我們所知,沒有什麼須要擔心的.
As far as I can see, you've done nothing wrong. 依我看,你沒有做錯任何事.
She lived in Chicago, as far as I can remember. 據我所記得的,她過去住在芝加哥.

But as I said: 但是正如我所說的
Well, that's a hope, Clark. But as I said, we've got a long way to go, this is just the beginning.
當然,這是我們的希望,克拉克.但是正如我說的那樣,我們還有很長的路要走,這僅僅是個開始.

出自:恆星英語學習網-口語頻道