美語情景對話 第657期:Best City 最棒的城市

Todd: Rebecca, you are from Australia. Can you talk about Sydney and Melbourne? Most people know Sydney and Melbourne and if somebody was going to Australia and could chose one city, what city would you recommend?

託德：麗貝卡，你來自澳大利亞。你能談談悉尼和墨爾本嗎？大部分人都知道悉尼和墨爾本，如果我們要去澳大利亞旅行，要從這兩個城市裏選擇一個的話，你會推薦我們遊覽哪個城市？

Rebecca: I would recommend Sydney, of course, because I'm from Sydney. I think Sydney is very beautiful and has a lovely deep blue harbor, lots of national park around the outside, famous landmarks, like of course the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Everybody wants to take photos of those, and it has a lot of different cultures too. It's a very interesting place to be.

麗貝卡：我當然會推薦悉尼，因爲悉尼是我的家鄉。悉尼非常美麗，有漂亮的深藍色海港，郊外有很多國家公園，有著名的地標性建築，比如悉尼海港大橋和悉尼歌劇院。所有人都想在這些景點拍照，而且悉尼擁有多種不同的文化。是一個非常有意思的地方。

Todd: OK, so what about Melbourne? What are the good points or the highlights if somebody does decide to go to Melbourne?

託德：好，那墨爾本呢？如果去墨爾本旅行，有什麼值得推薦的地方嗎？

Rebecca: Well, I'm probably the wrong person to ask, but Melbourne is famous for it's good shopping and it has lots of entertainment, so good concerts. It has a big casino of course, and some people say the restaurants are better in Melbourne. There's certainly lots of different kinds.

麗貝卡：嗯，你可能問錯人了，不過我知道墨爾本以購物聖地聞名，而且墨爾本有很多娛樂活動，有很棒的演出。當然，墨爾本還有一家很大的賭場，有人說墨爾本的餐廳更好。當然墨爾本有各種各樣的餐廳。

Todd: OK, so are there any other cities that you can talk about or recommend that maybe you've been to?

託德：好，你還有其他推薦的城市嗎？或者你可以說說你去過的其他城市嗎？

Rebecca: I've been to Adelaide. It's famous for it's cafes. It has hundreds of really nice cafes. You can get great coffee and it has a very beautiful park in the middle of the city so it's a very relaxed place to be. Very nice.

麗貝卡：我去過阿德萊德。阿德萊德以咖啡而出名。那裏有數百種咖啡。你可以在阿德萊德享用到好喝的咖啡，另外，阿德萊德市中心有家非常漂亮的公園，是休閒的好去處。非常不錯。

Todd: OK, so we've got Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide. Anywhere else that you could recommend?

託德：好，我們談了墨爾本，悉尼，阿德萊德。還有其他推薦的地方嗎？

Rebecca: Well, I've never been to Perth or Darwin. I've been to Brisbane. Brisbane's quite hot but in winter it's really comfortable, and you can get good mangoes there too, lots of tropical fruit, bananas, that kind of thing, and good seafood — prawns and barramundi so yeah, a good place for eating.

麗貝卡：嗯，我從來沒去過珀斯和達爾文。我去過布里斯班。布里斯班非常熱，不過那裏冬季的溫度很舒服，布里斯班有很多熱帶水果，比如芒果和香蕉，那裏的海鮮也很不錯，像蝦和尖吻鱸都很好吃，布里斯班是享受美食的好去處。

Todd: Cool, thanks, Rebecca.

託德：真酷，謝謝你，麗貝卡。

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重點講解：
1. be going to do sth. 想要（做…）；決定（做…）；
例句：I was not going to compromise.
我決不妥協。
2. of course （表示通常、顯見或衆所周知的事實）當然，自然；
例句：'I have read about you in the newspapers of course,' Charlie said.
“當然我已經在報紙上看過一些關於你的報道了，”查利說道。
3. what about （用於引出與之前內容相關的新的話題或觀點）那麼…怎麼樣；
例句：Now you've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, like roses?
既然你們已談到了種植水仙花，那麼其他具有重要商業價值的花卉呢，比如玫瑰？
4. decide to do sth. 決定，拿定主意（做）；
例句：Most of the employees decide to string along the old firm.
大多數僱員決定繼續爲老公司效勞。
5. be famous for 因…而著名；
例句：The villa is famous for its old style.
這所別墅以古舊的風格而著名。