实战口语情景对话 第187期:芝加哥 Chicago

 托德：你好！请问你叫什么名字？

Anna: My names's Anna. 

安娜：我叫安娜。

Todd: Anna. OK, Anna and where are you from? 

托德：安娜。好的，安娜你来自哪里？

Anna: I'm from a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. 

安娜：我来自伊利诺伊州芝加哥的郊区。

Todd: Oh, Chicago. Wow, what's Chicago like? 

托德：哦，芝加哥。哇，芝加哥怎么样？

Anna: It's very windy and flat, but there's a lot to do there. We have a lot of sports teams, things to do in the summer, lots of festivals, so... 

安娜：多风，地势平坦，不过那里可以做许多事情。我们有许多运动队，夏天可以做很多事情，还有很多节日，所以……

Todd: Uh-huh, like what kind of festivals? 

托德：哈哈，都有哪种节日呢？

Anna: We have a taste of Chicago festival, every summer, every year, and it's down in Grant Park, and all the food vendors¹, all the major restaurants in Chicago set up a food booth and you can buy, taste all kinds of food around the world. 

安娜：每年夏天我们都会举办芝加哥美食节，地点就在格兰特公园，那儿有各种食品摊贩，芝加哥所有大饭店都会设立食物摊位，你可以购买、品尝全世界各种各校的食物。

Todd: Wow, that sounds pretty good. Ah, what kind of food do you like? What's your favorite kind of food? 

托德：哇，那听起来真好。嗯，你喜欢哪种食物？你最喜欢的食物是什么？

Anna: My favorite kind of food is Mexican food. 

安娜：我最喜欢墨西哥菜。

Todd: Oh, yeah! And what dish in particular do you like? 

托德：哦耶！你有特别喜欢的菜吗？

Anna: Let me think. I like all Mexican food but I really like, like a stuffed pavlano pepper's very good. 

安娜：让我想想。我喜欢所有的墨西哥菜，不过我非常非常喜欢填青椒。

Todd: Oh, really! Stuffed Pavlano pepper! 

托德：哦，真的吗！填青椒！

Anna: You stuff it with cheese or they can put meat inside of it. It's good. 

安娜：把奶酪或者是也可以是肉类放进青椒里。非常好吃。

Todd: Can you make it? 

托德：你会做吗

Anna: No! I can not make it. I can make tacos, but that's about it. 

安娜：不会！我做不了。我可以做墨西哥卷饼，仅此而已 

重点讲解：

1. a taste of

经历，体验，尝试，品尝；

eg. But having had a taste of the big time, he won't want to go back to playing in the reserves.

但是，有过一举成名的经历以后，他就不会再想回去当替补了

eg. This voyage was his first taste of freedom.

这次航行使他初次体验到了自由的滋味。

2. set up

创建；建立；安排；组建；

eg. The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims...

双方同意组建一个委员会来调查那些索赔要求。

eg. Tell us when and why you started your business and how you went about setting it up.

告诉我们你是何时出于何种原因开办了自己的企业，又是如何着手创建的。

3. in particular

尤其；特别；

eg. His statement refers to people in general, not to anyone in particular. 

他的发言是泛指一般情况，不是针对某一个人的。

eg. In particular I admire Gary Lineker.

我特别崇拜加里·莱因克尔。

1 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓