英文原版对话1000个:1151 Buenos Aires

 　　Daniel: Hey how are you?

 

　　Valeria: Fine and you?

 

　　Daniel: Good thanks. I have a question. I'm planning to go to Buenos Aires.

 

　　Valeria: That's great.

 

　　Daniel: And I need your advice basically¹.

 

　　Valeria: Sure, no problem.

 

　　Daniel: What's the city like?

 

　　Valeria: Well, the first thing you will notice when you are there, it's like everybody in a hurry, everybody is busy.

 

　　Daniel: OK.

 

　　Valeria: And everybody has a lot of things to do. And I'm not only talking about working, right?

 

　　Daniel: What else?

 

　　Valeria: Usually porteos, people from Buenos Aires, is very stressful but once you finish your work, you have a lot of things to do in the city like you have plenty of cinemas, restaurants, theater, festivals. I don't know, so many things. Tell me what kind of things you like.

 

　　Daniel: I don't know. I'm looking for something that it's unique in Buenos Aires.

 

　　Valeria:: I think that one like unique from Buenos Aires is like art in the street.

 

　　Daniel: OK.

 

　　Valeria: This is one thing.

 

　　Daniel: What about it?

 

　　Valeria: Art in the street means² you are walking and you will find like people dancing tango.

 

　　Daniel: OK.

 

　　Valeria: Or people like playing music and that is free of charge of course.

 

　　Daniel: Yeah, because they're in the street.

 

　　Valeria: Yes. So once they finish they will offer you one hat and if you enjoy the spectacle³, you will put some money on there.

 

　　Daniel: OK, that's a good nice idea.

 

　　Valeria: Yeah. But besides these kind of shows, you can also find cultural spectacles⁴ more organized like in theater or there is an opera house, a big one, where you can also enjoy ballet⁵, like high quality opera and ballet.

1 basically   

adv.基本上，从根本上说

参考例句：

• His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。
• Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 spectacle   

n.（大规模）场面，壮观[pl.]眼镜

参考例句：

• She was fascinated at the spectacle of a rocket launching.她被发射火箭的壮观场面强烈地吸引住了。
• The opening ceremony was a fine spectacle.开幕式典礼是个壮观的场面。

4 spectacles   

n.眼镜

参考例句：

• a pair of spectacles 一副眼镜
• People wear spectacles so that they can see better. 人们戴眼镜是为了看得更清楚。

5 ballet   

n.芭蕾舞

参考例句：

• Angela studied ballet for six years.安吉拉学了六年芭蕾舞。
• She is a celebrated star of ballet.她是一个芭蕾舞明星。