Situation 11: Meeting Jimmy's Friend
情景11 遇见吉米的朋友。
(Su-mi's cousin Jimmy takes her to meet his friend Tommy.)
苏米的表兄吉米带她去见他的朋友汤米。
Sue, this is my friend, Tommy.
舒,这是我的朋友,汤米。
He is my best friend.
他是我最好的朋友。
Hello, Tommy,it is very nice to meet you.
你好,汤米。见到你太高兴了。
Hi, good to meet you, too.
你好,我也很高兴见到你。
Sue just came here from Korea.
舒刚从韩国来这里。
She is going to stay for one week.
她打算在这儿待一个星期。
From Korea?
从韩国?
Cool. Where is Korea? Is it In China?
韩国在哪儿? 它在中国吗?
No, Korea is not in China. Korea is between China and Japan.
韩国不是中国的,它界于中国和日本之间。
Oh, sorry.
哦,对不起。
But you speak Chinese, right?
但是你说中文,对吗?
No, of course not.
不,当然不是。
I speak Korean.
我说韩语。
Really?
真的?
I didn't know that.
我不知道那个。
In America we don't have many chances to learn about Korea.
在美国,我们没有很多机会去了解韩国。
Can you tell me some more things about your country?
你能告诉我更多一些有关你们国家的事吗?
Of course.
当然可以。
Ask anything you want and I will try to answer as well as I can.
无论你想问什么事,我都尽我所能回答你。
Well, what do you eat in Korea?
好,在韩国你们吃什么?
We eat a lot of rice and kimch'i.
我们吃大量的米饭和泡菜。
Kimch'i?
泡菜?
Isn't that really hot and spicy?
那不是又热又辣?
Yes, sometimes.
是的,有时是。
But there are many kinds of kimch'i.
但是有很多种。
Really?
真的?
I didn't know that.
我不知道那个。
But if you eat only rice and kimch'i ,don't you get bored?
但是如果你仅仅吃米饭和泡菜,你不觉得厌烦吗?
That is not all we eat.
那并不是我们吃的所有东西。
There are hundreds of kinds of Korean food.
有几百种韩国食物。
We eat all kinds of meat,
我们吃各种各样的肉、
fish, and vegetables.
鱼和蔬菜。
And these days young people also eat pizza,
并且,现在年轻人也吃比萨。
hamburgers, and spaghetti.
汉堡包和意大利式细面条。
Seoul is becoming a very international city.
汉城成为了一个真正的国际性的城市。
Wow, I didn't know that,
吖,我不知道那个,
Is Seoul a big city?
汉城是一个大城市吗?
It's very big.
他非常大。
About fourteen million people live there.
大约140,000,000人住在那儿,
Fourteen million??
140,000,000?
That's bigger than L. A.!!!
那比洛杉矶大多了!!!
Yes, you should come with Jimmy to visit Korea.
是的,你可以和吉米一起去参观韩国。
Yeah, let's go to Seoul next summer.
好,明年夏天让我们去汉城。
I would like that very much.
我非常想去了。