英语访谈对话 516 World Resident

 　　Todd: Hello, can you introduce yourself please.

　　Carla: Hi, my name is Carla Edes. And where I'm from is a little difficult, because I grew up in Canada. But then I moved to Africa. Then I moved to England, and now I've been living in Japan for fourteen years.

　　Todd: Wow. That's amazing you've been on four continents.

　　Carla: Yes, four continents.

　　Todd: Why did you grow up in Canada?

　　Carla: In Canada, I grew up in Vancouver.

　　Todd: Oh cool West Coast.

　　Carla: West Coast. Very nice place.

　　Todd: See that's why I like you, cuz I'm from San Francisco. I'm also a West Coast person.

　　Carla: Ah, that's why our accents are similar.

　　Todd: Very similar, yes.

　　Carla: Ya

　　Todd: Ya very interesting. So what's it like growing up in Vancouver?

　　Carla: Wonderful. It's got mountains for skiing and hiking. And I went to UBC, so I had, I was right there, could do all those lovely things. Leave school on Friday night, ski all weekend, get back to school seven o'clock Monday morning.

　　Todd: Wow, sounds fun. Now, UBC is University of British Columbia?

　　Carla: Right.

　　Todd: OK, is that the major university in British Columbia?

　　Carla: Yes.

　　Todd: OK. What did you study at university?

　　Carla: Biology

　　Todd: Biology? Did you ever want to become a biologist?

　　Carla: I actually wanted to become a doctor.

　　Todd: OK.

　　Carla: And then I got foiled¹ in that. So then I studied, I did research in the biology department there. Then I went to England where I met my husband. Then he went out to Africa. So he wrote me a letter saying “come to Africa”. So I wrote him a letter back saying “OK , get me a job”. So he did.

　　Todd: What was your job in Africa?

　　Carla: Teaching², that's when I started teaching.

　　Todd: Wow. Sounds romantic.

　　Carla: Ya quite romantic. But the really romantic thing was, we got married. When we got married, we got married in Ghana. And we put all our worldly possessions on the back of our motorbike which was sauce pans³ and a bed roll and a few pieces of clothes. And we motorbiked across Togo and across what was then Dohomi, but is now Benin into Nigeria.

　　Todd: Wow

　　Carla: That's romantic, don't you think?

　　Todd: Yes, very much so.

1 foiled   

adj.有叶形装饰的v.挫败，使受挫折( foil的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We foiled his attempt to escape. 我们挫败了他逃跑的企图。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were foiled in their attempt. 他们的企图成了泡影。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 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。

3 pans   

n.平底锅( pan的名词复数 )；（天平的）秤盘；马桶；盘状凹地（尤指盆地）

参考例句：

• Pots, pans, kettles and mops are kitchen utensils. 锅、盘、壶及拖把是厨房用具。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She clashed these pans down on the floor. 她将这些盘子哗啦一声摔在地上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》