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Conversation One
對話一
M: Guess what? The worst food I've ever had was in France.
男：你猜怎么著？我吃過的最難吃的食物是在法國吃的。
W: Really? That's odd. I thought the French were all good cooks.
女：真的？奇怪了。我以為法國人都是好廚師呢。
M: Yes. That's right. I suppose it's really like anywhere else, though. You know, some places are good. Some bad. But it's really all our own fault.
男：是的，沒錯。不過，我想這真的像其他任何地方一樣。你知道的，有些地方贊，有些地方差。但這確實是我們的問題。
W: What do you mean?
女：什么意思？
M: Well, it was the first time I'd been to France. This was years ago when I was at school. I went there with my parents' friends, from my father's school. They'd hired a coach to take them to Switzerland.
男：記得我第一次去法國是幾年前還在上學的時候。我和我父母的朋友們一起去的，從我父親的學校出發。他們雇了一輛長途汽車帶他們去瑞士。
W: A school trip?
女：是學校旅行？
M: Right. Most of them had never been abroad before. We'd crossed the English Channel at night, and we set off through France, and breakfast time arrived, and the coach driver had arranged for us to stop at this little café. There we all were, tired and hungry, and then we made the great discovery.
男：是的。他們其中的大部分人從未出過國。晚上我們穿過英吉利海峽，我們出發穿過法國時早餐時間到了，教練司機安排我們停在這個小咖啡館。我們都很疲憊饑餓，然后我們有了重大發現。
W: What was that?
女：是什么？
M: Bacon and eggs.
男：培根和雞蛋。
W: Fantastic! The real English breakfast.
女：太棒啦！真正的英式早餐。
M: Yes. Anyway, we didn't know any better— so we had it, and ugh...!
男：是的，不管怎樣，我們也不知道還有什么更好的——因此我們吃了，結果呃...！
W: What was it like? Disgusting?
女：怎么樣？惡心？
M: Oh, it was incredible! They just got a bowl and put some fat in it. And then they put some bacon in the fat, broke an egg over the top and put the whole lot in the oven for about ten minutes.
男：是難以想象！他們只是拿了一個碗，把肥肉放了進去。然后他們把一些培根放在肥肉里，打個雞蛋在頂上，把整個東西放在烤箱里約十分鐘。
W: In the oven! You're joking. You can't cook bacon and eggs in the oven!
女：放在烤箱里！你在開玩笑吧。培根和雞蛋可不能放在烤箱里烤的！
M: Well. They must have done it that way. It was hot, but it wasn't cooked. There was just this egg floating about in gallons of fat and raw bacon.
男：他們一定就是這么做的。它很燙，但是卻沒熟。雞蛋在大量肥肉和生培根里流淌。
W: Did you actually eat it?
女：你真的吃了嗎？
M: No! Nobody did. They all wanted to turn round and go home. You know, back to teabags and fish and chips. You can't blame them really. Anyway, the next night we were all given another foreign speciality.
男：沒有！沒人吃了。他們都想轉身回家。你懂的，茶包和魚，還有薯條。其實你也不能怪他們。不管怎樣，第二晚我們都放棄了另一種外國特產。
W: What was that?
女：是什么？
M: Snails. That really finished them off. Lovely holiday that was!
男：蝸牛。那真是徹底把他們打敗了。這假期真是有夠贊的！
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
問題1到4是基于你剛剛聽到的對話。
Question 1. What did the woman think of the French?
問題1.女士認為法國人是怎樣的？
Question 2. Who did the man travel with on his first trip to Switzerland?
問題2.男士第一次去瑞士旅行是跟誰一起去的？
Question 3. What does the man say about the breakfast at the little French café?
問題3.男士在法國的小咖啡館說了關于早餐的什么？
Question 4. What did the man think of his holiday in France?
問題4.男士認為他在法國的假期怎樣？
