英语访谈对话 242 New York

 　　Marion: Yeah! So you said you went to New York there. How did you find New York?

　　Mauve: Oh, it was great. It was cool.

　　Marion: So what did you do there?

　　Mauve: Well, we went to see the Empire State building, the Statue of Liberty¹. Took a boat around Manhattan and went to a show on Broadway.

　　Marion: That must have been exciting.

　　Mauve: Oh, it was great. It was brilliant. It was so professional².

　　Marion: Yeah. What was the show?

　　Mauve: It was really good. It was called, it was called "Wonderful Town!" I had never heard of it before but we just cued³ and got tickets during the day and whatever we could get we just went to see it. Yeah, but it was really, it was a comedy as well. It was really funny, and there was dance. It was very good.

　　Marion: Mm, yeah, so would you go back to New York?

　　Mauve: Yeah, I would, definitely⁴. Um, it's funny though, like after I spent a week there, and after the week I feel I really know it very well, you know, we did a lot of walking, went to all the different districts, Chinatown, So-Ho, Greenwich Village, and Central Park kind of, it's very easy to find your way around as well.

　　Marion: All right. Yeah, that's good. With the grid⁵ system, which Dublin doesn't have. You know Dublin for a tourists it's probably harder to find their way around. It's not as signposted or well signaled. Not as well laid out kind of thing.

　　Marion: Yeah! Which of the kind of the areas did you prefer in New York. Did you have, like, one favorite?

　　Mauve: Um, I really liked Chinatown. Chinatown was lovely. We went into lots of little small shops and it was lovely, like, you know, really quaint⁶ little places. We ate in a few, we ate in one place there as well. It was niceMarion: Yeah, real Chinese food.

　　Mauve: Yeah, exactly and like all Chinese people walking around. It's funny. You walk around Chinatown and you just see Chinese people and you walk into the Italian district, you know, Little Italy, and you just, people are speaking Italian. It's fun, you know, when you're in one cityMarion: And the kind of change from one to the other, obvious as well.

　　Mauve: Yeah, exactly, yeah! See you kind of forget you're in New York, almost.

　　Marion: Cool. Thanks Mauve.

1 liberty   

n.自由，自由权；冒昧行为

参考例句：

• He stood for the cause of liberty and justice.他为自由和正义的事业而奋斗。
• You are at liberty to do as you please.你可以随意行事。

2 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

3 cued   

v.向…发出指示信号( cue的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The band director cued the drums to begin. 乐队指挥暗示鼓手们敲起来。 来自辞典例句
• I've cued them in on the plans for the travel. 我已经把旅行计划通知了他们。 来自互联网

4 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

5 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

6 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。