A:Hi,Modern English

你好，洋話連篇

B:Hi Drew?It's Marco here.

你好，是Drew嗎?我是Marco

A:Hi,how are things?

最近如何啊?

B:Really well.How about you?

還不錯，你呢?

A:Well to be honest.I'm not in a very good mood today.

說實話，我今天心情不太好。

B:Why?What's up?

怎么了?

A:Well,I guess you could call it cultural shock

我想這得歸咎與文化差異

B:Cultural shock? What is that?

文化差異?那是什么?

A:It's when people who live in foreign countries sometimes feel everything is very different to their home countries and they get frustrated with it.

身在異鄉(xiāng)的外國人有時會覺得在外國的一切都與家鄉(xiāng)是那么的不同。這讓他們無比郁悶。

B:Hmmm,I'm not sure I follow you

我還是不太明白。

A;Well,today for example,I was sat on the bus and the person next to me kept making a loud noise in his throat and spitting onto the floor,right next to my shoe.People in Canada don't do this and because I'm not accustomed to this habit.I find it quite disgusting

就好象今天在公車上，坐我旁邊的一個男的不停的清嗓子，還吐痰。正好吐在我鞋邊。在加拿大人們從不這么做。我對這真不適應(yīng)。好惡心。

B:Oh,I see.like if I went to Canada and was catching a train from Toronto.But the train was 3 hours late,I'd find it really annoying,

原來如此。就好象我要是去了加拿大，從多倫多坐火車，但火車晚三個鐘頭，那可夠煩的。

A:Exactly

的確如此

B:Ok,I got you,Well,I hope you have a good weekend,Just relax and try not to let little things like this annoy you

我明白了。希望你有一個愉快的周末。放松點兒，別老讓小事兒煩你。

A:Hmm,fat chance,I'm off to the station now to buy a train ticket

怕是沒戲了。我現(xiàn)在要去火車站買車票。

B:ok,bye

好的，再見吧

Attention Please…特別提醒

[你可以請外教反復(fù)幫你模仿/訓(xùn)練下面句子/詞組的正宗美式發(fā)音]

[1]Cultural shock是指文化震蕩。到了國外后由于種種原因，總能感受到這種文化上的差異。最好的辦法還是多交一些朋友。

[2]Fat chance并非象字面上那樣解釋，它表示"沒戲,沒機會"

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