英语访谈对话 450 Life in Sweden

 　　Todd: So, Ruth in Europe, have you traveled much?

　　Ruth: Yeah, actually, um, well, when I was younger I went on a tour around all of Western Europe and then when I was at university I backpacked around Scandinavia for a month with a friend. (Nice!) It was really nice, actually, yeah.

　　Todd: Wow, so where did you go in Scandinavia?

　　Ruth: Well, we started off in Sweden and then we went to Norway and then we went to Denmark. We never actually made it to Finland. That was simply because we ran out of money, so.

　　Todd: So were you out in the wilderness¹, or were you just going from village to village?

　　Ruth: Really we just, we arrived in Stockholm. We went around Stockholm. We went to Oslo. We spent most of our time in the cities, although everything was so expensive. We ended up sleeping in youth hostels³ or on people's floors.

　　Todd: What do you remember most about your trip?

　　Ruth: Um, probably just having no money, so we couldn't eat really for a fortnight.

　　Todd: You couldn't eat?

　　Ruth: Well, we ate breakfast in the youth hostel², and then we would take a bread roll from the youth hostel, from the breakfast bar and have that for lunch and then in the evening we would eat if we could afford it.

　　Todd: Actually, in terms of food, what do people in Scandinavia usually eat?

　　Ruth: Um, I think they eat a lot of potatoes and meat and things. I'm not sure really what a typical Scandinavian meal would be.

　　Todd: That's OK. You didn't have any money to buy any food right?

　　Ruth: We didn't eat so.

　　Todd: Yeah, silly question. Um, so what do you remember most about Stockholm?

　　Ruth: Ah, they've got some really nice buildings in Stockholm. I've got relatives who live in Stockholm so we stayed with them, and also it was really hot when we went there, but it was also very pricey.

　　Todd: So in every store you went into were they playing ABBA?

　　Ruth: No. Thank goodness⁴.

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

3 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网

4 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！