实战口语情景对话 第143期:曼彻斯特 Manchester

 Todd: Hello, what is your name?

你好，你叫什么名字？

Mathew: My name is Mathew Gill.

我叫Mathew Gill.

Todd: Mathew, where are you from?

Mathew，你来自哪里？

Mathew: I'm from England, from North of England, near Manchester.

我来自英格兰，英格兰的北部，曼彻斯特附近。

Todd: Were you living in Manchester before you go to Japan?

在你去日本之前你住在曼彻斯特吗？

Mathew: No, I was living in Bangkok, in Thailand, before I came to Japan.

没有，我之前住在泰国曼谷。

Todd: Wow, world traveler.

哇，你就是个世界旅行者啊。

Mathew: Yes, something like that.

对呀，差不多就是这样的。

Todd: Tell us about Manchester. What is Manchester like?

给我们讲讲曼彻斯特吧。那儿什么样？

Mathew: Manchester's well known¹ for being quite a grim², industrial town. but it's got a more modern reputation³ as a center of arts, and there's lots of cool music that comes out of there. Oasis⁴ from Manchester is the most famous band, and the Smiths, kind of fifteen years ago, came from Manchester.

曼彻斯特是一个冰冷的工业城镇，但却也因其艺术中心而获得了现代好评，而且还从那儿流传出了很多好听的音乐。绿洲乐队是来自曼彻斯特的著名的演唱组合，而且史密斯乐队，大概是15年前，也是来自曼彻斯特的。

Todd: Oh, that's great. I love the Smiths, actually. Do you like Manchester?

哦，那很棒啊。我非常喜欢史密斯乐队。你喜欢曼彻斯特吗？

Mathew: I think it's a fantastic place, yeah.

喜欢，我觉得那儿是个很棒的地方。

Todd: I'd love to live there in the future. It's a great city.

以后我想去那儿住，真是个不错的城市。

语言点

Oasis 绿洲乐队（OASIS），来自曼彻斯特的演唱组合，沿袭了 Stones 和 the Who的粗糙灰暗的形象，融合了 Beatles 的曲调并带有明显的英国抒情色彩的主题。他们将这一切用吉他的吼叫声串起来。

the Smiths 史密斯乐队（THE SMITHS）是80年代英国最权威的独立摇滚乐队，标志着合成乐新浪潮的结束和主宰90年代英国摇滚界的吉它摇滚的开始。

be well known for 因…而出名

1 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

2 grim   

adj.严酷的，令人害怕的，不愉快的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• I've had a grim day.我过了不愉快的一天。
• His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs.当他告诉他们说他们已被解雇时，他的表情十分冷酷。

3 reputation   

n.名誉，声誉，声望，信誉

参考例句：

• We are very anxious to keep up the reputation of the firm.我们对于保持公司的名誉非常急切。
• He has not too good a reputation in the matter of honesty.就诚实而言，他的名声不太好。

4 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。