实战口语情景对话 第148期:最喜欢的水果 Favorite Fruit

 Todd: Selvam, what is your favorite¹ food?

Selvam, 你最喜欢什么食物啊？

Selvam: My favorite fruit is grapes.

我最喜欢葡萄。

Todd: Grapes.

葡萄。

Selvam: Yeah.

对。

Todd: Oh, really!

哦，是嘛！

Selvam: Yes.

是的。

Todd: OK. Do you like wine²? Do you drink wine?

好。你喜欢葡萄酒吗？你喝葡萄酒吗？

Selvam: No, no, I don't drink anything, but I like grapes, the taste is very good.

不不不，我什么都不喝，但我喜欢葡萄，味道很棒。

Todd: Do you like...?

你喜欢。。

Selvam: It's very sweet that's why I like them.

我喜欢葡萄就是因为它非常甜。

Todd: Do you like green grapes or purple grapes?

你喜欢绿葡萄还是紫葡萄？

Selvam: Green, Green grapes.

绿的，绿葡萄。

Todd: Green grapes.

绿葡萄。

Selvam: Yeah.

对的。

Todd: OK, are there many grapes around your hometown⁴ in India⁵?

在印度，你的家乡周围有很多葡萄吗？

Selvam: Yes, yeah. We have, I used⁶ to eat everyday⁷ grapes, because I like them very much that's.

恩，对，有很多。以前我天天吃，因为我真是太喜欢葡萄了。

Todd: OK, actually⁸ in my home in America we have many grapes where I live also.

好的，事实上在美国，我们家那儿也有很多葡萄。

Selvam: Oh.

哦。

Todd: Yeah, and how about what is your favorite season?

嗯，那你最喜欢哪个季节呢？

Selvam: My favorite season is winter.

我最喜欢冬天。

Todd: Winter.

冬天？

Selvam: Yeah, because in India, most of the days will be summer. Winter will come for only two months. That's why we love winter season.

对，因为在印度，大部分时间都是夏天。冬天通常是只持续两个月，这就是我为什么喜欢冬天的原因。

Todd: Really?

真的吗？

Selvam: Yeah, it is very summer, very hot. That's why people are very black as³ a reason⁹.

对，那儿非常夏天，还特别热。这也是那儿的人都很黑的原因。

Todd: You like the cool, cool weather.

你喜欢凉爽点的天气。

Selvam: Yes.

是的。

Todd: Oh, nice. I'm the opposite¹⁰. I like warm weather

哦不错。咱俩正好相反，我更喜欢暖和一点的天气。

1 favorite   

n.特别喜爱的(人)物；adj.特别喜爱的

参考例句：

• Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.春秋是我喜欢的季节。
• Her most favorite fruit is orange.她最喜欢的水果是桔子。

2 wine   

n.酒，葡萄酒，紫红色；vt./vi.喝酒，请喝酒

参考例句：

• After drinking some wine,I feel warm all over.喝酒以后周身发热。
• The wine bottle is empty.酒瓶干了。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 hometown   

n.故乡；家乡

参考例句：

• Australia is the hometown of kangaroos.澳大利亚是袋鼠的故乡。
• My hometown is 100 miles away from here.我的家乡离这里有一百英里路。

5 India   

n.印度（亚洲）

参考例句：

• New Delhi is the capital of India.新德里是印度的首都。
• In India,there are fifteen official languages.印度有15种官方语言。

6 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

7 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

8 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

9 reason   

n.原因，理由，理智，道理；v.劝说，推理

参考例句：

• That is the reason why we must go now.那就是我们现在必须走的理由。
• The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.水灾是那场大雨造成的。

10 opposite   

adj.相对的，相反的，对面的；prep.对面

参考例句：

• The post office is opposite (to) the station.邮局在车站的对面。
• Black and white are opposite.黑与白是截然相反的。