Lesson38

8．Are You Enjoying Your Stay Here
你喜欢呆在这里吗

A: Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed. Is this your first visit to America?
谢谢你抽时间来面试。这是你第一次来美国吗？

B: No, this is my second visit. I first came to America in July 1999. That time I was here on vacation——just sightseeing, but during that trip I decided that I would come to the United States and study English.
不，这是第二次。我第一次来是在1999年7月。那次只是观光旅游，但是在旅游的过程中我下定决心一定要来美国学习英语。

A: How long will you be here for this time?
你这次来要呆多久？

B: I arrived in January and I’ll stay until December, 2002.
我今年1月份来的，将于2002年12月离开。

A: Are you enjoying your stay here?
你喜欢呆在这里吗？

B: Yes and no. Some things are much better than I expected but other things are not so good. I enjoy my lessons very much but I sometimes find it difficult to practice my oral English. American people are very kind but it seems they don’t have time to talk with people from abroad.
喜欢也不喜欢。有些事情比我想象中的要好，但有些却不尽人意。我很喜欢所上的课程，但是有时候说英语有困难。美国人很友好，但是看来他们没有时间和一个外国人讲英语。

A: Are you learning English for any particular reason?
你学英语有没有什么特别的原因？

B: Yes. At home in China I work in advertising and many of the words we use are English, so I want to understand English better because that will help my job.
有。在中国我是做广告的，有很多情况下要用到英语，所以我想提高英语水平，把工作做得更好。

A: Did you learn English at home in China before you came to study English here?
你来这里之前在中国学过英语吗？

B: Sure. When I was a student in China I studied English for six years. But that was a long time ago and in the meantime I forgot all my grammar. So before I came to America I went to English classes for two hours each week for six months. Now I study 20 hours each week and sometimes I have an extra lesson.
学过。我在中国上学的时候学了6年英语。但那是很久以前的事了，语法也早就全忘光了。在来美国之前我每周去上两个小时的英语课，一共上了半年。现在我每周学20个小时的英语，有时候还会更多。

A: What do you miss most about China while you are here in America?
你身在美国，最想念中国的什么？

B: I miss real Chinese food. I miss my mother’s cooking and of course I miss my whole family very much.
我怀念正宗的中国菜。我怀念我妈妈做的饭。当然了，我非常想念我的家人。

口语要素

★ Thank you for talking the time to be interviewed. 谢谢你抽时间来面试。
★ Is this your first visit to America? 这是你第一次来美国吗？
★ How long will you be here for this time? 你这次来要呆多久？
★ Are you enjoying your stay here? 你喜欢呆在这里吗？

精彩句子
★ Are you learning English for any particular reason?
你学英语有没有什么特别的原因？
★　What do you miss most about China while you are here in America?
你身在美国，最想念中国的什么？