英文原版对话1000个:1062 Famous Americans

 　　Nick: Obviously¹ from Seattle, there's many famous people.

 

　　Cheryl: Ah, yes, from Seattle. We have Jimmy Hendrix.

 

　　Nick: Jimmy Hendrix. Wow! I love Jimmy Hendrix.

 

　　Cheryl: Yeah, he is a very famous musician, and we have his statues on the street in Seattle and he's quite the star in Seattle. But he's no longer around unfortunately.

 

　　Nick: I know. Really unfortunate. What an unfortunate death.

 

　　Cheryl: Yes.

 

　　Nick: Any other famous Americans?

 

　　Cheryl: Well, there is plenty of famous Americans. Somebody in America who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, and his name as most of everybody listening probably already knows is Barack Obama.

 

　　Nick: Oh, really, I heard that. I read that in the newspaper this morning.

 

　　Cheryl: Oh did you?

 

　　Nick: Yeah.

 

　　Cheryl: Yeah, it's pretty amazing. Some people think that he won it too early, too prematurely² because he's only been in office. He's the President of the United³ States. He's been so only for nine months I believe, so it's quite early to give the Nobel Peace Prize for not really having done anything yet, his detractors say. But his supporters⁴ are really, really happy. It's a big prize. It's also a lot of pressure for one man in America to hold, and he's already President of the United States of America so that's a bigger burden⁵ on him. He has to hold up to the pressure.

 

　　Nick: Is there any famous sports people? Like, I don't know.

 

　　Cheryl: Hmm, sports people? Well, one person I can think of that's very famous in America recently is Michael Phelps. He is a twenty … a young twenty-something guy who is probably the best swimmer in history.

 

　　Nick: Oh, Ian Thorpe is.

 

　　Cheryl: He recently won many, many gold medals in the 2000 Beijing Olympics. He probably won the most I think. He broke the record for having won the most. I believe it was eight medals. Eight gold medals for a swimming competition.

 

　　Nick: I think Ian Thorpe only won six in one Olympics. Michael Phelps takes it out.

1 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

2 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 supporters   

n.支持者，拥护者，赞助者( supporter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a battalion of supporters 由支持者组成的队伍
• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。

5 burden   

n.负担，重载，担子，责任；vt.装货于，麻烦，使负担

参考例句：

• The burden fell on the eldest son.担子落在了长子身上。
• Too much praise is a burden.太多的赞扬是一种负担。