》校園會話:針對校園生活編寫,包括申請學校、選課、參加社團等面向。 Heidi: Did you have to prove your proficiency in German to study here? (你需要證明自己的德文好到可以在這裡唸書嗎?) Joseph: No. My graduate program is in English, so I had to provide TOEFL scores. (不用啊。我的研究所課程是用英語授課的,所以我要拿的是托福成績。) Heidi: But you still need German for your daily life, right? (但你日常生活還是會用到德文,對吧?) Joseph: Yes. I started using DUO to study online before I came here, and I kept taking the lessons after I got here. I’m on the Intermediate Level now. (對啊。我來這裡之前就開始使用 DUO 線上課程,到這裡以後還是繼續上課。現在已經上到中級了。)
》景點會話:遊覽大學城景點時會派上用場的對話,讓你快速與在地人打成一片! Greg: I didn’t realize how huge and lush Central Park is. (我還真不知道中央公園會這麼大,這麼綠油油一片。) Nora: Yeah. It’s known as the “lungs of New York.” It even has its own police department. (是啊。它有「紐約之肺」的美名。這裡甚至有專屬的警察局。) Greg: Ha. That’s big. Is that a museum up ahead? It looks familiar. (哈,還真大。前面那是一座博物館嗎?看起來很眼熟。) Nora: Yes. That’s where we’re going. It’s the American Museum of Natural History, and you probably recognize it from Night at the Museum. (沒錯。我們就是要去那裡。那是美國自然歷史博物館,你大概是在《博物館夜驚魂》看過才認出來。)
作者簡介:
EZ TALK 編輯部,一群不把英文教學看做一門生意的傻瓜 13 年來像蜜蜂忙進忙出,採集當季英文花園的新鮮花蜜 讓讀者品嚐最即時的英文資訊、最精粹的英文用法