《英語聽力練習》(74)
"English Listening Practice" (74)
【Everyday English Listening Practice】
(日常英語聽力練習)
【Today's Topic - Celebrity Interview (名人專訪)】
Thanks for taking the time to speak with me, Jeri.
感謝您抽出時間與我交談，Jeri。Oh, it's my pleasure.
哦，這是我的榮幸。You have a beautiful accent. Where did you grow up?
你的口音很美。 你在哪兒長大的？I grew up in England, in a city called Brighton.
我在英格蘭，一個叫布萊頓的城市長大。How do you spell that?
怎麼拼寫？B-R-I-G-H-T-O-N.
我在英格蘭，一個叫布萊頓的城市長大。Just like it sounds.
就像聽起來一樣。Yes.
是的。What was that like?.
布萊頓是個怎麼樣的城市？Brilliant.
It's a lovely city, right by the sea.
My family still lives there.
My father owns a restaurant, and my mother teaches school.
非常棒。我的家人還住在那裡。
我父親擁有一家餐館，我母親在學校教書。
What did you want to be when you grew up?
你長大後想做什麼？Well, I never thought I'd be a model!
I wanted to be a doctor or maybe a writer.
呃，我從沒想過我會成為一名模特兒！我想成為一名醫生或作家。
Why not a model?
為什麼不是模特兒呢？Well, I always thought I looked funny.
呃，我一直以為我長相滑稽可笑。I can't imagine it.
Were you popular when you were growing up?
我無法想像。 你小時候很受歡迎嗎？
Not really.
I wasn't unpopular, but I wasn't in the popular crowd at school.
I had a nice group of friends, though.
不盡然。
我不是不受歡迎，但我不在學校的熱門人群中。
不過，我有一群很好的朋友。
How did you like school?
你覺得學校怎麼樣？
Oh, I like school.
I was a great student.
My mother actually taught at my primary school.
I always thought that was terrific.
哦，我喜歡學校。
我是一個很棒的學生。
我母親實際上在我的小學教書。
我一直覺得這很棒。
How about your free time as a child.
Did you have a hobby?
你小時候的課餘時間怎麼過。
你有嗜好嗎？
I used to love to draw.
Later I learned to paint, and I still do that.
Actually, I have some paintings in a gallery right now.
以前我就喜歡素描作畫。
後來我學會了彩繪，而且一直在畫。
事實上，就在現在，我有一些畫在畫廊裡。
That's impressive.
這令人印象深刻。
Well, It's a very small exhibit.
But it's something I really enjoy.
嗯，它是一個非常小的展覽。
但這是我真正喜歡的事情。
Did you have a favorite game when you were growing up?
你在成長過程中，有最喜歡的遊戲嗎？I used to play video games a lot as a kid.
The video games then were very different from the games now.
I didn't have a favorite, though.
I like a lot of them.
我小時候經常打電動。ee
當時的電子遊戲與現在的遊戲大不相同。
儘管，我沒有最喜歡的。
但有很多是我喜歡的。
What about favorite place?
最喜歡的地方呢？
Hmm. My favorite place?
I used to go to a summer camp in Ireland.
I love that.
I got to go horseback riding almost every day.
嗯。我最喜歡的地方嗎？
我曾經去過愛爾蘭的夏令營。
我喜歡那裏。
我幾乎每天都要去騎馬。
Do you still go to Ireland?
你還去愛爾蘭嗎？No. Not very often.
不. 不常去。