美語情景對話 第141期:香港 HongKong
Todd: OK, we're here with Laura. Hello!
大家好，今天我們請到的是Laura。
Laura: Hi!
嗨！
Todd: Hi! Now, Laura, where you are from?
嗨！Laura，你來自哪裏？
Laura: I'm from Hong Kong.
我來自香港。
Todd: Hong Kong. That's great. So tell us about Hong Kong.
香港。太棒了。你給我們講講香港吧。
Laura: Well, it's a country for people, and well, when I ask my friends would they love Hong Kong they just say, Oh well, many good cheap things to buy, what, so many, a lot of delicious dishes, what, so.
好，這是個很適合人們居住的地方。每次我問我朋友會不會愛上香港的時候他們都會回答說，哦，會，那兒的東西很便宜而且食物都很好吃。
Laura: And Hong Kong is a really big modern city, with tall, tall buildings.
而且香港是個非常大的現代化城市，有很多摩天大樓。
Todd: Do you live downtown where all the tall buildings are?
你是住在大樓遍地的市區嗎？
Laura: When, I'm in the city. I live in the 24th floor.
嗯，我住在市區，我家在24層。
Todd: The 24th floor.
24層。
Laura: So my brother live in 44.
我哥哥住44層。
Todd: Wow!
哇！
Laura: It's amazing right?
很神奇吧？
Todd: Yeah, that's insane. Wow
對呀，哇，那太瘋狂了。
Laura: So just for residential users we have very tall buildings.
所以說僅僅是居民區就都是高樓大廈。
Todd: Oh, OK. What's the best thing about Hong Kong?
哦，好。香港最好的部分是什麼？
Laura: Well, what do you mean?
嗯，什麼意思？
Todd: Like what's something that is really nice about living in Hong Kong?
就是說住在香港哪點好？
Laura: Mm!
嗯！
Todd: It's kind of hard. I'm sorry. On the spot. How about the food? Does Hong Kong have really good food?
一時間還真有點兒難說。食物？香港有很多美食嗎？
Laura: Maybe a lot of choice. So you have different kind of cuisine, like Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, well, a lot of choice.
大概會有很多選擇。你會品嚐到不同種類的美食，像日式菜，中餐，西餐，還有很多其他選擇。
Todd: OK. And the people of Hong Kong, do they all speak different types of Chinese?
好。香港人講各種中國方言嗎？
Laura: Well, mainly Cantonese, but sometimes, well in school they usually speak English.
嗯，主要是說廣東話，而在學校他們通常說英語。
Todd: Really!
是嘛！
Laura: Yes, now because well, we are a part of China, so we usually, we have to learn Mandarin as well.
是的，但現在因爲我們也算是中國的一部分，所以我們不得不學普通話。
Todd: OK, so you speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and English.
好，所以說你會說普通話，廣東話和英語。
Laura: Well, you can say that.
對，可以這麼說。
Todd: That's amazing. OK, thanks a lot.
太棒了，好的，非常感謝。
