大家说英语 第437期:英伦访客(1)

Hello, everyone. Today, my guest is a foreigner. Please introduce yourself. 大家好。今天我们的嘉宾是一位外国人。请你自我介绍一下吧。 Good morning. My name is Edgar, and I'm from England. 早上好。我叫埃德加，我来自英格兰。 Edgar arrived late last night. How was your flight? 埃德加昨晚很晚才到。你的航班顺利吗？ Fine, thank you. I slept most of the way. 还好，谢谢。我一路上大部分时间都在睡觉。 Great. And is this your first time in America? 不错。这是你第一次来美国吗？ It is, although I visited Canada last year. 是的，我去年去过加拿大。 Most people know about England because it is Queen Elizabeth II's home. Edgar, do you know the queen? 大多数人知道英国是因为那是女王伊丽莎白二世的祖国。埃德加，你认识女王吗？ No, I don't. But I saw her at a royal parade¹ a few years ago. 不，我不认识。但是我几年前在一场皇家游行中看到过她。 Did she ride in a royal carriage? 她当时是坐在皇家马车里吗？ Yes. And there was a big party in the street. 是的。街道上游一场盛大的派对。 That sounds fun. 听起来很有趣。 It was a good day. 那是很棒的一天。 What did you do at the street party, Edgar? 埃德加，在街头派对上你都干了什么？ I ate cake and drank tea. 我吃了蛋糕，喝了茶。 How English! Do you drink hot black tea with a little milk? 多英伦风啊！你喝红茶会加一点儿牛奶吗？ Yes. That's the English way. Although, people also drink black tea with a little lemon. 会的。那就是英国人的风格。不过也有人会喝茶时加一点儿柠檬。 I see. Well, let's get you some tea. 我知道了。嗯，让我给你准备一些茶吧。 Thank you, Rob². 谢谢你，罗布。

1 parade   

n.游行，炫耀，阅兵，检阅，阅兵场；v.游行，炫耀，夸耀，（使）列队行进

参考例句：

• She is on parade in her new dress in the street.她穿着新衣服在大街上走来走去。
• The boys loved watching the soldiers on parade.男孩子们爱看士兵们列队行进。

2 rob   

v.抢劫；vi.抢劫，盗窃；vt.非法剥夺，使丧失，抢劫

参考例句：

• Two men formed a plot to rob the bank.两人制定了抢劫那家银行的秘密计划。
• They were scheming to rob the bank.他们在密谋抢劫银行。