【英语趣味课堂】在爱达荷州的生活-Life in Idaho

 Todd: OK, so we're here. Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself to the listener¹?

 

Roe²: OK, my name is Hiroe Hashi. I've lived in America for about seven and a half years. I lived in Italy for two years.

 

Todd: Wow! You lived in Italy too.

 

Roe: Right, right. So all together I've lived in a foreign country for nine and a half years.

 

Todd: Wow! That's amazing. So did you live in America before you lived in Italy?

 

Roe: I was in Italy when I was 9 years old, no actually 7 years old to 9 years old.

 

Todd: Did you learn Italian?

 

Roe: A little bit. Basically³ slangs.

 

Todd: Wow, so then how old were you when you moved to America?

 

Roe: Yeah, I was 17. I was on a exchange program for when I went to Idaho.

 

Todd: Wow, what did you think when you first got to America?

 

Roe: OK. I bought new clothing cause my image was like L.A., New York, but it was Idaho, but I didn't know what to expect, and I got of from the airplane and I said to myself, "Oh, my god!". There was nothing there.

 

Todd: Yeah, so was it flat. Was it flat.

 

Roe: It was flat. I saw, There was...I remember the sun going down cause it was nothing, really nothing: a flat space, 360 degrees, an airport, cowboys⁶.

 

Todd: Cowboys!

 

Roe: Potatoes. Real Cowboys. Spuds.

 

Todd: So Idaho is cowboys and potatoes.

 

Roe: Exactly. That's all. About.

 

Todd: Do you still like potatoes?

 

Roe: I stopped eating spuds since I came back cause I ate it everyday. You go to 31 Ice-cream shop and there they have spuds ice-cream.

 

Todd: Wow. So spud means⁷ potato.

 

Roe: Yeah, spud, it's like Idaho English.

 

Todd: Wow. And how about cowboys. Did you become a real cowboy⁵?

 

Roe: I started to grow my hair, cause if you had short hair, people used to call you like a new-waver, like faggots. It was kind of a little disaster for somebody different to live.

 

Todd: Yeah, for sure, that would be really harsh⁸. So tell me about your family

 

Roe: My family! I have two brothers and a sister, and my father passed away three years ago and my mom is working.

 

Todd: OK, Do you miss idaho?

 

Roe: Friends. I've made some best friends in Idaho actually.

 

Todd: Really.

 

Roe: Yeah, actually, I've lived in L.A., Washington⁹ State, but Idaho.

 

Todd: When is the last time you were in Idaho?

 

Roe: When I, that's when I finished my program, so a long time ago. 10, wow, 12, 13 years ago.

 

Todd: Wow, that is a long time. OK, and where do you live now?

 

Roe: I live in Yokohama.

 

Todd: Yokohama

 

学习内容：

 

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

slang⁴

 

Basically I learned¹⁰ slang.

 

'Slang' is informal¹¹ vocabulary that is used in a particular country or area.  It is frequently¹² used by young people.  Notice the following:

 

Don't use slang when you write a report.

My grandparents don't understand modern slang.

expect

 

I didn't know what to expect.

 

If you don't know what to 'expect' about a place you don't have an idea of what it will be or look like.  Notice the following:

 

I expected that the city would be bigger.

She didn't expect that it would be so hot.

harsh

 

That would be really harsh.

 

Something that is 'harsh' is mean and terrible.  Notice the following:

 

He ended our relationship in a really harsh way.

The cold weather has been very harsh recently.

passed away

 

My father passed away.

 

To say that someone 'passed away' is a nice and polite way of saying that he died.  Notice the following:

 

Their dog passed away today.

When did your father pass away?

miss

 

Do you miss Idaho.

 

You 'miss' a place if you are not there and you want to be there.  You notice the absence of things that made you happy.  Notice the following:

 

When I travel for a long time I begin to miss the food at home.

Don't you miss your family?

 

 

1 listener   

n.听众；收听者

参考例句：

• I'm a regular listener to her show.我经常收听她的节目。
• She became an attentive listener.她变成了一个专心致志的聆听者。

2 roe   

n.鱼卵；獐鹿

参考例句：

• We will serve smoked cod's roe at the dinner.宴会上我们将上一道熏鳕鱼子。
• I'll scramble some eggs with roe?我用鱼籽炒几个鸡蛋好吗？

3 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

4 slang   

n.俚语，行话；vt.使用俚语，辱骂；vi.辱骂

参考例句：

• The phrase is labelled as slang in the dictionary.这个短语在这本字典里被注为俚语。
• Slang often goes in and out of fashion quickly.俚语往往很快风行起来又很快不再风行了。

5 cowboy   

n.牛仔，牛郎，牧童

参考例句：

• I felt sure I had all the skills to be a cowboy.我确信自己具备当牛仔的一切本领。
• He loved to see cowboy movies.他爱看牛仔影片。

6 cowboys   

n.牧牛工( cowboy的名词复数 )；牛仔；冒失鬼；（尤指无能的）缺德的商人

参考例句：

• children playing a game of cowboys and Indians 玩美国西部牛仔与印第安人游戏的孩子们
• There are too many cowboys in the business these days. 近来商界中，瞎吵胡闹的家伙太多。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

8 harsh   

adj.严厉（酷）的，刺耳的，刺目的，毛糙的

参考例句：

• The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
• Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻，但有建设性。

9 Washington   

n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)

参考例句：

• His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿，但住在旧金山。
• They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。

10 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

11 informal   

adj.非正式的，不拘礼的，通俗的

参考例句：

• I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
• The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。

12 frequently   

adv.常常，屡次，经常地，频繁地

参考例句：

• Please write to me frequently.请经常给我来信。
• I like that you should call on me frequently.我喜欢你经常来拜访我。