英文原版对话1000个:806 Prague Vacation

Anita: Well, Todd, since you've asked me about San Francisco, tell me, have you ever been to Prague?

Todd: I have been to Prague. Actually, I lived in Prague for about a week, or two weeks.

Anita: OK.

Todd: A long time ago.

Anita: Wow.

Todd: Right out of college.

Anita: Really. And how did you like it?

Todd: Well, it was great. It was one of the first European cities I went to, and it was so different from America, and I thought the architecture downtown was really beautiful.

Anita: So what was your first impression when you got there?

Todd: Well, when I first got there, I had no place to stay, and this young kid came up to me and convinced¹ me to live in his house.

Anita: Wow!

Todd: So they... his mother was renting rooms to foreigners, so I lived with a Czech family for about ten days.

Anita: Really, so did you eat Czech food?

Todd: I did, but you know I don't remember anything about it. It was so long ago. It seemed really good though.

Anita: I guess. I like it. So what did you do in Prague? What did you see there?

Todd: Well, of course I went to the downtown area which had the castle and the bridge and lots of the old buildings, and I just took local transportation. I took the... I guess it's not a subway or...

Anita: It is. You can call it a subway. We call it the Metro².

Todd: Yeah, I took the Metro to different places and I took buses and just walked around the city and I had a good time.

Anita: Did you find it cheap or expensive compared to the States?

Todd: Well, it was really cheap, but at that time I was working in Europe and I had no money, so I still was very poor.

Anita: Hmm, I see.

Todd: Yeah, so now... I was in Prague, you know, 12 years ago. Do you think the city changed a lot since I was there?

Anita: It's changed very much. I guess since the fall of Communism in 1989, the city started changing at that time and it's still changing. It's become very modern. Of course the historical parts are still preserved. You're not allowed to build skyscrapers³ or very tall buildings. It's good because after the fall of Communism a lot of the buildings were renovated⁴, so the whole city looks like it's new. It's old new.

Todd: Yeah.

Anita: It's very colorful. It's just beautiful. Yeah.

Todd: Yeah, I remember, the city almost looked like a museum because the buildings were just so pristine⁵ and perfect.

Anita: Yeah. It's... I personally just love walking through the streets. You can never get tired of that.

Todd: Well, hopefully I can go back again someday.
 

1 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

2 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

3 skyscrapers   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
• On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。

4 renovated   

翻新，修复，整修( renovate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He renovated his house. 他翻修了房子。
• The house has been renovated three years earlier. 这所房子三年前就已翻新。

5 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。