英语访谈对话 244 Life in England

 　　Todd: OK, hello!

　　Sarah: Hello!

　　Todd: Hi, what's your name?

　　Sarah: My name is Sarah.

　　Todd: OK, and Sarah where are you from?

　　Sarah: I'm from the north of England, Newcastle.

　　Todd: OK, so Newcastle, how far is that from London?

　　Sarah: Um, it's about 300 miles.

　　Todd: Uh-huh, do you go to London a lot or have you been to London before?

　　Sarah: I live in London. I've lived in London for the past seven years.

　　Todd: Oh, really?

　　Sarah: Almost seven years, yeah.

　　Todd: OK. Which do you prefer, London or Newcastle?

　　Sarah: Um, like them both. I prefer Newcastle because it's smaller, so it's easier to get around and it's also cheaper. London is very expensive.

　　Todd: So all your family is in Newcastle?

　　Sarah: Um, pretty much yeah.

　　Todd: So are they always trying to get you to go back and move back to Newcastle?

　　Sarah: Ah, no, no, because most of the jobs are in the south, anyway for younger people so it's quite difficult to get a job in the north in teaching¹.

　　Todd: OK. Um, what do you like about London?

　　Sarah: Ah, it's a very busy place, there's lots of things going on all the time. There's also lots of things I don't like about London, but all my friends live there lots of job opportunities².

　　Todd: OK, what were you doing before you came to Japan in London?

　　Sarah: Ah, I was in Austria³ for a year. I was teaching in Austria, and then I was in London teaching, in London for a few years.

　　Todd: What were you teaching in London?

　　Sarah: I was teaching primary school. I was a primary school teacher.

　　Todd: Kids!

　　Sarah: Yeah.

　　Todd: So what's it like teaching kids?

　　Sarah: Um, tiring. Very tiring. I prefer teaching adults. That's my preference⁴. I've mainly⁵ taught adults in TEFL, but in the state system in England it's only been children. It's fun. It's just very tiring.

1 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

2 opportunities   

n.机会( opportunity的名词复数 )；适当的时机；条件；就业（或晋升、进步等）的良机

参考例句：

• We aim to improve opportunities for the less advantaged in society. 我们的宗旨是为社会地位比较低下的人增加机会。
• endless opportunities for making money 无数挣钱的机会

3 Austria   

n.奥地利(欧洲国家)

参考例句：

• Austria lies to the southeast of Germany.奥地利位于德国东南。
• I always confuse Australia with Austria.我总是把澳大利亚同奥地利弄混。

4 preference   

n.偏爱，优先，优先权，优先的选择

参考例句：

• What is your preference?你有什么嗜好？
• A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。

5 mainly   

adv.主要地，大抵，大概

参考例句：

• The sea water is mainly composed of water and salt.海水主要由水和盐组成。
• It is mainly because of my fault.这主要是由于我的过错。