英语访谈对话 5 Australia

 　　Todd: Hello Michael.

　　Michael: Hello Todd.

　　Todd: We're going to talk about Australia. Or your going to talk about Australia. So first of all how many people live in Australia?

　　Michael: Australia? Oh, there's about twenty million people in Australia right now. A little bit under, but close to twenty.

　　Todd: OK. What are the biggest cities?

　　Michael: The biggest city? The biggest city is Sydney, then it's followed by Melbourne and then Brisbane and then I think it's Perth. But most of the big cities are on the East Coast of Australia. And Perth is on the west coast, but sort of of out there by itself.

　　Todd: OK. Um, if you had to live in one place where would you live?

　　Michael: I like Brisbane. I had my teenage¹ years in Brisbane, growing up in Brisbane, um or maybe Sidney because it is a big city,but Brisbane has got the gold coast and the sunshine.

　　Todd: Oh, nice. Actually, what is the capital city of Australia?

　　Michael: Ah, Canberra is the capital city. But is not the biggest city. Sydney is the biggest city. Canberra was made sort of by the politicians² so Sydney wouldn't get too crowded. It's a separate³ territory⁴.

　　Todd: Have you been to all the major cities in Australia?

　　Michael: I have been to Melbourne when I was young, but yeah, I have. But yeah. Only a short time in Perth.

　　Todd: OK. What is the best thing about Australia?

　　Michael: The best thing about Australia? Ah, probably the friendly people. The relaxed attitude, and we like visitors from other cultures.

　　Todd: Oh, cool. Ah, how are Australians different than other people? How are they unique?

　　Michael: How are Australians unique? Um, I would say that we're more fun-loving maybe or accepting of other people. And we don't mind making new friends actually and conversing⁵ with other people.

　　Todd: Yeah, oh yeah that's good. That's nice. OK. Thanks a lot Micheal.

　　Michael: No worries.

1 teenage   

adj.青少年的；十几岁的

参考例句：

• His voice is very high for a teenage boy.对一个十几岁的男孩来说，他的嗓音很尖。
• He is too old now for teenage parties.他年龄太大了，不适于参加少年聚会。

2 politicians   

政治家( politician的名词复数 )； 政客，玩弄权术者

参考例句：

• Politicians are ultimately accountable to the voters. 从政者最终是向选民负责。
• backstairs deals between politicians 政客之间的幕后交易

3 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

4 territory   

n.领土，领地，版图，地区，活动范围

参考例句：

• Resources in plenty can be found in this territory.这一地区能找到大量自然资源。
• Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources.我国土地辽阔，资源丰富。

5 conversing   

v.交谈，谈话( converse的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I find that conversing with her is quite difficult. 和她交谈实在很困难。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were conversing in the parlor. 他们正在客厅谈话。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》