實(shí)戰(zhàn)口語(yǔ)情景對(duì)話(huà)：Tacoma is home 家鄉(xiāng)塔科馬

Shirley: So Josh, where do you come from?

雪莉：?jiǎn)淌?，你?lái)自哪里?

Josh: I come from Tacoma.

喬什：我來(lái)自塔科馬。

Shirley: Tacoma.

雪莉：塔科馬。

Josh: Yeah.

喬什：對(duì)。

Shirley: I've never heard of that. It's in America, right.

雪莉：我從來(lái)沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)這個(gè)地方。那是在美國(guó)，對(duì)吧?

Josh: Yes, it's in Washington State, really close to Seattle.

喬什：對(duì)，位于華盛頓州，離西雅圖很近。

Shirley: Oh, okay, Seattle. I've heard of that. Well, tell me about Tacoma.

雪莉：哦好，西雅圖。我知道西雅圖。給我介紹下塔科馬吧。

Josh: Well, Tacoma is smaller than Seattle but it has many great things to do too.

喬什：好，塔科馬比西雅圖小，不過(guò)也有很多事情可以做。

Shirley: Okay. So give me some examples.

雪莉：好。舉幾個(gè)例子吧。

Josh: Well, there's a great park right in the center and at that park, there's a botanical garden.

喬什：嗯，市中心有一家非常棒的公園，公園里有一個(gè)植物園。

Shirley: Wow. So a little bit like Melbourne, in Australia.

雪莉：哇哦。有點(diǎn)像澳大利亞的墨爾本。

Josh: Yeah, it is.

喬什：對(duì)，沒(méi)錯(cuò)。

Shirley: Okay. What about shopping?

雪莉：好。那購(gòu)物呢?

Josh: Shopping? There's really one place for the best shopping, and that's the Tacoma Mall.

喬什：購(gòu)物?塔科馬有一個(gè)最佳的購(gòu)物去處，那就是塔科馬購(gòu)物中心。

Shirley: Mall. Hmm, what's a mall?

雪莉：購(gòu)物中心。嗯，那是什么?

Josh: It's a big indoor shopping center.

喬什：就是大型的室內(nèi)購(gòu)物中心。

Shirley: Oh, it's all indoor.

雪莉：哦，室內(nèi)。

Josh: Yeah.

喬什：對(duì)。

Shirley: Wow that must be a really big building.

雪莉：哇哦，那一定是一座大型建筑。

Josh: It's huge.

喬什：非常大。

Shirley: Okay. What kind of shops do they have there?

雪莉：好。那里都有哪些商店?

Josh: Everything. They have lots of clothing shops, and they also have two sport shops and they have a food court where you can buy any kind of food you want.

喬什：應(yīng)有盡有。那里有很多服裝店，也有體育用品商店，還有美食廣場(chǎng)，你可以在里面吃到你想吃的任何食物。

Shirley: Wow. Well, that sounds convenient.

雪莉：哇哦。聽(tīng)起來(lái)很方便。

Josh: It is.

喬什：是的。

Shirley: Okay. Well, how about traveling around the city. What's the public transport system like?

雪莉：好，那在城市里游覽呢?公共交通系統(tǒng)怎么樣?

Josh: Mostly, we travel by car. But there's buses too.

喬什：基本上我們都開(kāi)車(chē)出行。當(dāng)然城市里也有公交系統(tǒng)。

Shirley: Okay. So not so much public transport.

雪莉：好。沒(méi)有太多公共交通。

Josh: Not really. The buses stop early in the evening.

喬什：不太多。公交車(chē)的末班車(chē)時(shí)間太早了。

Shirley: Okay. I see. What about sports because, you know, in Australia, we have lots of places to play to sport. We really like our sport. So what about Tacoma? Are there many places to play sport?

雪莉：好，我知道了。那體育活動(dòng)呢?像我們澳大利亞有很多地方可以進(jìn)行體育活動(dòng)。我們非常喜歡體育運(yùn)動(dòng)。那塔科馬呢?進(jìn)行體育活動(dòng)的地方多嗎?

Josh: Mostly, we have parks that have baseball fields and tracks. And those are the best places. But as far as professional sports, you have to go to Seattle.

喬什：我們的公園都建有棒球場(chǎng)和田徑跑道。這些地方都非常不錯(cuò)。至于職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)，那就要去西雅圖了。

Shirley: Oh, okay. What about tennis courts?

雪莉：哦，好。那有網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)嗎?

Josh: Tennis courts, I think there's one. But it's really expensive.

喬什：網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)，我想我們有一個(gè)。不過(guò)非常貴。

Shirley: Really?

雪莉：是嗎?

Josh: Really.

喬什：對(duì)。

Shirley: You know, in Australia, we have lots of tennis courts everywhere.

雪莉：澳大利亞有很多網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)，幾乎各個(gè)地方都有。

Josh: That must nice. I love tennis.

喬什：那一定很棒。我喜歡網(wǎng)球。

Shirley: Yeah. It's kind of fun. What about eating in Tacoma because it sounds like it's a little bit of a small town, so is there any good place to go and eat food?

雪莉：對(duì)，很有樂(lè)趣。那塔科馬的飲食呢?聽(tīng)起來(lái)塔科馬是一座小城鎮(zhèn)，那有沒(méi)有美食餐廳?

Josh: That's one strong point. There's lots of restaurants. The best restaurant is actually near my house, and it's a barbecue restaurant.

喬什：那是我們的其中一個(gè)強(qiáng)項(xiàng)。塔科馬有很多餐廳。最棒的餐廳離我家很近，是家烤肉餐廳。

Shirley: Okay, lucky for you.

雪莉：好，你真幸運(yùn)。

Josh: Yeah.

喬什：對(duì)啊。

Shirley: Tacoma sounds like a nice friendly place to live.

雪莉：聽(tīng)起來(lái)塔科馬是一個(gè)適宜居住的地方。

Josh: It is.

喬什：沒(méi)錯(cuò)。