实战口语情景对话 第95期:自动贩卖机 Vending Machines

 Todd: OK, hello, Hisa! 你好，希莎！

Hisa: Hi, Todd. 你好，托德。

Todd: How are you doing? 你过得怎么样？

Hisa: Fine thanks, and you? 很好，你呢？

Todd: I'm doing pretty good. Hisa, you were telling me that you have a concern about Japan. 我过得好极了。希莎，你跟我说你很关心日本一个社会问题。。

Hisa: Yes. 是的。

Todd: And what is your concern? 你担心的是什么问题？

Hisa: It's vending¹ machines. 是自动贩卖机。

Todd: Vending machines. 自动贩卖机。

Hisa: Yes. 是的。

Todd: OK. Can you talk a little about that? 好的。你能具体跟我说说吗？

Hisa: Yes, as you already noticed, how many vending machines do you come across a day if you are on the street? 好的，以你的印象来判断一下，如果你走在大街上，一天内能遇到多少台自动贩卖机？

Todd: Many, many. 我的天啊。

Hisa: I really do not think we need that many and then each one is really consuming energy, so that is my big concern. 我真的不认为我们需要这么多的自动贩卖机，而每台自动贩卖机要消耗掉很多的能源，这就是我最担心的问题。

Todd: OK, so what would you like to see happen in Japan with the vending machines? 那么，你希望怎么处理日本的这些自动贩卖机？

Hisa: Sorry, what? where? 不好意思，什么？

Todd: Like, what would you like to happen with the vending machines? 比如，你认为应该对这些自动贩卖机做什么？

Hisa: Yes. 我明白了。

Todd: Would you like more laws or..? 你希望通过立法还是……？

Hisa: Number 1, it really aggravates² the scenery. Yes, and then if each one of us take drink with us, we really don't need that many, each corner, or even one corner you really see so many kinds. And then that is, we can really evacuate³ so many and then we will have a safer, more space on the road, because even without vending machines, imagine how narrow our roads in Japan, even the walking path so narrow, it's dangerous. 第一，自动贩卖机影响了环境美观。是的，如果我们每个人出门都自己带喝的，我们就不会需要这么多的自动贩卖机了，现在只要是角落就有一台自动贩卖机，甚至是几台不同种类的自动贩卖机。如果我们把这些自动贩卖机都移走，就会拥有更加安全和宽阔的街道，如果没有自动贩卖机，日本的街道已经很狭窄了，人行道也很窄。

Todd: And you were saying that you can actually can see vending machines in very strange places in Japan, like very, very far places in the countryside? 你是说在日本很奇怪的地方也能看到自动贩卖机，比如乡下等边远地区？

Hisa: Yes. 是的。

Todd: Wow. 哇。

Hisa: So, just one example is on the summit⁴ of Mt. Fuji. Yes, it's a shame. 举个例子，比如富士山上就有。真是不雅。

Todd: All the way on the top of Mt. Fuji? 到山顶的路上都有吗？

Hisa: Yes. So those mountain climbers are talking that don't make our mountains like Mt. Fuji. In other words, they are not to put another vending machine on the top of other mountains, because why we need it. 是的。一些登山爱好者们都会说：不要把山都搞成富士山一样。换句话说，他们不赞成将自动贩卖机放到其他山上，我们为什么需要这些贩卖机。

Todd: Yeah, that's crazy. 是的，很疯狂。

Hisa: It's ridiculous. 很荒谬。

Todd: All right. Thank a lot Hisa. 好，谢谢你，希莎。

Hisa: My pleasure. 很荣幸。

1 vending   

v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明

参考例句：

• Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？ 来自朗文快捷英语教程 2
• Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。 来自超越目标英语 第5册

2 aggravates   

使恶化( aggravate的第三人称单数 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravates me any more I shall punish him. 如果他再惹我生气，我就要惩罚他。
• Now nothing aggravates me more than when people torment each pther. 没有什么东西比人们的互相折磨更使我愤怒。

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 summit   

n.最高点，峰顶；最高级会议；极点

参考例句：

• They climbed up the mountain and reached the summit.他们爬山，最终达到了山顶。
• The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.山顶隐没在云雾之中。