实战口语情景对话 第375期:Canada's Main Cities 加拿大主要城市

 　　Todd: OK, Mike, you are from Canada.

　　托德：迈克，你来自加拿大。

　　Mike: That's right.

　　迈克：没错。

　　Todd: So, actually I want to go to Canada for vacation. I've never been. What would you recommend¹ for a Canadian vacation?

　　托德：实际上，我想去加拿大度假。我从来没去过那里。要是去加拿大度假，你有什么推荐吗？

　　Mike: Well, it really just depends on the kind of holiday that you want to have. If you want to have a relaxing outdoors, kind of back to nature, kind of holiday, I'd recommend Vancouver. If you wanted to do a holiday that's maybe a little more culturally oriented². If you want experience, a different type of culture, Montreal, would be a city that I'd recommend, um, and if you wanted to go to a big multi-cultural city with a lot of nightlife and things to do with respect to entertainment, or sports, then I'd recommend Toronto.

　　迈克：这要取决于你想度过怎样的假期。如果你想享受放松的室外假期，想回归自然，这类假期我会推荐你去温哥华。如果你想度过文化类假期，想体验不同类型的文化，那我会推荐你去蒙特利尔，嗯，如果你想去多元文化的大型城市，感受那里的夜生活以及与娱乐和体育相关的事情，那我会推荐你去多伦多。

　　Todd: So, have you been to all three cities?

　　托德：那这些城市你都去过吗？

　　Mike: Yes. I actually have lived most of my life in Toronto and in Montreal and, but I have spent some time in Vancouver as well, so, all three are very different in attitude and lifestyle and in the way people live.

　　迈克：都去过。实际上我大部分时间都生活在多伦多和蒙特利尔，不过我也在温哥华住过一段时间，这三个城市的态度和生活方式都非常不同。

　　Todd: How so? How is somebody from Toronto different than somebody from Vancouver?

　　托德：怎么不同？来自多伦多的人和来自温哥华的人有什么不同？

　　Mike: Well, somebody from Toronto I think is a little bit more high paced, maybe you could almost say, they're a little bit more stresses out, just because the pace of life in Toronto is a little bit faster. It's kind of the big economic center of Canada, so it tend to have a lot more of a business culture to it, where as Vancouver, is much more, like many West Coast cities in the United³ States, as well, it's a lot more relaxed, a lot more easy-going⁴, so there's a difference in culture there,and Montreal has a strong French-Canadian influence, so in fact, it's mostly French-Canadian, so that just changes the dynamic⁵ of the city.

　　迈克：嗯，我认为来自多伦多的人生活节奏更快，你也可以说，他们有更多压力，原因就是多伦多的生活节奏相对来说更快一些。那里是加拿大重要的经济中心，所以那里的商业文化非常浓郁，而温哥华则和美国西海岸的大部分城市一样，那里的生活相对来说更放松，更悠闲，所以那里的文化氛围也不同，蒙特利尔则受到法裔加拿大人的严重影响，实际上，那里大部分人都是法裔加拿大人，所以这给这个城市带来了活力。

　　Todd: OK, so if you were to live in any city, which one would you choose?

　　托德：好，那如果你要住在这些城市里，那你会选择住在哪里呢？

　　Mike: Of, those three? (Yeah) Personally I would think I would go for Montreal, just because I like the dynamic. The one bad point about Montreal is the weather.

　　迈克：这三个城市吗？（对）个人来说，我会选择蒙特利尔，因为我喜欢那种活力的感觉。不过蒙特利尔的缺点是天气不太好。

　　Todd: What? It's very cold?

　　托德：怎么？非常冷吗？

　　Mike: Yes, it gets very, very cold and it has a very long winter. In fact, the joke is that in Montreal the seasons are nine month of winter and three months of bad-skating.

　　迈克：对，蒙特利尔的冬天非常长，而且也非常寒冷。实际上，有个玩笑说蒙特利尔的季节是九个月的冬季和另三个月不适合滑冰的季节。

　　Todd: OK, well, thanks, Mike.

　　托德：好，谢谢你，迈克。

1 recommend   

vt.推荐，介绍；劝告，建议；使成为可取，使受欢迎

参考例句：

• Can you recommend me a good book?你能给我介绍一本好书吗？
• I can recommend this play to all lovers of good theatre.我把这个剧推荐给所有爱好优秀戏剧的人。

2 oriented   

adj.以…为方向的；重视的

参考例句：

• Our students are oriented towards science subjects. 我们教的学生都是理科方向的。
• He oriented himself on coming to a new city. 他初到一个新城市，就使自己适应新的环境。

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 easy-going   

adj.随和的；轻松的

参考例句：

• She is an easy-going girl.她是一个随和的女孩子。
• The students considered Mrs.Smith an easy-going teacher.学生们认为史密斯夫人是一位宽容随和的老师。

5 dynamic   

adj.有活力的，能动的；力的；动力的

参考例句：

• This is a dynamic world.这是一个不断变化的世界。
• There is a dynamic ball in the computer.在电脑里有个动态的球。