美語情景對話 第1210期:What type of famous person would you like to be? 想成為哪種名人
Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.
特羅特洛:嗨,我是特羅特洛,來自博茨瓦納。Resse: Hey, I'm Resse from Botswana as well.
里斯:嗨,我是里斯,同樣來自博茨瓦納。Tlotlo: So our question is would you rather be a famous singer, actor, athlete or a politician?
特羅特洛:我們要討論的問題是,你更想成為哪種名人,著名歌手、演員、運動員還是政治家?
Resse: I think I'd rather be a famous actor because you get a lot of money.
里斯:我想成為著名演員,因為可以掙很多錢。Tlotlo: OK.
特羅特洛:好。Resse: You're famous but you don't do that much. If you're an athlete you have to work hard and you are always tired.
里斯:你很出名,而且不用做太多事。如果當運動員,那要努力運動,而且一直會很累。Tlotlo: What about learning scripts? That sounds like a really difficult job to me.
特羅特洛:那記台詞呢?對我來説那聽起來是很難的工作。Resse: But you learn bit by bit because shooting is over a long time so maybe it's not so hard.
里斯:你可以一點一點記,因為拍攝會持續很長時間,所以可能不是那麼難。Tlotlo: I would really say I think being an actor is actually pretty hard. There's a lot that comes with it. It's a part that sometimes you are not very familiar with and that should take a lot out of you, you know, so it should be a hard job.
特羅特洛:我認為做演員非常難。有很多要承擔。有時你可能會遇到不太熟悉的事情,那會讓你消耗很多,所以那應該是很難的工作。Resse: You just need to be good at being fake.
里斯:你只要擅長偽裝就行了。Tlotlo: You could put it that way. Well I think I'd rather be a famous singer. I wish I was good in singing though but that's what I'd be. I'm really all about spreading the love and sharing my thoughts with other people and just expressing my mind and I think singers have that opportunity to share what's in their mind, express themselves, share the love, you know, and I think that's what I'd much rather do just spread the word. I'm all about words. I think words have a very, very big effect on people. What you say really does matter. So being a singer could actually say a lot and touch so many people's hearts. That's my destiny of life, I want to touch many hearts, so a singer for me.
特羅特洛:也可以這樣説。我認為我更想當著名歌手。我希望我能擅長唱歌,我想當歌手。我想四處去傳播愛,和其他人分享我的想法,表達我的看法,我認為歌手有機會分享他們的思想,表達自己,傳播愛,我更願意做的是傳播這些信息。我相信言語的力量。我認為言語可以對他人產生非常大的影響。你所説的話很重要。當歌手可以表達很多,可以感動人心。那是我的人生目標,我希望能感動很多人,所以我要當歌手。譯文屬僅供學習交流使用,未經許可請勿轉載
重點講解:
1. bit by bit 一點點地;逐漸地;
例句:His father began to lose his memory bit by bit, becoming increasingly forgetful.
他的父親開始一點點地失去記憶,變得越來越健忘。
2. be familiar with 熟悉;熟知;
例句:Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner's opera.
多數人都熟悉瓦格納歌劇中的這一人物。
3. be good at 擅長的;精通的;能幹的;
例句:You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.
你必須善於發現潛在的麻煩並加以化解。
4. share with 與…分享;與…共享;
例句:The village tribe is friendly and they share their water supply with you.
村裏的部落很友善,他們會和你一起分享水源。