實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語情景對(duì)話：Dublin 都柏林

Marion: So you lived in Dublin for awhile, didn't you Mauve? What's life like in Dublin?

瑪麗恩：你在都柏林住過一段時(shí)間，對(duì)吧，莫夫?都柏林的生活怎么樣?

Mauve: I think life in Dublin is very different from everywhere else in the country. It's the biggest city in Ireland. It's got a population of about a million I think, even though the population of Ireland is only 4 million, so most people...

莫夫：我認(rèn)為都柏林的生活與愛爾蘭其他地方的生活非常不同。都柏林是愛爾蘭最大的城市。擁有1百萬人口，而愛爾蘭的人口才4百萬，所以大部分人……

Marion: So it's a quarter of the whole population.

瑪麗恩：所以都柏林的人口占到全國(guó)人口的四分之一。

Mauve: Exactly. It's a very young population, I think, the Dublin population, I suppose like all cities there's plenty to do, in terms of cinemas, theatres, I don't know, you know whatever else, comedy club and all that kind of, plenty of night clubs, loads of restaurants. It's very international now, at the moment I suppose, like there's Japanese restaurants, and well there's always Indian and Chinese, and there's like, I don't know, French and Spanish, and every type of restaurant.

莫夫：沒錯(cuò)。我認(rèn)為都柏林的人口非常年輕化，就像所有城市一樣，那里有許多可以做的事情，有電影院，劇院，還有什么，哦，還有喜劇俱樂部，諸如此類的地方，當(dāng)然也有許多夜店和餐廳。愛爾蘭現(xiàn)在非常國(guó)際化，因?yàn)槟抢镉腥毡静蛷d，印度餐廳，中國(guó)餐廳，當(dāng)然也有法國(guó)餐廳和西班牙餐廳，各種類型的餐廳。

Marion: So it's kind of a cosmopolitan city.

瑪麗恩：就像國(guó)際大都市一樣。

Mauve: Yeah, exactly.

莫夫：對(duì)，沒錯(cuò)。

Marion: Or big by Irish standards, I suppose. Yeah, it's probably like a village for other people.

瑪麗恩：可能以愛爾蘭的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來看算大都市。也許其他人會(huì)認(rèn)為那里像鄉(xiāng)村。

Mauve: I know. Even though when I went to New York then, in June, it wasn't such a culture shock, cause even though, there are high rise buildings and every thing but it wasn't that different though. You know, I think that Dublin has come on a lot and it's by no means rural anymore, you know, in comparison to other cities in Ireland, like Cork and Gaul, we're very rural, but, I don't think Dublin is.

莫夫：我知道。我六月份去了紐約，那時(shí)我并沒有遭遇文化沖擊，那里有高樓大廈，不過與都柏林并沒有太大的不同。你知道，我認(rèn)為都柏林取得了很大的進(jìn)步，再也沒有鄉(xiāng)村的面貌了，你知道，與愛爾蘭的鄉(xiāng)村科克和高爾相比，都柏林并不是鄉(xiāng)村。

Marion: Yeah, I think Dublin is like an international city, and it can stand on it's own.

瑪麗恩：對(duì)，我想都柏林就像一個(gè)國(guó)際化城市，可以獨(dú)立存在。

Mauve: Definitely, yeah, you can compare to London or, you know, New York.

莫夫：完全正確，你可以拿它和倫敦，甚至是紐約相比。

Marion: And the standard of, like the cost of living, is very high in Dublin, though, isn't it.

瑪麗恩：都柏林的生活費(fèi)用非常高昂，對(duì)吧?

Mauve: Yeah, it is. Rents are much higher there. It's more expensive to eat out and I suppose to do everything really. You need a good salary to live in Dublin I think.

莫夫：對(duì)，的確是這樣。租金非常貴。而且外出吃飯的花銷也很大，我想那里的所有事情都很貴。要在都柏林生活你要有高收入。

Marion: Yeah, yeah!

瑪麗恩：對(duì)，對(duì)!

Mauve: Big bucks!

莫夫：需要很多錢!