英语访谈对话 288 Thailand

 　　Todd: Gloria, what are your plans for the summer?

　　Gloria: I'm going to Thailand for two weeks and then I'm going to England for three weeks and thenback to the US.

　　Todd: OK , wait, Thailand, you're going to Thailand?

　　Gloria: Yes.

　　Todd: OK, what are the plans for Thailand?

　　Gloria: I'm going with a friend of mine, Adrienne and we're going to go to the Bridge over the River Kwai and then we're going to go to the beaches and I hope to take a scuba¹ diving course.

　　Todd: OK, so you've never been Scuba diving before.

　　Gloria: No, I've only been snorkelingTodd: Oh, actually, you know what, I got trained in scuba diving in Thailand in Ko Tao.

　　Gloria: Ah, that's where I'm going.

　　Todd: Really!

　　Todd: YeahGloria: Oh, it's really good. It's pretty cheap too.

　　Gloria: Yeah, yeah, I got the brochures from that.

　　Todd: Oh, great. So who is this Adrienne person?

　　Gloria: She's another teacher, that for two semesters we lived, one semester next door, and another semester she lived upstairs from me and we've just become really, really good friends and then this semester even thought we're not living near each other, somehow we still remained being friends and we love to go to flea² markets and buy cheap kimonoTodd: Cheap kimonos?

　　Gloria: Yeah, we'll spend 500 or 1,000 yen³ maximum and find used antique flea market kimono.

　　Todd: Cool, how many have you bought so far?

　　Gloria: Dozens, probably

1 scuba   

n.水中呼吸器

参考例句：

• I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

2 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。

3 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。