实战口语情景对话 第48期:大自然 Nature

 Todd: OK. Hello, Kevin! 你好，凯文！

Kevin: Hi, Todd. How are you? 嗨，托德。你过得好吗？

Todd: Doing pretty good. 我过得很好。

Kevin: Good. 太棒了。

Todd: Kevin we're gonna talk about nature. 凯文，我们来谈谈大自然。

Kevin: OK. 好的。

Todd: First of all could you tell the listener where we are? 首先，你能告诉听众我们在哪里吗？

Kevin: Well, let's see. We are on, kind of on the side of a hill in the forest but we have a spectacular view of Mt. Fuji on the other side of the valley. Yeah. It's really nice here. 我看看。我们在山的一侧，树林里，但我们能看到富士山对面峡谷壮丽景色。这里真的很棒。

Todd: Yeah, it is. Um, why are you in this forest right now? 是的，没错。为什么你现在在森林里？

Kevin: Well, I'm, I'm currently working and I'm teaching an intensive Enlgish course up here at the, the campus, up here in the forest. 我在工作，山上树林里的校区有一个英语集训课程，我在这里教书。

Todd: Oh, nice. Do you take any walks in the woods? 哦，真棒。你在树林里散过步吗？

Kevin: Yes, I , I enjoy taking walks in the woods, and sometimes I even go for a jog in the woods, there are a few trails around here and there's a nice, a nice golf course as well that you can run around. 是的，我喜欢在林间散步，有时我还在林间慢跑，山上有几条小路，这儿还有一个高尔夫球场，你可以绕着它跑步。

Todd: OK, great! What's the best thing about the, being in nature? in the forest? 真棒！你认为身在大自然中，在树林中，最棒的是什么？

Kevin: Well, for me it's, uh, the, the, stress relief that it provides, uh, especially living in, in Tokyo, which is of course one of the world's largest and most chaotic¹ cities. It's also nice to get back out into nature sometimes and just hear the insects, which obviously we can hear very clearly right now, as well as some birds, and you know it's just nice to get back out into nature. 对于我来说，在大自然中可以缓解压力，尤其是对于住在东京的我——东京是全世界最大最繁华的城市之一。偶尔回到大自然之中听听虫鸣也很好，现在我在这里能很清楚地听到虫叫声和鸟鸣声，回到大自然真的是很棒。

Todd: I agree. OK. Thanks a lot Kevin. 我同意。谢谢你凯文。

Kevin: You're welcome. 不客气。

1 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。