新概念英语第一册第67课纽约口语:新概念英语口语宝典第一册第61课:询问出生地

Lesson 55 Brithplace

第55课 出生地
A:Wang, if you don't mind my asking. Where were you born?
A：王，你不介意我问一下你的出生地吧？
B:I was born and grow up in Beijing.
B：我出生在北京，并且在那里长大的。
A:You are a native of Beijing and where are your family from?
A：你是北京人，你的籍贯是哪里？
B:You mean, where are my ancestors from? They are from Jiangxi. Which country are you from?
B：你是想问我的祖籍是哪里？我祖辈来自江西。你是哪国人？
A:I am from the United States.
A：我是美国人。
B:Where in the America are you from?
B：你是美国哪里的？
A:I'm from Texas. That's in the south.
A：是得克萨斯州，在美国南方。
B:Yes, I've heard of it.
B：哦，我听说过那里。
A:Have you really?
A：真的吗？
B:Sure, ifs former President George W Bush's hometown, Midland, Texas. It's quite famous.The Bush family moved to Midland in the 1950s to take advantage of one of the town's oil booms.The Bush family left Midland for Houston in 1959. but George W. Bush moved back to the city in the mid-1970s to get his start in the booming oil town.
B：当然，得州米德兰是美国前总统小布什的老家，很有名的。布什一家50年代趁着当地石油工业繁荣的势头举家搬迁到米德兰，在1959年又迁居到休斯敦。但是小布什又在70年代中期返回了米德兰，在这个繁荣的石油城开始了他的事业。
A:You are an expert in this field.
A：你真是这个领域的专家哦。
B:You are flattering me. Can you speak Chinese?
B：不敢当。你会说中文？
A:Yes, I have been learning Chinese for three years. But I can speak only a little.
A：是的，我学过三年中文，但我只会说一点儿。
A:How often cto you visit your hometown?
A：你多久回老家一次？
B:Once or twice a year.
B：每年一两次。
A:Does your family still live there?
A：你的家人还住在那里吗？
B:Yes.all my immediate family live there.
B：是的，我的直系亲属都住在那里。
A:You must be really lonely here then.
A：那么你在这里一定很孤独吧。
B:You can say that again. But I came here with big dreams.
B：你说是没错。但我是带着梦想来的。
A:May you succeed!
A：祝你成功！

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