实战口语情景对话 第127期:游走伦敦 London Tour

 Todd:Hello, Jason. You're from England. Uh, where are you from in England?

Jason,你好。你来自英国。恩那你是从英国的哪个地方来的呢？

Jason:I'm from South London.

我来自南伦敦。

Todd:Oh, cool. South London. Why don't you talk about that for a while.

哇，很棒啊南伦敦。你能跟我们谈谈吗？

Jason:OK, well, London is a little bit colder that Japan, it's a little bit more expensive as well, so it is kind of nice to come here and spend my money.

好啊！伦敦比日本冷一些，而且消费水平还高一点儿，所以说来这儿花钱还是不错的。

Todd:So actually, you said South London right? Is that where Wimbleton is? South London?

你说的是南伦敦对吗？是Wimbleton所在的地方吗？南伦敦？

Jason:Wimbleton, No! Wimbleton's in West London.

不，Wimbleton在西伦敦。

Todd:West London!

西伦敦！

Jason:Yeah. South London isn'tfamousfor much, really,apart fromrude people like me.

是的。南伦敦没那么出名，真的，除了像我这样粗鲁的人。

Todd:So what's the difference between South London and West London and North London?

那南，西和北伦敦都有什么区别呢？

Jason:Yeah, there is a big difference between all the places in London. Everyone's got differentaccents. Everyoneactsdifferently. England has a lot of different places. For example, in North England they'll have different accents², completely³ different accents, from South England and sometimes even different languages, like in Wales⁴ and Scotland⁵, so.

是的。伦敦的各个部分差异是很大的。大家的口音是不同的，行为表现也有很大的差异。英国有很多不同的地方。比如说，英国的北部和南部就很不一样，人们的口音都是不同的，完全不同，有时甚至连语言都完全不同。威尔士和苏格兰也是这样的。

Todd:So your accent¹ is South London.

那你是南伦敦口音。

Jason:My accent is South London, yeah. Someone from North London would sound completely different from me, and West London and so on, so.

是的，我是南伦敦口音。来自北伦敦的人跟我的口音完全不一样，西伦敦还有其他地区的也是。

Todd:So is South London the best place to live?

那么就是说南伦敦是最适宜居住的地方？

Jason:Oh, yeah, of course. Actually, Central London would be but it is way too expensive, kind of like Tokyo.

哦，对的，当然。事实上，伦敦的中部地区物价太高，有点儿像东京。

Todd:OK. Were you born in South London?

好的。你是生在南伦敦吗？

Jason:Yeah, I was born in South London. Yeah. But, you know, I've been everywhere in England, so andbelieve methere's a lot of different places, everywhere is different, so .

对的，我在南伦敦出生。但你知道的，我已经逛遍了英国，所以请相信我，这有很多不同的地方，而且每一处都是不同的。

1 accent   

n.口音；腔调；重音

参考例句：

• His accent is quite special.他的口音非常特别。
• He has a strong American accent.他有很重的美国口音。

2 accents   

n.重音( accent的名词复数 )；口音；强调；读音符号（标在字母上）

参考例句：

• Makeup accents her good looks. 化妆使她显得更加美丽。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He speaks with a mixture of accents. 他说话南腔北调。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

4 Wales   

n.威尔士(在大不列颠岛西南部)

参考例句：

• The company are opening up a new factory in Wales.公司将在威尔士开一家新工厂。
• She teaches English at the University of Wales.她在威尔士大学教英语。

5 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。