时间:2019-03-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂


英语课

 Todd: So, Hello!


 
Gabrielle: Hi!
 
Todd: Can you say your name please?
 
Gabrielle: Gabrielle:
 
Todd: Gabrielle. Now, Gabrielle you talked to us last year.
 
Gabrielle:That's right!
 
Todd: And you said that you're from Christchurch?
 
Gabrielle: Uh-huh, from Christchurch in New Zealand.
 
Todd: OK, can you talk about your city?
 
Gabrielle: Absolutely! Absolutely! Well, Christchurch I guess compared to Japan is pretty small, but for New Zealand it's quite a big city. I think it's a great place. Yeah, we've got the beach, the mountains, yeah so city center and nature, really close.
 
Todd: Sounds nice! How many people live in Christchurch?
 
Gabrielle: Oh, that's a good question. Gosh! Were certainly not up to a million! I guess about 600,000 people.
 
Todd: Wow, that's it! Just 6!
 
Gabrielle: That's it. Big city in New Zealand!
 
Todd: Wow! So there's three big cities in New Zealand!
 
Gabrielle: That's right! That's right! We're probably the second or third biggest city.
 
Todd: Uh, what's the transportation 1 like?
 
Gabrielle: Well, I use my bike usually or a car. We certainly don't have the trains like Tokyo, but there's a bus system. It's not too bad, but most Kiwis have cars. Yeah, more convenient 2.
 
Todd: OK, now can I ask you about costs?
 
Gabrielle: Sure! Sure!
 
Todd: OK, and you can say Japanese yen 3 prices.
 
Gabrielle: Yeah! Yeah!
 
Todd: How much is an apartment? A one bedroom apartment, downtown?
 
Gabrielle: Well, to be honest we don't have that style. We've got plenty of space so we usually rent a house which has three bedrooms and a garden, for example, and much cheaper, much, much cheaper. I'm just trying to convert 4.
 
Todd: Three bedrooms and a garden!
 
Gabrielle: Yeah! And often we go "flatting" which means 5 we share the house with maybe a couple of friends, probably pay about, I was paying $80 a week for my room so, oh, sorry my conversion 6 rate is not working too quickly at the moment.
 
Todd: That's really cheap though!
 
Gabrielle: It's incredibly cheap. Yeah, much, much cheaper! Much bigger!
 
Todd: Wow! sounds like a nice place! OK, how much is, New Zealand prices OK, how much is a loaf of bread?
 
Gabrielle: A loaf of bread! To get the good bread, probably about $2.50 a loaf, yeah, so, maybe about, oh sorry, my conversion's not working, I've been in Tokyo for too long!
 
Todd: How about a movie ticket?
 
Gabrielle: A movie ticket would be about $13, so it's much cheaper than here. Yeah, definitely 7!
 
Todd: And bus fare!
 
Gabrielle: Bus fare, a dollar fifty, two dollars for one way.
 
Todd: How about if you're going to buy your friend a sweater, a nice sweater, how much would that cost?
 
Gabrielle: Well, I like the good outdoor brand sweaters so I would probably say about $50 but an everyday sweater you could get about $15 New Zealand. Yeah.
 
Todd: OK, Wow! Sounds like a great place. Oh, and last one, the weather, when is the best time of year to visit?
 
Gabrielle: Oh, summer, definitely.
 
Todd: So that's December?
 
Gabrielle: Yeah, so we're going into summer now so December to February, but we have four seasons in one day, so you can count on all weather even within summer. Yeah! Yeah!
 
Todd: Do you have a really bad month to go, where the weather is not nice?
 
Gabrielle: Yeah, usually June, July, it probably rains the most, but we still get gorgeous 8 sunny days in the winter so, yeah there's not really any bad time.
 
Todd: Oh, sounds nice! Thanks Gabrielle!
 
Gabrielle: No, problem!
No, problem!

n.运输,运输系统,运输工具
  • The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
  • He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。
adj.便利的,方便的
  • I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
  • Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。
n. 日元;热望
  • He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
  • He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。
v.(在形式、状态、用途等方面)(使)改变
  • I must convert sorrow into strength.我要化悲痛为力量。
  • At what rate does the dollar convert into pounds?美元以什么汇率兑换成英镑?
n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
n.转化,转换,转变
  • He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
  • Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
  • The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
  • I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
adj.华丽的,灿烂的,美丽的,宜人的,棒的
  • The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
  • What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊!
学英语单词
analytical syntax
appended procedure
argoed
atrichopogon pruinosus
bag men
ballahs
bash sb up
befall
BIL(basic impulse insulation level)
Biscaya
butter-bowzy
clamped amplifier
coded instruction
Corylopsis veitchiana
cpls
credit exemption
cross one's palm
crucial use of variable
deines
denigrates
die making
dimethylphenosafranine
doodies
dummy riser
duplex bag
edge surface
elasmobranchian
endogenous hormone
energy energy release
etopic testis
final climbout speed
flood control storage
free-minded
Front panel connector
genus Symphoricarpos
green index number
green ormer
gunn (diode) source
hasty expedient road
Hupyong
hydraulic jetting
hydrogen blower
hypsochromic
input data selection
ivoriness
joysticking
kinetic art
L-Hydroxyproline
landing simulation
legitimacy status of children
linearity control circuit
macrodome
mamola
manure conveyor
MAOT
Marizile
medialised
microdiffusion analyser
monoxygenase
multiarray
Narathiwat, Changwat
neoprene glove
night sky radiation
off-minded
one-hand
pachometry
paillasses
perflate
pipers
pissing around
plexus rectalis cranialis
polarization battery
polycyclic relief
Prefox
profos
propellerlike
proper cut set
pslra
qat
queer-bashing
respiratory arrest
reticular layer of skin
right of offset
rilozarone
Rφksund
Saxifraga yunlingensis
scartella emarginata
sebcs
slow storage
Sobralite
sturnella magnas
swear sb to silence
tetragon-trisoctahedron
threw her weight around
trip setting
turns loose
Tycho Brahe
variable free expression
waziristans
wine-maker's yeast
yield stresses
zero-type dynamometer