英语访谈对话 14 Big Apple Baby

 　　Todd: OK. Hello!

　　Kevin: Hi! How you doing?

　　Todd: I'm doing pretty good.

　　Kevin: Good.

　　Todd: What's your name?

　　Kevin: My name is Kevin.

　　Todd: Kevin. And where are you from?

　　Kevin: I'm from Pheonix, Arizona.

　　Todd: OK. Nice.

　　Kevin: In the United¹ States.

　　Todd: Wow, were you born in Pheonix?

　　Kevin: Actually, no. I was actually born in New York, because my parents happened to be living in New York at that time . My father was a Major Leaugue Baseball player, and the year I was born, 1971, he was playing with the Mets in New York City, and my birthday is in May, May 25th, to be precise², and so my mother happened to be with my father in New York cause it was baseball season, so I was actually born in New York, but I grew up in Pheonix. so Phoenix³ is what I consider to be my home town.

　　Todd: Wow! That's Amazing! Do you remember anything about New York?

　　Kevin: Yes, actually, I do have a few memories because we spent probably three years there from the time I was born, obviously⁴, until I was about two and a half or three years, we spent summers, or the baseball season in, in New York, and we rented a condominium on the second floor, and I remember, it was right across the street from La Guardia Airport, and so of course, when I was a little kid, one, one and two years old, I used⁵ to love sitting by the kitchen windows, and I even remember it was a bay⁶ window, the kind where you can roll the window open, and I used to roll the window open, and just watch the airplanes take off and land all day.

　　Todd: Wow! That's cool.

　　Kevin: And another memory I have is the people, the couple that lived below us was an elderly⁷ couple and they acted pretty much like our grandparents, so I actually called them Grandma and Grandpa, and, uh, Grandma Stevenson used to give me a bath in the, in her, in her kitchen sink⁸, cause I was so small

　　Todd: Wow!

　　Kevin: That she would actually give me a bath in her kitchen sink, and I remember that as well.

　　Todd: Wow, those are good memories. OK. Thanks a lot Kevin.

　　Kevin: You're welcome.

1 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。

2 precise   

adj.精确的，恰好的，极清楚的

参考例句：

• At that precise moment, Miss Pulteney came into the office.就在那时，普尔特尼小姐走进了办公室。
• A scientist must be precise in making tests.科学家做试验必须精确。

3 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

4 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

5 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

6 bay   

n.海湾，狗吠声，月桂；vt.吠，使走投无路；vi.吠

参考例句：

• I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
• Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。

7 elderly   

adj.年老的；年龄相当大的

参考例句：

• He is getting elderly.他逐渐变老了。
• The elderly man is quite energetic.这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。

8 sink   

n.接收端，沟渠，污水槽；v.下沉，使...低落，陷于

参考例句：

• During the journey, their boat began to sink.途中他们的小船开始下沉。
• Wood does not sink in water.木头在水中不会沉没。