英语访谈对话 442 Uniquely Hawaiian

 　　Todd: So, hello, Mitchell, right?

　　Mitchell: Yes. Nice to meet you.

　　Todd: Nice to meet you. Now Mitchell, you're from Hawaii?

　　Mitchell: Yes, I am.

　　Todd: That must be pretty cool. What's it like growing up in Hawaii?

　　Mitchell: Hawaii's really different compared to mainland¹ America. I'm originally born in Ohio, but I moved to Hawaii when I was two. The culture's really different. Since everyone came from different backgrounds, for example, people, Chinese people, Philliphino people, Korean people, they all came from the plantation² days. It's a mixed culture, and for example if, my friend's in Hawaii, if I look at one person, I don't know what nationality or race they are, because they have like six races in them.

　　Todd: Really, yeah.

　　Todd: Well how about in Hawaii, when you think of Hawaii, what do you think of? Is it weather or food?

　　Mitchell: Weather, food, and beach.

　　Todd: The beach. OK. Yeah, what island are you from by the way?

　　Mitchell: I'm from Ohau.

　　Todd: Ohau, OK, so obviously³ Ohau's more like...

　　Mitchell: Yeah, it's the capital of Hawaii. Honolulu is the capital. Ohau's the most populated island. Our population now is about one million.

　　Todd: Oh, really. And the whole island is one million.

　　Mitchell: Our own island, that is one million.

　　Todd: Well, usually how many tourists are actually on the island at the same time?

　　Mitchell: I would think at least 20,000.

　　Todd: Yeah, that's quite a bit.

　　Mitchell: Yeah.

　　Todd: Yeah. So in Hawaii is it warm all year round? Sunny, and?

　　Mitchell: Well, the coldest it gets is when you are sleeping in the winter time, it'll hit like 69 degrees farhenheit and that's when people are throwing on sweaters, the whole like winter.

　　Todd: The coldest it gets is 70 degrees.

　　Mitchell: Right, around like 66 I would think, when you are sleeping.

　　Todd: Man, wow, actually, that's farhenheit, that's the American system. How warm is that in centigrade? About 25?

　　Mitchell: 24, 25?

　　Todd: Maybe, I don't even know. Interesting. What do you think is the best thing about living in Hawaii?

　　Mitchell: It'd have to be just the environment itself. There's, you know, everyone's like, we say 'Ohana' means family. Everyone treats everyone like, for example my friend's parents, I call them 'auntie' or something like that because they treat me as like I'm their own kids. It's the culture in general. It's a warm feeling culture. It's like, their not as shady⁴. They'll welome you. When you come in they'll start feeding you food, you know it's like, you're not even hungry and they're feeding you. Also, you can't beat the beach. Surfing, body boarding, body surfing, canoe⁵ paddling.

　　Todd: Ah, man, it sounds pretty good. OK, thanks Mitchelll.

　　Mitchell: No worries. Thank you.

1 mainland   

n.大陆，本土

参考例句：

• The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
• Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。

2 plantation   

n.种植园，大农场

参考例句：

• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
• The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

4 shady   

adj.成荫的，多荫的，可疑的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He's a rather shady person.他是个相当靠不住的人。

5 canoe   

n.独木舟；vi.乘独木舟，划独木舟

参考例句：

• They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
• It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。