生活英语情景对话:苹果和红酒
英语情景对话作为真实生活的交际模式,作为语言输出的源头,作为语言练习的最佳途径,作为语言教授的媒介,它对于把英语作为外语来学习的学生,扮演着非常重要的角色。下面小编为大家带来生活英语情景对话,欢迎大家学习!
生活英语情景对话:苹果
Todd: OK, we're going to talk about apples.
我们来聊一聊苹果。
Kentaro: OK.
好的。
Todd: OK, do you like apples?
你喜欢苹果吗?
Kentaro: Yeah. So-so.
只是一般。
Todd: OK, how often do you eat apples?
你多久吃一次苹果?
Kentaro: Once a week, I would say.
大概一周一次。
Todd: Once a week. How much is an apple in Japan?
一周一次。在日本,一个苹果卖多少钱?
Kentaro: In Japan, it depends on the season.
这要看日本是什么季节了。
Todd: Uh-huh.
嗯。
Kentaro: If it's like summer season's gonna be very expensive.
如果是夏天,苹果会非常贵。
Todd: Uh-huh.
嗯。
Kentaro: Uh-huh. But you mean..are you talking about now?
嗯,你是问,现在的苹果多少钱吗?
Todd: Yeah, like right now..how much does an apple cost?
是的,比如现在,一个苹果多少钱?
Kentaro: I would say maybe about a 100..15..450 yen per an apple.
一个苹果大概要450日元。
Todd: Really! Yeah..that's that's kind of expensive.
真的!真是挺贵的。
Kentaro: Yeah.
是的。
Todd: Where do apples come from?
那些苹果都从哪来?
Kentaro: Aomori Prefecture.
青森县。
Todd: Aomori! Really!
青森县!
Kentaro: Which is in the northern part of Japan.
在日本的东部。
Todd: OK. Oh..alright. And what colors are apples?
好的。那些苹果都有什么颜色的?
Kentaro: Red or green or yellow.
有红色的,绿色的和黄色的。
Todd: OK. Which color is your favorite?
你最喜欢哪种苹果?
Kentaro: Red.
我最喜欢红苹果。
Todd: Red. Yeah. Yeah. Actually I like the green apples.
红苹果。实际上,我喜欢绿苹果。
Kentaro: Really! Why?
真的!为什么?
Todd: I don't know. I just..in America we have sour green apples.
不知道。在美国我们吃有点儿酸的绿苹果。
Kentaro: Does it taste different than the red apples?
绿苹果吃起来和红苹果很不同吧?
Todd: Yeah, like the red apples are sweet..and the green apples in America..they're very sour.
是的,红苹果更甜,美国的绿苹果很酸。
Kentaro: Oh.
哦。
Todd: Yeah..so..they're very nice. Um, one last thing! What can you make with apples?
但很好吃。最后一个问题!用苹果能做什么食物?
Kentaro: Apple Juice, apple pie, and apple tea.
能做苹果汁,苹果派,苹果茶。
Todd: Apple tea.
苹果茶。
Kentaro: Yeah.
是的。
Todd: OK. And can you make apple pie?
你会做苹果派吗?
Kentaro: No, not really.
不会。
Todd: Yeah. Man, me neither.
我也不会。
Kentaro: OK. Thanks.
好的,谢谢。
Todd: Thanks.
谢谢。
生活英语情景对话:红酒
Todd: Now, Sandra, hello!
桑德拉,你好!
Sandra: Hello!
你好!
Todd: Now, you are a wine connoisseur. Or wine teacher. No!
你现在是一名红酒鉴赏家。或者是红酒鉴定老师。
Sandra: Not really!
不完全是!
Todd: Not really?
不完全是?
Sandra: A wine connoisseur. No, that's sort of a snobby.
红酒鉴赏家,不,那名字太夸张了。
Todd: Oh, really?
真的吗?
Sandra: Yes.
是的。
Todd: Oh, OK. So, how would you describe what you do?
那你怎么形容你的职业?
Sandra: A wine professional.
一名红酒品酒师。
Todd: A wine professional. OK, so what does a wine professional do?
品酒师。好的,品酒师都要做什么?
Sandra: Try to make money from wine.
从红酒身上赚钱。
Todd: OK.
好的。
Sandra: So, I'm a wine writer, a wine columnist. I teach wine.
因此我还是一名红酒作家,我在写一个红酒专栏。我还教课。
Todd: OK, so let's say if I'm going to have friends over, and I'm making let's say steak. I'm having a grilling steak. Can I serve wine with steak?
如果说我邀请朋友来做客,以牛排为主菜,烧烤牛排好了。我能用红酒搭配牛排吗?
Sandra: Yes. Steak goes with almost any red wine.
当然,牛排和大多数红酒都搭。
Todd: Oh, really. OK. So, red. How about if I want to mix wines. Is it OK to go red wine, white wine?
真的。好,那就红酒吧。如果我还想上点儿其他酒。红酒和其他白葡萄酒搭配吗?
Sandra: You always start out with white wines going towards red wines.
我们通常都是先喝白葡萄酒,然后再过渡到红酒的。
Todd: OK, always go white wine first, then the red wine. (Yes) OK, and how about for dessert. Is there a special dessert wine?
好的,先喝白葡萄酒再喝红葡萄酒。那么甜点呢。有什么酒可以搭配甜点吗?
Sandra: There are many great dessert wines, so it depends on what you like, how sweet you like and what you're making for dessert.
有许多可以搭配甜点的酒,具体要看甜点是什么了,还要看你喜欢的甜度和甜点的制作原料。
Todd: OK, so how about I'm making terimisu.
如果是提拉米苏呢。
Sandra: Terimisu, then I would probably have a tawny port, either from Portugal or from Australia, which makes great ports, or you might even go for a fruity and oaky zinfandel, which is dry wine from California.
提拉米苏,那么我建议搭配葡萄牙或者澳大利亚的茶色波特酒,效果会非常好。我甚至会建议你加上水果和馨芳葡萄酒,那是一种加利福尼亚的干白葡萄酒。
Todd: OK, nice. How much will that cost me?
好的。那要多少钱?
Sandra: Depends on how much you want to spend. For a port, a tawny port, anywhere in between 3,500 to 10,000 (OK) And for a California Zinfandel, a good one probably about 3,000 (yen).
这取决于你打算花多少钱了。波特酒,茶色波特酒价位在3500到10,000日元之间,加利福尼亚的馨芳葡萄酒,一瓶好的要3,000日元。
Todd: 3,000. I think I can maybe afford that. Not much. And, how about what would be a good wine to start off for like appetizers or with a salad or something like that.
3,000日元。我买得起。不是很贵。那么,什么酒能搭配开胃菜,沙拉或者类似的食物呢?
Sandra: I always start off with a sparkling wine.
我总是用含汽葡萄酒。
Todd: A sparkling wine.
含汽葡萄酒。
Sandra: Yes. I prefer champagne but if you can't afford it, even though champagne is the lowest price anywhere in the world is in Japan
是的。我喜欢用香槟酒,如果香槟酒太贵了的话就用它。虽然日本的香槟酒是世界上最便宜的香槟酒了。
Todd: Oh, really.
哦,真的。
Sandra: And many of my students load up on cases of champagne and have it sent home by their companies container.
我有很多学生所在的公司都是用集装箱装载满香槟酒运过去的。
Todd: Oh, wow.
哇。
Sandra: Yes. But champagne is a good starter.
是的。但香槟酒打头阵是不错的。