实战口语情景对话 第122期:生活在爱达荷 Life in Idaho

 Todd:OK, so we're here. Do you want to go ahead and introduce yourself to the listener 1?

好，我们就在这儿。你想走到台前向听众介绍一下你自己吗？
Roe:OK, my name is Hiroe Hashi. I've lived in America for about seven and a half years. I lived in Italy for two years.
好的，我叫Hiroe Hashi.我在美国住了七年半，在意大利住了两年。
Todd:Wow! You lived in Italy too.
哇！你还在意大利住过啊！
Roe:Right, right. So all together I've lived in a foreign country for nine and a half years.
是的，是的。所以总共算下来我在国外住了九年半。
Todd:Wow! That's amazing. So did you live in America before you lived in Italy? 哇！太惊人了！那你在意大利住之前就在美国住过吗？ Roe:I was in Italy when I was 9 years old, no actually 7 years old to 9 years old. 9岁就在意大利了，实际上没到9岁，7岁到9岁之间。
Todd:Did you learn Italian?
你学过意大利语吗？
Roe:A little bit. Basicallyslangs.
一点点。基本的俚语。
Todd:Wow, so then how old were you when you moved to America?
哇，那你搬到美国的时候你多大？
Roe:Yeah, I was 17. I was on a exchange program for when I went to Idaho.
恩我17。在我去爱达荷州的时候我在参加一个交流项目。
Todd:Wow, what did you think when you first got to America?
哇，你第一次到美国的时候感觉怎么样？
Roe:OK. I bought new clothing cause my image was like L.A., New York, but it was Idaho, but I didn't know what toexpect, and I got off from the airplane and I said to myself, "Oh, my god!". There was nothing there.
恩。因为我的着装风格比较像洛杉矶和纽约的，所以我买了新衣服。但我现在要去爱达荷州，我不知道会发生什么，但在我下飞机的那一刻我对自己说了句：“哦，我的天呐”。这儿什么都没有。
Todd:Yeah, so was it flat. Was it flat.
是的，的确很空很平。
Roe:It was flat. I saw, There was...I remember the sun going down cause it was nothing, really nothing: a flat space, 360 degrees, an airport, cowboys 3.
它是平的。我看见那有……我记得太阳下山就因为那儿什么都没有，真的是什么都没有。平面空间，360度，一个机场还有牛仔。
Todd:Cowboys!
牛仔！
Roe:Potatoes. Real Cowboys. Spuds.
土豆。真正的牛仔。土豆。
Todd:So Idaho is cowboys and potatoes.
所以爱达荷州就有牛仔和土豆。
Roe:Exactly. That's all. About.
确实是。就是这样。
Todd:Do you still like potatoes?
你还喜欢土豆吗？
Roe:I stopped eating spuds since I came back cause I ate it everyday. You go to 31 Ice-cream shop and there they have spuds ice-cream.
自打我回来就没再吃过土豆，因为那个时候天天吃。你去冰激凌商店的时候，那儿会有土豆冰激凌。
Todd:Wow. So spud means 4 potato.
哇。所以说spud就是土豆。
Roe:Yeah, spud, it's like Idaho English.
是的，土豆，它是爱达荷英语。
Todd:Wow. And how about cowboys. Did you become a real cowboy 2?
哇，那牛仔呢？你变成一个真正的牛仔了吗？
Roe:I started to grow my hair, cause if you had short hair, people used to call you like a new-waver, like faggots. It was kind of a little disaster for somebody different to live.
我开始留头发了，因为如果你是短头发，人们习惯叫你新的动摇者，比如同性恋。收到他人的区别对待对我是一种灾难。
Todd:Yeah, for sure, that would be reallyharsh. So tell me about your family.
是的，确实，那太残酷了。那给我讲讲你的家庭吧。
Roe:My family! I have two brothers and a sister, and my fatherpassed awaythree years ago and my mom is working.
我的家庭！我有两个哥哥和一个姐姐，父亲三年前就去世了，母亲还在工作。
Todd:OK, Do youmissidaho?
好的，你会想念爱达荷州吗？
Roe:Friends. I've made some best friends in Idaho actually.
会想念朋友。事实上，我在那儿交了好多朋友。
Todd:Really.
真的啊。
Roe:Yeah, actually, I've lived in L.A., Washington 5 State, but Idaho.
是的，确实是，除了爱达荷我还在洛杉矶和华盛顿州住过。
Todd:When is the last time you were in Idaho?
你最后在爱达荷州是什么时候？
Roe:When I, that's when I finished my program, so a long time ago. 10, wow, 12, 13 years ago.
当我，就是在我完成我项目的时候，所以应该是很久以前，10年，哇，12，13年前吧。
Todd:Wow, that is a long time. OK, and where do you live now?
哇，那是很长一段时间了。好，那你现在住在哪了呢？
Roe:I live in Yokohama.
我住在横滨。
Todd:Yokohama 横滨。
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