Conversation A
對話A
Rob: I just finished a really intersting interview, Alex.
羅布:阿萊克斯,我剛剛完成了一場非常有意思的采訪。
Alex: Who did you talk to?
阿萊克斯:你和誰交談的呢?
Rob: Anna Wild. She works at a zoo and knows a lot about animals.
羅布:安娜·懷爾德。她在一家動物園工作,并且知道很多關于動物的信息。
Alex: I like animals. My favorite is the cheetah. It can run 121 kilometers an hour.
阿萊克斯:我喜歡動物。我最喜歡的是非洲獵豹。這種動物每小時可以跑121公里。
Rob: That's fast. But there is an animal that moves faster.
羅布:真快啊。但是還有一種動物的速度更快。
Alex: Really? What is it?
阿萊克斯:真的嗎?是什么?
Rob: A kind of falcon. It can fly as fast as 300 kilometers an hour!
羅布:是一種獵鷹。它每小時可以飛300公里。
Conversation B
對話B
Linda: Hi, Alex. What are you doing?
琳達:嗨,阿萊克斯。你在做什么?
Alex: I'm reading about animals. Some are really amazing!
阿萊克斯:我在讀有關動物的文章。有些真的讓人很驚訝!
Linda: Like what?
琳達:比如說什么呢?
Alex: Do you know which animal sleeps the most?
阿萊克斯:你知道哪種動物睡覺睡得最多嗎?
Linda: Uh, cats or dogs?
琳達:額,是貓還是狗?
Alex: No. Koalas sleep the most. They sleep 22 hours a day!
阿萊克斯:都不是??祭米疃?。它們一天要睡22個小時!
Linda: Which animal sleeps the least?
琳達:那哪種動物睡覺時間最少呢?
Alex: The shark. It never really sleeps! Elephants don't sleep much, either. They only sleep about four hours a night.
阿萊克斯:鯊魚。這種動物從來不會真的睡覺!大象也不會睡很多。它們一晚只睡大約4小時。
Conversation C
對話C
Linda: Taylor, these animal facts I'm reading are really interesting. Do you want to hear one?
琳達:泰勒,我在都的這些動物知識真的很有意思。你想聽一個嗎?
Taylor: Sure. What?
泰勒:當然。是什么呢?
Linda: Do you know what the deadliest animal in the world is?
琳達:你知道世界上最致命的動物是什么嗎?
Taylor: Uh, some kind of snake?
泰勒:額,某種蛇類?
Linda: No. A mosquito!
琳達:不。是蚊子!
Taylor: Really? Why?
泰勒:真的嗎?為什么?
Linda: Because they carry diseases. Mosquitoes kill about 725,000 people every year!
琳達:因為它們攜帶病菌。蚊子每年可以讓大約72.5萬人喪命。
Taylor: That's terrible! No wonder I don't like them!
泰勒:太可怕了!難怪我不喜歡它們!
Linda: They aren't liked by anybody!
琳達:蚊子不會讓任何人喜歡的!