英语访谈对话 43 English Life

 　　Todd: OK. Hello! Can I have your name please?

　　Cat: Cat.

　　Todd: Cat! Uh, is that short for something?

　　Cat: Short for Kathryn.

　　Todd: Kathryn. OK, Kathryn. What's your full name?

　　Cat: Kathryn Lovelock.

　　Todd: Oh, nice name. Nice!

　　Cat: Glad you think so.

　　Todd: And where are you from?

　　Cat: Ah, from England.

　　Todd: OK. Where in England?

　　Cat: Ah, in the Southeast. A small town just by the seaside¹.

　　Todd: Nice. So you live by the beach?

　　Cat: Yes, about ten minutes from the beach.

　　Todd: Wow, do you surf?

　　Cat: It's not the kind of place you can surf. The waves are too small and the sea is too cold

　　Todd: OK. What kind of place is your town?

　　Cat: What kind of place?

　　Todd: Yeah!

　　Cat: It's..it's..well very very small. It's normally² really busy in the summer. There's not very much to do there, but when the sun is shining you can go to the beach. It's really good.

　　Todd: Yeah, sounds like a great place. How far is it from London?

　　Cat: Ah, about 70 miles, so that's about two hours by train.

　　Todd: OK.

　　Cat: From Central London.

　　Todd: So when you go to London you go by train?

　　Cat: Normally yes because you can't drive, there's nowhere³ to park.

　　Todd: OK. Great. Thanks.

1 seaside   

adj.海边(的)，海滨(的)；n.海边

参考例句：

• Let's go to the seaside and take a walk.我们去海边走走吧。
• I lived in the seaside all summer.整个夏天我住在海边。

2 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 nowhere   

adv.任何地方都不；无处，到处都无

参考例句：

• There's nowhere else I really want to go to.没有别的地方是我真正想去的。
• He had nowhere to go,so I took him in.他无处可去，所以我收留了他。