美国文化脱口秀 第129期:加利福尼亚

 　　今天我们的代班主持Jason要和Jenny聊聊他的家乡California加利福尼亚州。你对加州有什么印象？有什么了解？都可以留言和们讨论哦！

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　　1. California 加利福尼亚州

　　2. San Francisco 旧金山(三藩市)

　　3. It's the largest Chinese population and the oldest in the United States. 旧金山的华人区是全美最大最老的。

　　4. Chinatown 中国城

　　5. No problem at all. 完全没问题。

　　6. So it's nice weather most of the year, and people are sort of happy. 一年大部分时间天气都很好，所以人们都挺开心的。

　　7. gay rights movement 同性恋权利运动

　　8.

　　Northern California >> NorCal 北加州(Sacrameto 加州首府, San Francisco 旧金山)

　　Southern California >> SouCal 南加州 (Los Angeles 洛杉矶, San Diego 圣地亚哥)

　　9. rivalry¹ 竞争关系

　　10. It's a weird² relationship. People in Northern California don't really like Southern California that much.

　　关系比较微妙。北加州的人不太喜欢南加州的人。

　　11. Many people in San Francisco and Northern California think that people in Southern California are a little shallow or superficial.

　　很逗旧金山人和北加州的人都觉得南加州的人有点肤浅。

　　12. entertainment industry 娱乐业

　　13. struggling actor/actress 想要成名的演员

　　14. There's a lot more of that. You have that in San Francisco too, but not in the same way. 还有很多这种事。旧金山也有这样的事，但不太一样。

　　15. Palo Alto, Silicon³ Valley 硅谷，帕罗奥图

　　16. low profile 低调

　　17. It rains a lot. And more than that, it's really foggy. 经常下雨，不止这样，还雾蒙蒙的。

　　18. It's not free unfortunately. Before, it was very cheep. It was not that expensive. But recently it‘s become much much much more expensive.

　　很不幸不是免费的。但以前确实很便宜，一点也不贵。但最近变得越来越贵了。

　　19. tuition 学费

　　20. I think tuition, only tuition for one year, is 15,000 to 20,000 dollars a year.

　　我觉得光学费一年就要一万五到两万美金。

　　21. I think it's about 40,000 a year. 我觉得大概一年四万美金吧。

　　22. concrete 混凝土

　　23. It's pretty here too though. It's pretty in different ways. 这里也很美啊，美的方式不同罢了。

1 rivalry   

n.竞争，竞赛，对抗

参考例句：

• The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
• He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。