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Todd: So, Katie, you are from England, correct?
托德：凱蒂，你來自英格蘭，對(duì)吧？
Katie: Uh-hmm, that's right.
凱蒂：嗯，沒錯(cuò)。
Todd: Are you from a big town?
托德：你來自大城市嗎？
Katie: I'm from a very small town.
凱蒂：我來自一個(gè)非常小的城市。
Todd: Oh, what's the name?
托德：哦，那個(gè)城市叫什么？
Katie: It's in the southwest. It's called Torquay.
凱蒂：托基，位于英格蘭西南部。
Todd: Torquay.
托德：托基。
Katie: Uh-hmm.
凱蒂：嗯嗯。
Todd: OK. Is it a fun place to live?
托德：好。在那里生活有意思嗎？
Katie: I think so. It's, it's very famous in the UK because we lots of beautiful beaches.
凱蒂：我認(rèn)為很有趣。托基市在英國非常有名，因?yàn)槟抢镉泻芏嗝利惖暮?/div>
Todd: Oh, that's nice.
托德：哦，真不錯(cuò)。
Katie: Hmm.
凱蒂：嗯。
Todd: So, in your town, where is a good place to go food shopping?
托德：那在你家鄉(xiāng)，哪里是購買食物的好去處？
Katie: There are a lot of supermarkets that you can go to. Most of them you need to go by car.
凱蒂：有很多超市可以去。大部分超市都需要開車過去。
Todd: Oh, that's a problem.
托德：哦，那是個(gè)問題。
Katie: It's difficult to walk to a close supermarket. But I'm lucky because there is one very close to my house that I can go to.
凱蒂：很難走到附近的超市去。不過我很幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)槲壹腋浇幸粋€(gè)超市，我可以去那里。
Todd: OK. And can you recommend a good restaurant in your town? Where is a good place to eat dinner?
托德：好。你能推薦一個(gè)你家鄉(xiāng)的美味餐廳嗎？哪里是吃晚餐的好去處？
Katie: There are lots of amazing restaurants along the sea front. So, you can sit in a restaurant and you can look at the beach at the same time.
凱蒂：海邊有很多很棒的餐廳。你可以坐在餐廳里欣賞海灘。
Todd: Oh, that's nice.
托德：哦，那不錯(cuò)。
Katie: Uh-hmm.
凱蒂：嗯嗯。
Todd: How romantic.
托德：太浪漫了。
Katie: It's beautiful.
凱蒂：很漂亮。
Todd: Is it expensive?
托德：價(jià)格貴嗎？
Katie: It depends what restaurant you go to. If you go to an Italian restaurant, that's going to be expensive.
凱蒂：那要看你去什么餐廳了。如果去意大利餐廳，那價(jià)格會(huì)很貴。
Todd: What kind of foods do they have?
托德：有哪些食物？
Katie: They have all kinds of foods, but the most popular food in my home town is Italian food and Chinese food.
凱蒂：各種各樣的食物，不過我家鄉(xiāng)最受歡迎的是意大利美食和中國美食。
Todd: OK. No British food?
托德：好。沒有英國美食嗎？
Katie: Not really. (laughs)
凱蒂：沒有。（笑）
Todd: OK. We don't have American food either except hamburgers.
托德：好。除了漢堡，我們也沒有美國食物。
Katie: They're good though.
凱蒂：不過那很好。
Todd: In your town, where is a good place to exercise?
托德：在你家鄉(xiāng)，哪里是適合鍛煉的地方？
Katie: It depends on what kind of exercise you like. But we have lots of parks and people are always playing football in the parks.
凱蒂：這取決于你喜歡哪種運(yùn)動(dòng)。我們有很多公園，人們經(jīng)常在公園里踢足球。
Todd: So, there's a, is there a big park in the middle of town?
托德：城市中央有一個(gè)大公園？
Katie: Uh-hmm.
凱蒂：嗯。
Todd: OK. Is it easy to get to?
托德：好。方便去嗎？
Katie: It's pretty easy to get to. Most people can walk there.
凱蒂：很方便。大多數(shù)人都可以走過去。
Todd: So, that brings us to nature. Where's a good place to see nature?
托德：這個(gè)話題把我們引向了自然。那哪里是欣賞自然景色的好地方？
Katie: Well, you can see beautiful beaches wherever you look. There are so many beautiful beaches in Torquay. But there are also lots of beautiful gardens and you can see lots of flowers.
凱蒂：無論在哪里，都可以看到美麗的海灘。托基有非常多美麗的海灘。當(dāng)然托基也有很多漂亮的花園，你可以看到很多花。
Todd: OK. Nice.
托德：好，真好。
Katie: It's very nice. Yeah.
凱蒂：非常不錯(cuò)。
Todd: That is nice. So, are there walking trails on the beach?
托德：那真好。海灘上有步行道嗎？
Katie: Uh-hmm, and in the gardens too there are walking paths that you can take. And you can go in the mountains—
凱蒂：有，花園也有步行道。你還可以去山區(qū)……
Todd: Oh, beautiful.
托德：哦，真美。
Katie: —and see stuff there too.
凱蒂：欣賞山區(qū)的景色。
Todd: That's lovely. So, in your town, where is a good place to meet people?
托德：那太美了。在你家鄉(xiāng)，哪里是結(jié)識(shí)人們的地方？
Katie: Well, I keep saying the beach but lots of people from all over the UK come to Torquay to see the beach, so you can meet lots of different. People come for their holidays.
凱蒂：我一直在回答海灘，不過來自英國各地的人都會(huì)去托基欣賞海灘，你可以見到很多人。人們都會(huì)去托基度假。
Todd: OK. So, you can meet new people.
托德：好。可以認(rèn)識(shí)新朋友。
Katie: Lots of new people. Yeah.
凱蒂：許多新朋友。對(duì)。
Todd: That's cool.
托德：那太酷了。
Katie: You can make lots of new friends.
凱蒂：你可以結(jié)交很多新朋友。
Todd: Now, what about a quiet place? Where's a good place to study or read or just relax?
托德：那安靜的地方呢？哪里是適合學(xué)習(xí)或放松的地方？
Katie: Well, we have lots of cafés that you can go to if you want to just have a quiet moment or just to read some books. You can go to a café.
凱蒂：托基有很多咖啡廳，你可以去咖啡廳享受寧靜的時(shí)光或是看書。你可以去咖啡廳。
Todd: OK. And are the cafés easy to find?
托德：好。咖啡廳好找嗎？
Katie: They're very easy to find. And we have lots of famous café brands as well.
凱蒂：非常好找。托基還有很多著名的咖啡廳。
Todd: OK. Are there cafés on the beach, too?
托德：好。海灘上有咖啡廳嗎？
Katie: No. They're in the town center but the town center is very close to the beach.
凱蒂：沒有。咖啡廳都在市中心，不過市中心離海灘很近。
Todd: OK. Now, when is a good time to visit your town?
托德：好。那什么時(shí)候適合去你家鄉(xiāng)游玩？
Katie: Well...
凱蒂：嗯……
Todd: So, you say the beach, so summer?
托德：你提到了海灘，是應(yīng)該夏天去嗎？
Katie: Yeah. I would say summer is a good time. But in England, there is not usually a good time because it's raining almost every day. But if you want to go to the beach, probably summer is a good time.
凱蒂：對(duì)。我想夏天是適宜時(shí)間。不過在英格蘭，其實(shí)沒有適合游玩的時(shí)間，因?yàn)閹缀趺刻於荚谙掠辍２贿^如果你想去海灘，那可能夏天是適宜時(shí)間。
Todd: OK. What about the fall?
托德：好。那秋天呢？
Katie: I mean, the fall is okay. Winter is good. Lots of people go to, go swimming on Christmas Day.
凱蒂：秋天也可以。冬天也不錯(cuò)。許多人在圣誕節(jié)去游泳。
Todd: Well, I definitely want to go there.
托德：我一定要去那里玩。
Katie: Yes. It's a lovely place.
凱蒂：嗯。托基是個(gè)很不錯(cuò)的地方。
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