A:Hey! How was your first day of class? I’m in level two and I’m loving my class this semester! It’s great being in a class of international students!嘿!上學(xué)第一天怎么樣?我在第2年級,我喜歡這學(xué)期的課。在一個(gè)滿是國際生的班級中感覺很棒。
B:Mine was ok, except that no one in my class speaks English. I guess it will force me to converse in Chinese more in class so at least I should improve a lot this semester.我還可以,就是班里沒人說英語。我想那會迫使我在課堂上多用中文交流,至少這學(xué)期我會大幅度提高中文水平。
A:That’s both fortunate and unfortunate. It’s the United Nations in my class! We have people from all over the world! There are three Germans, a Pole, a Scottish, two French, an American, a Brazilian, 那既是幸運(yùn)的又是不幸的。我們班就是個(gè)小聯(lián)合國。學(xué)生來自全世界各地。有3個(gè)希臘人,1個(gè)波蘭人,1個(gè)英國人,2個(gè)法國人,1個(gè)美國,1個(gè)巴西人,1個(gè)智利人,1個(gè)新西蘭人。盡管他更愿稱自己是Kiwi人。還有別國得人嗎?還有1個(gè)摩洛哥人,1個(gè)多哥人,1個(gè)巴基斯坦人,2個(gè)印尼人。
B:That’s quite the array of nationalities. Everyone in my class is from Asia, except me. There are a few South Koreans, several Japanese, Malaysian, Thai, Singaporean, Filipino, Kazakhstani, and o有這么多國籍。我們班的每個(gè)人除了我都來自亞洲,有些韓國人,一些日本人,還有馬來西亞人,泰國人,新加坡人,菲律賓人,哈薩克斯坦人,以及一個(gè)俄國人。
A:Well, I think you’re pretty lucky actually. You’ll have the opportunity to learn so much about Asian culture.我認(rèn)為你很幸運(yùn)。你有機(jī)會來學(xué)習(xí)亞洲的文化。
B:I guess so, but I think it’s going to be hard to relate to my classmates, especially with the language barrier. I think I might change classes.我也這么想,但我想和同學(xué)們交流有點(diǎn)難度,尤其是有語言障礙。我想我得換班。
A:Don’t! Stay the course! Your spoken Chinese will be eternally grateful. I bet you it will even surpass mine with all that practice.別。要堅(jiān)持到最后。你說漢語的口語能力最終一定很強(qiáng)。我打賭在如此多的練習(xí)下你會超過我的漢語水平。
B:I highly doubt it. Your girlfriend is Chinese.我對此很懷疑。你女朋友是中國人。
A:Well, there is that, yes.確實(shí)是。