英语访谈对话 379 University Life

Todd: Miki, you went to UC Berkeley, a very famous university in the U.S. What is your university like? Why is it famous? Miki: Why is it famous? Well, I suppose historically it's kind of famous, recent history, because it was a center for the freedo

英语访谈对话 380 Dogs

Adrienne: So, Mary, who are these guys here? Mary: This one's Piper. She's seven. She just had a birthday in October, and this one's Daisy, she's got kind of an older face on her. I think she's probably about nine years old. Adrienne: Are these your

英语访谈对话 381 Cold Weather Life

Adrienne: So, Mary, are you from Minnesota? Mary: I am. I lived here all my life. Adrienne: Wow. Its a great place but its really cold this time of year. Mary: It is, but if youve lived here a long time you get used to it. A lot of people from the So

英语访谈对话 382 The Table

Adrienne: Wow, Mary, that's a great dining room table. Where did you get it? Mary: Oh, thanks. That is something, a project that Dave and I worked on over a couple of weekends. We really enjoy doing woodworking and he actually has a very elaborate wo

英语访谈对话 383 Batteries

Adrienne: So, Mary, my battery has almost ran out. I'm so glad you had some but they're cold. Mary: Well, I keep them in my frigerator along with several other sizes of batteries just so I have them on hand. It's a little quirky habit of mine but I a

英语访谈对话 384 Cards

Adrienne: So, Mary, whats in the basket there? Mary: Oh, those are all the Christmas cards I received this year. Adrienne: Oh, thats a lot. Mary: Yeah, its quite a few. I had kind of an extensive list for people I would send cards to but in October m

英语访谈对话 385 New Job

Adrienne: So, Trina I understand you got a new job recently. What are you doing? Trina: I am a flight attendant for a charter airline, World Airways, out of the United States, and we do mostly military charters into military air force bases and we do

英语访谈对话 386 Hotel Life

Adrienne: So, Trina, with your new job, you travel a lot, where do you stay when you you're traveling? Trina: I stay in hotels. Adrienne: How do you like that? Trina: I like it. It depends on the hotel though. Some of the hotels we stay in are very,

英语访谈对话 387 Valentine's Day

Adrienne: So, Trina, Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited? Trina: No! Adrienne: That was a pretty direct answer. Why are you not excited? It's a holiday. Trina: It's a holiday for people that have other people. Adrienne: So, you're not happy be

英语访谈对话 388 Routine

Hi, I'm Mike and this is my daily routine. I get up early every day, around 6:30 and I go to the gym for a work-out before I go to work. I usually do aerobic exercise for awhile and then do some weight lifting for maybe half an hour at the gym, then

英语访谈对话 389 The History of the Tie

Todd: Mike, you were born in Croatia. Mike: That's right. Todd: Now you told me an interesting story about the necktie. Can you explain where the necktie came from? Mike: Well, my understanding is that the necktie originated from Croatia. Originally,

英语访谈对话 373 Train Ride

Adrienne: I understand you recently rode a train from Milwaukee to Minneapolis. Was this the first time you ever rode a train? Vivian: No, I have been on a train many times as a young person but recently in the past 3 or 4 years I have ridden a train

英语访谈对话 375 Food

I was browsing through a bookshop today and I picked up a book on food, which is quite usual for me cause I love food, em, but this book was a bit different, em, it tried to make the connection between the kind of food you eat and how it makes you fe

英语访谈对话 391 The Neighborhood

Todd: OK, Keith, we're back here in the city. I'm going to ask you some questions about where you live. First, is there a libray by your house? Keith: No, no libraries near me. Todd: No, that's too bad. Do you like to read? Keith: Sure, I love to rea

英语访谈对话 392 Thailand and America

Thailand is so different from where I used to live in America. First of all, in my neighborhood there are many stray dogs, dogs with no home. During the day, they lay around and sleep and at night they fight and make a lot of noise barking and howlin

英语访谈对话 393 April Fools Day

April 1st is an unofficial holiday in the United States called April Fool's day. In the past, April 1st used to be celebrated as the New Year. And then in the year, I think, 1592, or something like that, the official New Year was changed to January 1

英语访谈对话 394 Video Games

I can't remember what this toy was called but I had this very interesting, basically it was, like a robot car you could program in how forward you wanted it to go and then, when it would stop and after it would stopped, if it was going to make a righ

英语访谈对话 396 Classroom Technology

Everyone talks about how kids these days use technology much more than in the past, but when I think back to my childhood, I remember how technology was a huge part of my life. The first thing is the cassette tape, especially when I was in high schoo

英语访谈对话 397 Easter Sunday

Easter is a holiday celebrated in March on the Sunday after the full moon, or on the Sunday after the first day of spring which I think is March 23rd. So it would be the Sunday after March 23rd. Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrect

英语访谈对话 399 The Crash

We have a lot of great ski areas in Colorado so I started skiing at a very early age. I think I was about 5 or 6 years old when I began and one time I went up the chair lift and on the first run down in the morning I was skiing on a pretty icy sectio