英语访谈对话 443 Hawaiian Life-英语课

时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：英语访谈对话

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　　Todd: So, Mitchell, you are Hawaiian, right, and Hawaii is part of the United 1 States but, what would you say, that most Hawaiians are similar to people in the mainland 2 or quite different to people in the mainland?

　　Mitchell: Ah, that's a tough question. They're the same because they speak English but they look different. They're more of a, more darker complexion 3. They speak in a more pidgeon, we call it "pidgeon English." It's broken English, so it's not, if I go to, for example, if my friends, we'll go to the mainland, lot of them don't really understand them, like, "Can you repeat what you said, please?"
　　Todd: Right
　　Mitchell: But I guess anywhere you go everyone's different, so?
　　Todd: How about, can you say there's a difference in culture in how people are, like in personality 4, people on Hawaii and people in the mainland?
　　Mitchell: I tend to think that people from the mainland talk more.
　　Todd: Right.
　　Mitchell: Like, yeah they'll just talk about anything, and Hawaiian culture they don't talk as much. they talk when you have to talk real talk, in general, but.
　　Todd: Have you ever actually considered moving to the mainland, or would you prefer to live in Hawaii forever.
　　Mitchell: Well, yeah, I've considered it many times. Actually, my middle brother right now is working in New York City. (Oh, wow) and my oldest brother was working in Boston, (uh-huh) but now he's back in Hawaii working, and my middle brother is still in New York working. Yeah, I would like to live in the mainland, but I'd like to pick a place with nice weather, you know, a warm culture.
　　Todd: Right, right. You can't beat that warm weather in Hawaii. That's for sure. How about the foods? What's some food that's really good in Hawaii?
　　Mitchell: Oh, man, don't get me started on food! Since Hawaii has mixed culture, we call it local food, like it's called a plate lunch. Like for example, you'll pay five bucks 5, and you'll get whatever you want, you just choose, for example, steak, rice, salad, for all five bucks. The food is I think, is way better than mainland because like, it's, the food is mixed, so like, you can get anything you want. For example, if you go to a food court in Hawaii, we have every section. Chinese, Korean, Hawaiian, Philliphino, so you get to choose whatever you want, you know, Mexican, and I think the portions 6 are big too.
　　Todd: Oh, wow, sounds good man. I haven't had lunch yet. You're making me hungry.
　　Mitchell: I'm hungry myself.
　　Todd: Thanks Mitchell.

1 united

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

2 mainland

n.大陆，本土

The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.新的桥梁将把该岛与大陆连接在一起。
Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.香港的繁荣在很大程度上依赖于大陆。

3 complexion

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。

4 personality

n.个性，人格，名人

Einstein was a great personality.爱因斯坦是个伟大的人物。
She has a powerful personality.她有坚强的个性。

5 bucks

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃