Two Freshmen Meeting for the First Time新生初次見面
Bill: It's a lovely day, isn't it?
比爾:天氣很好啊,是吧?
Li Ming: Yes. it is. Are you from Australia?
李明:是的,很好。你是從澳大利亞來的嗎?
Bill: No, I'm from the US. I’m Bill. What's your name?
比爾:不是,我是從美國來的。我叫比爾,你叫什么名字?
Li Ming: I'm Li Ming. I'm f:rom mainland China - Beijing. This is my first time out of China.
李明:我叫李明。我來自中國大陸——北京。這是我第一次出國。
Bill: It's nice to meet you.
比爾:見到你很高興。
Li Ming : It's good to meet you too. What are you studying here?
李明:我也很高興見到你。你在這兒學的什么?
Bill: I'm studying Chinese. I hope I can go there some day. I'm really interested in Chinese history.
比爾:我學中文的。我希望有一天能夠去中國,我對中國歷史很感興趣。
Li Ming: Do you think Mandarin is easy or difficult?
李明:你覺得普通話是簡單還是難?
Bill: Oh, it's very difficult. But it's really interesting and I like it very much
比爾:很難。但是很有意思,我非常喜歡。
Li Ming: I hope you can make rapid improvements in your Chinese. If you ever want to practice, just let me know. I'd be more
than happy to help.
李明:希望你的中文能取得快速的進步。如果你想練習普通話就告訴我,我很樂意幫忙的。
Bill: Really? That's very kind of you. I don't have anything to offer you though. Your English is great.
比爾:真的嗎?你太好了。不過我沒什么可以幫你的,你的英文很好。
Li Ming: Maybe you could buy me a cup of coffee.
李明:也許你可以請我喝杯咖啡。
Bill: Anytime.
比爾:隨時都可以。