奧運英語口語:多倫多沒有北京大?

Toronto isn't as big as Beijing, is it?
多倫多不像北京那么大,是嗎?
A: You know, back home in Canada, in Toronto, we also have bad traffic jams.
A: 你知道,在我的家鄉,加拿大的多倫多,也有交通堵塞問題。
B: I suppose every big city has them.
B: 我想每個大城市都有這樣的問題。
A: Yes, probably. The only difference is the extent of the traffic jams and the size of the city.
A: 是的,很可能是這樣。唯一的區別是交通堵塞的程度和城市的大小。
B: Toronto isn't as big as Beijing, is it?
B: 多倫多不像北京那么大,是嗎?
A: No, it's smaller. But the traffic jams still make me crazy.
A: 是的,它比較小。但是交通堵塞的情況仍然讓我心煩。
B: Yeah – like you said, it's the same everywhere. Beijing, Toronto, traffic jams everywhere!
B: 是啊——像你說的那樣,到處都一樣。北京、多倫多,到處都有交通堵塞。
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Notes:
1. Remember the comparative adjective form: Toronto is smaller than Beijing. / Toronto is smaller than Beijing. 記住形容詞的比較級形式:Toronto is smaller than Beijing. /多倫多比北京小。
2. You can talk about traffic jams and traffic problems in many ways: Traffic jams are bad/ Traffic jams make me crazy. 你可以用不同的方法談論交通堵塞情況和交通問題:Traffic jams are bad. / 交通堵塞很嚴重; Traffic jams make me crazy. / 交通堵塞讓我心煩。
