留学英语口语-语言交流

ALLEN: Excuse me. Do you study Chinese at the university here?
SUZY: Yes, I do. But my characters are very bad.
ALLEN: It takes a long time to learn Chinese writing.
SUZY: Are you Chinese?
ALLEN: Yes, I am. I am from Taiwan. I came here to study political science.
SUZY: How do you like it?
ALLEN: I like it so far. But my English still needs work.
SUZY: I want to study Mandarin¹ and international relations.
ALLEN: Does the Chinese department here teach regular characters or simplified characters?
SUZY: They teach regular characters.
ALLEN: I see. I'm from Taiwan, so I know regular characters better than simplified.
SUZY: You just said your English needs work, yes?
ALLEN: Yes, that's true. Especially my writing.I think my papers aren't good enough. I make too many grammatical² mistakes.
SUZY: Well, I am very serious about learning³ Chinese.But for me the hard part now is pronunciation.You have the four tones⁴ in Chinese. It is very hard. Maybe, if you have time, maybe we could do a language exchange.
ALLEN: You mean you and I?
SUZY: Yes, why not?I mean, if you come to this cafe often,maybe we could meet here and practice Chinese and English.
ALLEN: That sounds like a good idea. How often would you like to do it?
SUZY: Let's see... My schedule right now is quite busy.But I think I could spend 90 minutes a week in language exchange.
ALLEN: How would we manage it though? How would we spend the 90 minutes?
SUZY: First, we could spend 45 minutes working on your English writing.If you want, I could help you edit⁵ your papers.Or we could do English conversation. Whatever you want.And then the next 45 minutes you would help me with my Chinese.
ALLEN: Would I help you with writing?
SUZY: No. For me right now, the important thing is spoken Chinese.I need practice. So you could tutor⁶ me in speaking.We could use my textbook, and you could ask me questions.Then you could correct my mistakes.
ALLEN: I think it sounds like a good system. But when is it convenient to meet?
SUZY: Well, today is Monday.Actually, for me Monday at this time would be the best.I am free from now until 11:30 every Monday morning.
ALLEN: Me too. In fact, I'm free until 1:20 on Mondays.
SUZY: So if you want to meet at 10:00 here next Monday, we could start.
ALLEN: It sounds good. I will bring the papers I'm working on.
SUZY: And I will bring my textbook and a tape recorder.I would like to record some things so I can practice on my own.
ALLEN: Let me give you my phone number.
SUZY: Sure. I'll give you mine too. Then we can call if we have to cancel for some reason.
艾伦：很抱歉。你在这个学校念中文吗？
苏西：是的，我是。但我的中文字很差。
艾伦：要学写中文需要一段时间。
苏西：你是中国人吗？
艾伦：是的，我是。我从台湾来。我来这里是念政治学的。
苏西：你喜欢吗？
艾伦：目前为止喜欢，但我的英文还需要加强。
苏西：我想要念中文及国际关系。
艾伦：这里的中文系是教繁体字或是简体字？
苏西：他们教繁体字。
艾伦：我知道了。我是从台湾来的，所以我对繁体字比简体字了解。
苏西：你刚才说你的英文需要加强，是吗？
艾伦：是的，没错。特别是我的写作。我认为我的报告并不够好。我犯了很多语法的错误。
苏西：嗯，我很认真地学习中文。但对我最难的部份是读法。中文有四声。很难。可能的话，如果你有时间，或许我们可以做一个语言交流。
艾伦：你的意思是你跟我？
苏西：是呀，为什么不？我的意思是，如果你常来这间餐饮店或许我们可以在这儿碰面练习中文及英文。
艾伦：那听起来是一个好主意。你要多久碰一次面？
苏西：我看看……我现在的时间表都排得很满。但我想一个星期花九十分钟来做语言交流。
艾伦：那你要如何分配呢？我们要怎么分配这九十分钟呢？
苏西：首先，我们可以用四十五分钟来加强你的英文写作。如果你愿意，我可以帮助你校对你的报告。或许我们可以练习英文会话。你想怎么做都可以。
然后在下一个四十五分钟你可以帮我学中文。
艾伦：需要我帮助你的写作吗？
苏西：不用。现在对我来说，最重要的是说中文。我需要练习，所以你可以在说的方面指导我。们可以用我的课本，你可以问我问题，你可以改正我的错误。
艾伦：我觉得这是一个很好的方式，但什么时候碰面比较好呢?
苏西：嗯，今天是星期一。实际上，对我来讲星期一这个时候是最好的。每个星期一早上从现在到11:30我都有空。
艾伦：我也是。事实上，我星期一下午1:20分以前我都有时间。
苏西：如果你想要在下个星期一的十点与我碰面，我们可以开始。
艾伦：这不错。我会把我现在正在做的报告带来。
苏西：我会带我的课本及录音机。我想录点东西来自我练习。
艾伦：让我把我的电话号码留给妳。
苏西：好呀。我也留我的给你，这样我们就可以在有事情的时候打电话取消碰面。

1 Mandarin   

n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的

参考例句：

• Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
• Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。

2 grammatical   

adj.语法的，符合语法规则的

参考例句：

• His composition is excellent except for some grammatical mistakes.他的作文写得很好，只有几处语法错误。
• He can barely form a grammatical sentence.他几乎造不出合乎语法的句子。

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 tones   

音( tone的名词复数 )； 色调； 腔调； 全音 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• his clipped military tones 他那短促的军人音调
• His name was always mentioned in almost reverential tones. 人们每次提起他的名字，语调中几乎总是充满了敬意。

5 edit   

vt.编辑，校订，主编，编辑，剪辑（影片等）

参考例句：

• You'll have to edit that tape,it's too long.那盘录音带太长，你得把它剪辑一下。
• It is not yet decided who will edit it.由谁校订未决。

6 tutor   

n.家庭教师，导师，助教，监护人；vt.当…的教师，教，指导，约束

参考例句：

• I think you should get her a tutor.我认为你应该替她请个家教。
• What do you think of your tutor?你觉得你的家庭教师怎么样？