常用英語口語對話

每個人在英語對話時都會有屬於自己的常用的口語。下面是本站小編給大家整理的常用英語口語對話，供大家參閱!

　　常用英語口語對話：Islands Apart

Todd: So what island do you live on?

託德：你住在哪個島上?

CleAnn: I live in Trinidad, on the island of Trinidad. I'm happy that I live in Trinidad, I'm very proud of it because Trinidad is beautiful. Although it's not known for beaches, we have a lot of wetlands like swamps and natural savannah. I think we are the only island in the Caribbean that has savannah. People usually think that an island is too small to have savannah ' have savannah in Trinidad, mangrove forests also. They are also an important part of the ecosystem. But if you meet somebody from Tobago, they will tell you that they are from Tobago and maybe not necessarily from Trinidad and Tobago because they are extremely proud.

科勒安：我住在特里尼達島。我很高興我住在特立尼達島，我對此非常自豪，因爲特立尼達非常漂亮。雖然特立尼達的海灘並不出名，不過我們有很多溼地、沼澤和稀樹草原。我想我們是加勒比地區唯一擁有稀樹草原的島嶼。人們通常認爲島嶼非常小，所以不可能有稀樹草原，不過我們特立尼達島有稀樹草原，還有紅樹林。這些都是生態系統的重要組成部分。如果你遇到多巴哥人，他們會告訴你他們來自多巴哥，而不一定會告訴你他們來自特立尼達和多巴哥，因爲他們對自己的島嶼無比自豪。

Todd: Yeah.

託德：好。

CleAnn: Because Tobago, although we're one country, they have somewhat of a unique history in that in the colonial days when we were colonized by pretty much everyone from the British, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese — Tobago has a very strong Dutch history also. So actually most of the whites who live in Tobago are still of a Dutch or German ancestry. So they are very proud that they have something unique that sets them apart from Trinidad and actually the accent is different. You may not be able to tell the difference but we in Trinidad can hear when somebody is from Tobago.

科勒安：雖然我們是一個國家，但是多巴哥的殖民歷史和我們不同，我們特立尼達曾被英國、西班牙、法國、荷蘭和葡萄牙殖民，多巴哥也有經歷過荷蘭的殖民。所以現在大部分在多巴哥生活的白人都有荷蘭或德國血統。他們對此非常自豪，他們有同特立尼達區分開來的獨特之處，而且他們的口音也不一樣。你們可能聽不出來口音的不同，不過我們特立尼達人能分辨出誰是來自多巴哥的。

Todd: Oh, interesting.

託德：哦，真有意思。

CleAnn: It's very distinct, yes.

科勒安：對，非常不同。

Todd: And now but the official language is English, right?

託德：不過官方語言是英語，對吧?

CleAnn: English is... We speak English. But now in schools French is being taught compulsory I think for at least the first two to three years depending on which school you go to and Spanish.

科勒安：不過現在法語是學校的必修課，我想這要看各學校的安排，不過至少前兩三年也要學習法語，而且也會學習西班牙語。

Todd: And actually, I'm sorry, it's not even an official language, it's the native language, correct?

託德：抱歉，可以說你們不止有一個官方語言，或者說母語，對吧?

CleAnn: Native language. We don't know any other language but English. It's native. And we have what we call some Creole languages which are mixtures of English and French. And in Trinidad the Creole language is called Patois and I can't speak it because it's very French — shortened French words and grammar mixed in with some do you call structures of the sentences. It's extremely interesting if you can ever get a chance to meet someone who speaks Patois and for someone who speaks French. You will never be able to understand them even if you speak French.

科勒安：母語。除了英語，我們沒有其他語言。英語就是母語。我們還有一種克里奧爾語，這種語言混合了英語和法語。在特立尼達島，克里奧爾語算方言，我不會說，因爲這種語言更偏向法語，是把簡寫的法語詞彙和法語語法同英國的句式結構混合在一起。這其實非常有意思，如果你有機會認識說克里奧爾語的人，即使你會說法語，你也無法明白他們在說什麼。

　　常用英語口語對話：Ex Pats

Doron: So, we are both expats. We both left our home countries. Are you going to go back, do you think? And live in Jamaica?

多倫：我們兩個都是外國人。我們都離開了自己的國家。你認爲你會回牙買加生活嗎?

Pernais: I will. I will, eventually. I think Jamaica is the only place that I could actually settle down in. It's the only place that I would really consider home, because so much of who I am is dependent on my culture.

波納斯：我會的，最後我會回去的。我認爲牙買加是唯一能讓我安居的地方。也是唯一我能稱作家的地方，因爲我依賴我的文化。

Doron: Your roots.

多倫：那裏是你的根。

Pernais: Yes.

波納斯：對。

Doron: Do you have a lot of family back home?

多倫：你的家人還在牙買加嗎?

Pernais: I do. I do. Yeah, that's the biggest part of home for me, my family.

波納斯：對，沒錯。我的家人對我非常重要。

Doron: So when you say you will go back, when are you thinking? Like soon or in 20 years when you finish looking around the world?

多倫：你剛纔說你會回去，那你想什麼時候回去?是馬上就回去，還是在你遊覽過世界後，20年以後再回去?

Pernais: That's it. I want to see the world first, but I need to be home at least once a year to keep that connection with my family and with my culture really.

波納斯：對。我想先去看看這個世界，不過我至少一年要回一次家，和家人聯繫，迴歸我的文化。

Doron: Hooray for air travel, right? You can always slip back. I'm the opposite, I think the one place I couldn't settle down now is probably England.

多倫：空中旅行萬歲，對吧?你能經常回去。我和你相反，我最不可能安頓的地方就是英國。

Pernais: Really?

波納斯：真的嗎?

Doron: I'm the same as you, I think I have to see the world, but I think the world is just too big to ever settle in one place. One of my goals — I like to set myself targets — and one of them is to see every country in the world. And I thought I'd been to quite a lot but I counted a few weeks ago. I've only been to 30 and there's at least 6 or 7 times that many, so it's going to take me awhile.

多倫：我和你的看法一樣，我也要先去世界各地看看，不過我認爲這個世界太大了，我不能在任何一個地方安居。我喜歡爲自己設定目標，我其中一個目標是去世界上所有國家看看。我以爲我已經去過很多國家了，不過幾周前我數了一下，我現在只去了30個國家，而且至少用了六七次時間，所以我要完成目標需要很長時間。

Pernais: Hopefully, you'll get it all done.

波納斯：希望你能實現你的目標。

Doron: Yeah, I do have family at home of course in England and I miss them and I see them every couple of years but I think I've got travel in my genes 'cause my mom left home when she was 17, my dad has moved all around the world, my brother now lives in America (he was born there), so I think our family just loves to travel. How about your family, are they all back in Jamaica?

多倫：嗯，我也有家人還生活在英國，我很想他們，我每隔幾年會見他們一次，不過我認爲我的苦思決定我要四處去旅行，我媽媽在17歲時離開了家，我爸爸往返於世界各地，我哥哥現在生活在美國，他是在美國出生的，所以我認爲我們家人喜歡四處旅行。你的家人呢，他們都在牙買加嗎?

Pernais: Not all of them. Actually a lot of my relatives live outside of Jamaica and it's always good to go home for Christmas because everybody comes back home and it's just like this really nice family atmosphere.

波納斯：不是所有人都在牙買加。我有很多親戚都在外國生活，回家過聖誕節感覺很好，因爲那時所有人都會回家，會有很棒的家庭氛圍。

Doron: Where do they all live now?

多倫：他們現在住在哪裏?

Pernais: Mostly in America and Canada.

波納斯：大多數人住在美國和加拿大。

Doron: Have you been to visit them?

多倫：你有去看望過他們嗎?

Pernais: I've visited a few of my cousins in the States in Florida and New York, but I haven't been to Canada. I've been to Quebec but not to visit family.

波納斯：我去美國的佛羅里達州和紐約看過我的表兄弟，不過我沒去過加拿大。我去過魁北克，不過不是去看親戚。

　　常用英語口語對話：Paul Bunyan

Shirley: Hi Jake, how are you today?

雪莉：你好，傑克，你今天怎麼樣?

Jake: Good. How are you Shirley?

傑克：我很好。你呢，雪莉?

Shirley: Not too bad thanks. I thought we might talk about folk heroes today. I don't really know much about American folk heroes, are there any that you have a favorite or...?

雪莉：還不錯，謝謝你。我們今天來談談民間英雄。我不太瞭解美國民間英雄，你們有喜歡的……?

Jake: Actually my hometown in the United States happens to be known as one of the hometowns for Paul Bunyan.

傑克：在我的家鄉美國有一個英雄——保羅·班揚。

Shirley: I think I've heard of that name but I don't know anything about him.

雪莉：我聽過這個名字，不過我對他的故事一無所知。

Jake: Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack',event)">lumberjack. Like, he would cut down trees and he was supposedly a very giant man. He was huge. And I don't know if he ever actually lived sometime in the past, but maybe he was just a very large man but somehow the stories have been passed down to say that he was as large as a house or as large as a skyscraper. It completely depends on who you ask.

傑克：保羅·班揚是名伐木工。他的工作是伐木，他是一名巨人。他非常高大。我不知道他在過去是否真實存在，也許他只是一名身材高大的人，不過流傳的故事中說他有一座房子那麼高，像摩天大樓一樣高。我認爲你問不同的人會得到不同的描述。

Shirley: Wow, so not sure whether he's a mythical character or a real character.

雪莉：哇，所以你不能確定他是神話人物還是真實存在的人物。

Jake: No one really knows for sure.

傑克：沒有人確切知道。

Shirley: What did he do?

雪莉：他做了什麼?

Jake: Well, some people say that he took his ax and he dragged it behind his back across the United States and he made the Mississippi river.

傑克：有些人說他拿着斧頭，在背後拖着斧子穿越了美國，而且創造出了密西西比河。

Shirley: So it's a kind of story to explain why something exists.

雪莉：可以說這是解釋某事存在原因的一個故事。

Jake: That's part of it. And also, he had a pet too. His pet is very famous.

傑克：這是其中一部分。他還有一個寵物。他的寵物非常有名。

Shirley: And what kind of pet?

雪莉：是什麼寵物?

Jake: His pet was an ox, but it wasn't just an ordinary ox. It was a blue ox. And it was also oversized to fit with his size.

傑克：他的寵物是頭公牛，但不是一頭普通的公牛。那是一頭藍色的公牛。而且那頭藍色的公牛體型也非常龐大，和他很相配。

Shirley: What did his pet do?

雪莉：他的寵物做了什麼?

Jake: Well his pet I think would just carry lumber for him or something...

傑克：我想他的寵物只是幫他拿木材之類的……

Shirley: So about when did this story start? When did Paul Bunyan become famous? Or when did people know about that story?

雪莉：那這個故事是什麼時候開始流傳的?保羅·班揚是什麼時候開始出名的?或者說人們是什麼時候知道的這個故事?

Jake: Well, I'm not exactly sure, but like your country, the United States is a very young country and has a very young history since the European settlers came there so I think it's maybe from a couple hundred years ago, maybe at the most.

傑克：我也不太清楚，和你的國家一樣，美國也是一個非常年輕的國家，美國曆史從歐洲定居者到來以後開始，歷史並不長，所以我認爲那個故事最多源自幾百年前。

Shirley: Hmm. Ok.

雪莉：嗯，好。