Hiking-(徒步旅行)
A:Have any plans for the weekend, Tom?
汤姆,周末有什么计划吗?
B:Yeah, I’m going for a hike in the southern Rocky Mountains.
有啊。我打算去洛矶山脉南部徒步旅行。
A:Oh, do you go hiking often?
哦,你经常徒步旅行吗?
B:I go as much as I can. I love hiking because you can really get in touch with nature.
尽可能经常去。我喜欢徒步旅行,因为这样你才可以真正接触大自然。
A:It would be nice to get out of the city. Do you want some company?
能够离开市区出去走走真不赖。你想有个伴吗?
B:Sure. But, it will be a long hike, 30 miles in three days. Have you been hiking before?
当然。但是,这是一次长距离的旅行,三天走30英里。你以前徒步旅行过吗?
A:Yeah, I go a lot too. I saw a bear and a mountain lion on my last hike.
是的,我也经常去旅行。我上次旅行还看见一只熊和一只美州狮。
B:Wow! You must have been pretty far away from the city.
哇,那你就离市区很远了哦。
A:Yeah, my friend and I hiked in a very wild part of the national forest.
是的,那是我和我的朋友在国家森林的一个很偏僻的地方旅行。
along的解释
B:Well, bring him along too. We’ll have a great time this weekend.
那么,把他也带上吧。这个周末肯定我们会玩得很开心。
A:Thanks, I’ll ask him.
谢谢,我会跟他说的。
周末计划
A:What are your weekend arrangements?
你的周末怎么安排啊?
B:There’re many things I can do on weekends.
周末我要做很多事。
A:What sort of things are you interested in?
你对怎么样的事感兴趣?
B:I’m keen on taking short trips to nearby scenic spots. More often than not, I go with some of my friends. By the way, what are your favorites?
我喜欢到附近的风景点走一走,有时间和一些朋友一起去。顺便问一下,你最喜欢做什么?
A:I love swimming and cycling. On Sunday morning I have swimming practice for an hour. In the afternoon, I just ride my bike around the city or along the country roads for almost two hours.
我喜欢游泳和骑自行车。在星期天上午,我要游泳锻炼一小时,而下午我还要花两小时骑车在城里转一转,或沿着乡间路骑。
B:That’s great! I think they do you a lot of good. Where do you swim?
真不错!我想锻炼给了你很多好处。你在哪儿游泳?
A:Mostly in the city’s swimming pool. But on occasion, I go to the beach with friends. Well, what do you do at leisure?
大多数时候在城里的游泳池,有时候同朋友一起到海边游,真开心!嗯,你在业余时间做什么?
B:I’m fond of dancing.
我喜欢跳舞。
A:Good. You really know how to enjoy yourself.
很好,你真会享受生活。
B:Thanks. And you, too, I think.
谢谢,你也差不多。
教育
A:So, what’s your educational background?
那么,你的教育背景是什么?
B:I graduate from high school with a 4.0, graduated from university with a degree in English, and am currently in the middle of obtaining a master’s degree in Linguistics.
我以4.0 的成绩从高中毕业, 大学获得了英语学士学位,近来正在读语言学硕士学位。
A:What university did you go to ?
你在那所大学?
B:I went to UCB, the university of California, Berkeley.
UCB,加州伯克利大学。
A:Are you from California originally?
你是加州本地人么?
B:No, I’m from Colorado. I received a full scholarship to UCB, so I went.
不,我来自科罗拉州,我活得了UCB 全额奖学金,所以我去那里了。
A:That’s great. How did you like your classes there?
那太好了,你觉得那些课上得怎么样?
B:I like my professors a lot. They seemed to have a lot of passion for teaching. They weren’t the stuffy professors that I thought they’d be.。
我很喜欢我的教授。 他们似乎有很多教学热情。他们不是我想象的那种乏味的教授
A:How about the other students? Did you get along well with them?
其他同学怎么样?和他们相处的好吗?
B:The students were from all over the country. I found that most of my friends were people who were from the mid-west?
这里的学生来自全国各地,我发现我的大多数朋友来自中西部。
A:That’s interesting. Why do you think that is?
真有意思,为什么你这样认为?
B:I’m not sure. I lived in Iowa during middle school, so I guess we had that in common. Mid-westerners and people from the west coast have a different view of the world.
我搞不清,我初中住在衣阿华州,所以我猜我们有共同之处。中西部和来自西海岸的人有不同的世界观。
A:What do you mean?
你指什么?
B:It’s hard to explain. I guess people from the west coast come off as a bit snobby sometimes, especially if you aren’t come from the west coast。
很难解释清,我猜西海岸的人有点势利,尤其是对纳妾不是来自西海岸的人。
A:I see. Well, thanks for coming in for the interview. My secretary will get back to you within a week.
我懂了,奥,谢谢你接受这次面试,我的秘书会在一周内给你回电话的。