63 English英语
Dialogue One
A:Are youstudying any languages here?
你在这里有学什么语言吗？
B:Yes, I'mstudying in the Foreign Languages Department.
是的，我在外语系学习。
A:What are you majoring in?
你的专业是什么？
B:I'm majoring in English.
我的专业是英语。
A:Is it difficult to learn?
英文难学吗？
B:Yes.The language is hard to learn,but it's interesting.
是的。语言很难学，但是很有趣。
A:Do you know anything about Britain and America?
你了解英国和美国吗？
B:I'm reading a lot of books about the two countries.I like the culture.
我看了很多关于这两个国家的书。我喜欢文化。
A:Right.It's important to learn the culture of a nation if you want to learn the language well.
对。如果你想把一个国家的语言学好，了解该国的文化是很重要的。
B:You're right.
你说得对。
Dialogue Two
A:What do you like to do with your free time?
你空闲时间喜欢做什么？
B:Study English.
学英语。
A:You mean you like tostudyEnglish?Why?
你是说你喜欢学英语？为什么？
B:It gives me great satisfaction.
它给我巨大的满足。
A:Studying English wouldn't give me any satisfaction.It's hard work.
学英文不能带个我任何满足。它是一件苦差事。
B:I don't mind the work.I think it's worthwhile.
我不介意刻苦。我觉得值得。
Dialogue Three
A:Do you speak only English in the class,or does your teacher explain everything to you in Spanish?
你们在课堂上有说英文或者你们老师有用西班牙语向你们讲解吗？
B:Oh,we never speak Spanish in class!Miss.Parker speaks to us only in English.
噢，我们在课堂上从不说西班牙语！帕克老师只用英语跟我们将。
A:I suppose she's right.Does she speak English very slowly?
我觉得她是对的。她英文说得很慢吗？
B:Not always.Sometimes we don't understand her.Then she has to repeat what she said.
不全是。有时我们不明白她说什么，那么她就必须重复她说过的。
A:It must be interesting tostudyEnglish.
学英语一定很有趣。
B:Mario and I are the best students in the class. Miss Parker says that my pronunciation is very good.
我和马里奥是班里最好的学生。帕克老师说我的发音非常好。
A:Is English pronunciation easy or difficult?
英语发音难还是容易？
B:Sometimes it's difficult.Some words look different from the way one pronounces them.
有时候是很难。有些单词看起来和读的方式不同。