【英语趣味课堂】墨西哥-Mexico

Todd: So, Adrienne, you said you lived in Mexico for awhile?
 
Adrienne: Mm, I studied there.
 
Todd: Really! You studied in Mexico?
 
Adrienne: I did. I studied Spanish.
 
Todd: Wow, so what was it like being a student in Mexico?
 
Adrienne: Ah, it was interesting. The weather was really hot the entire time I was there. Um, and it was very confusing, cause I didn't know the language very well when I first arrived but I learned 1 quickly because I was living in the situation every day where I had to use language so that was really helpful in the end.
 
Todd: So, what were the people like? What was the city like?
 
Adrienne: The city was small. 1 million people, and that's pretty small. The architecture is very colonial 2 style. It's interesting. Very beautiful, old, a lot of wood and stone and the food was great. Very spicy 3.
 
Todd: Mexican food's the best.
 
Adrienne: I think so too
 
Todd: Yeah, and the people?
 
Adrienne: The people are really friendly, really, really friendly. Big families and they're always inviting 4 you over for dinner, lunch and breakfast, and tea and coffee and chocolate and it's really, it's really a very familial environment.
 
Todd: What was your favorite place in Mexico?
 
Adrienne: My favorite place, still, is a town called Cholula. It's a very small town. That has a pyramid, and Aztec pyramid with a cathedral on top of it and it has views of the mountains, the volcano 5 and, um, just beautiful landscape all around. It's a great place to watch the sunset.
 
Todd: What volcano?
 
Adrienne: Po! They call it Popo, but the full name I think is Popocatepetl. It's an Aztec name.
 
Todd: Oh, sounds like a nice place.
 
Adrienne: It's beautiful.
 
Todd: Any plans to go back to Mexico soon?
 
Adrienne: Of course. I always want to go back but whether I actually make it in the next year or two, I don't know.
 
学习内容：
 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
in the end
 
I had to use their language, so that was really helpful in the end.
 
The phrase 'in the end' talks about the final result of something. Notice the following:
 
In the end we found our way there.
He decided 6, in the end, that he didn't want to be a doctor.
colonial style
 
The architecture is very colonial style.
 
A 'colonial style' shows the typical style of the people that formed the colonies 7, which would be the Spaniards who came to Mexico. Notice the following:
 
She studies colonial style architecture.
Our new house has a very colonial style.
familial environment
 
The people are very friendly, and it's really a very familial environment.
 
A 'familial environment' is an environment where family is very important. Notice the following:
 
The neighborhood were we lived had a very familial environment.
The familial environment of the company makes it a fun place to work.
pyramid
 
My favorite place is Cholula, a town that has an Aztec pyramid.
 
A 'pyramid' is a building that is shaped like a triangle on all sides.  The bottom is very wide and the top is a point. Notice the following:
 
Nobody knows exactly how they built the pyramids in Egypt.
We are trying to make a pyramid out of sand.
make it
 
Whether I actually make it in the next year or two, I don't know.
 
Used like this, 'make it' means 'return' or 'go.' Notice the following:
 
We are going to try to make it to your party, but Saturday will be very busy for us.
You have to make it to Brazil when you're in South America.