【话匣子英语】电台的故事

毛拉和哈皮回忆起了两人刚认识那会，以及这个节目是怎样开始的

 

Harp¹: Today, we have a very interesting topic.

 

Maura: Oh, today’s topic is so interesting and it was suggested to us by a couple of our listeners, so thank you very much for the idea, because we’re looking forward to this episode².

 

Harp: Because today, we’re gonna talk about Culips.

 

Maura: Yes, we’re going to first start by telling you about how Culips began and how we all met each other and got connected.

 

Harp: Yup. And then we’re gonna focus on our own experiences with languages, either learning³ or teaching⁴.

 

Maura: Yeah. And then we’ll also tell you how we came to Montreal and maybe a little bit about Montreal, because we’re not from here. We’re all from different places. So, how and why did we come to this city?

 

Harp: Exactly. So let’s get started.

 

Maura: So, Maura and Harp, that’s us. We met… It must be about five years ago. Is it five years ago?

 

Harp: It is.

 

Maura: Wow. So, it was almost five years ago that Harp and I took a French class together.

 

Harp: Yup. Culips started with language, with us trying to learn French.

 

Maura: Yeah. So, we started taking this very intensive⁵ French class, and it was from November to December, and it was actually a really great class, because there’s still a bunch of us from that class that are friends.

 

Harp: Yeah. A lot of my friends in Montreal are from that class.

 

Maura: Yup. Or connections to other people that you made from people in that class. It was really just a good little class we had, wasn’t it? Harp: It was.

 

Maura: And so Harp and I met there, we became friends, we chatted.

 

Harp: You know, Maura, I know we met in that class, but I don’t remember the exact moment when we met, do you?

 

Maura: I do, ’cause I remember it and it was so funny.

 

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

3 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

4 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

5 intensive   

adj.加强的，密集的；精工细作的，集约的

参考例句：

• I'll make an intensive study of a subject.我将集中学一门课程。
• There we received several weeks of intensive training.在那里我们受了几星期的集中训练.