英语访谈对话 50 World Traveller

 　　Todd: Tennessee!

　　Tenn: Yes!

　　Todd: We're gonna talk about sports.

　　Tenn: OK. I'm not big on sports, but.

　　Todd: OK, well, that's OK. So you, you don't like sports.

　　Tenn: Well, I like sports but I'm just not an avid¹ sports watcher. You know I would usually rather watch a movie or some kind of history program.

　　Todd: Oh, OK. So you're into history.

　　Tenn: Oh, yes!

　　Todd: OK. What kind of history?

　　Tenn: That's a kind of a difficult question. I would say, ah, interested, primarily² I interested in ancient and mideval but I also like studying the history of the countries that I have visited it makes it more interesting when I go sight-seeing.

　　Todd: OK. What countries have you visited?

　　Tenn: I've been to 26 countries.

　　Todd: Really!

　　Tenn: Yeah!

　　Todd: Oh, OK. Yeah, you can't name them all.

　　Tenn: The big ones I would say, I've been over a good bit of Europe, ah, Mexico, Peru, I spent almost a year in Egypt and I went to Isreal, Jordan, and now I'm here in Japan. I've been here in Japan for a year and a half. And while I have been here, I visited Korea for about a week.

　　Todd: OK. Wow. That's a lot so did you do the Pyramids in Egypt?

　　Tenn: Oh, yes. Actually, I climbed the pyramids.

　　Todd: Oh, really. Nice. What's it like on the top?

　　Tenn: Very, very interesting. You can see, ah, it was during the summer so the visibility was rather low.

　　Todd: Oh, OK.

　　Tenn: But, to see, we were on The Great Pyramid, and the second Pyramid, Kefron, was right near by, and it is a very different perspective³ to see it from, interesting to be eye-level, to be on the same level as the top of that second pyramid.

　　Todd: OK. Wow! So you were in Peru, right?

　　Tenn: Yes.

　　Todd: OK. What's the big thing people see in Peru?

　　Tenn: Machu Pichu.

　　Todd: Machu Pichu. OK. What is Machu Pichu?

　　Tenn: Machu Pichu is the ruins of a city that was built by the Inca People.

　　Todd: OK.

　　Tenn: Over three...six hundred years ago, and was lost, no one knew what happened to it. until it was recently discovered about a hundred years ago.

　　Todd: OK. Wow. Nice. Alright, thanks a lot DavidTenn: Sure!

　　Todd: Or Tennessee.

1 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2 primarily   

adv.首先，主要地，基本地

参考例句：

• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people.这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
• I am primarily interested in history.我主要对历史感兴趣。

3 perspective   

n.视角，观点，想法

参考例句：

• You can get a perspective of the whole city from here.从这里你可以看到城市的全景。
• We may get a clear perspective of the people's happy lives.我们知道人民对幸福生活的展望。