生活口语天天说 第351期:怎样谈论堪培拉

 Canberra is the capital¹ city of Australia.  堪培拉是澳大利亚的首都。 

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. 堪培拉是澳大利亚的首都。

I used² to think Sydney was³ the capital city of Australia. 过去我一直认为悉尼是澳大利亚的首都。 

Sydney is the biggest city of the country. 悉尼是该国最大的城市。

It seems⁴ you know a lot about Australia. 看来你很了解澳大利亚。

Of course⁵. Australia is one of my farvourite countries. 当然了。澳大利亚是我最喜欢的国家之一。

And by the way, what time will we get to Canberra?  顺便问一下，我们什么时间到堪培拉？ 

And by the way, what time will we get to Canberra?  顺便问一下，我们什么时间到堪培拉？

We can drive from Sydney to Canberra in 10 hours. 我们用10个小时就可以从悉尼开到堪培拉。

 

1 capital   

n.资本，资金，资方；首都，首府，中心；大写字母；adj.主要的；资本的；大写的

参考例句：

• Beijing is the capital of china.北京是中国的首都。
• We don't have enough capital.我们没有足够的资金。

2 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

5 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。