英文原版对话1000个:783 UAE

Todd: So, Greg you taught in the Middle East.

Greg: Yeah, I lived in the United Arab Emirates for awhile.

Todd: Wow, that's a lot different than most places.

Greg: Ah, it's very different. I'm glad I went to experience another culture, another way of life.

Todd: Yeah, what do you remember about it?

Greg: Well, one thing that's so unique about the United Arab Emirates is that actually there are people from all over the world there.

Todd: No kidding.

Greg: The native population is maybe 30% of the population.

Todd: 30%.

Greg: And the rest are foreigners who have come in to work in various ways.

Todd: Where do these foreigners come from?

Greg: From all over the world. You know, you have a lot of English teachers from the U.S. and England and Australia and New Zealand and Britain, and so on. You have a lot of Philippinos working as shopping, in shops, in stores, and you have people from India coming and working in construction. People from all over the world, and actually it's very cosmopolitan¹.

Todd: Oh, what's the biggest city in UAE?

Greg: Ah, it's probably Dubai.

Todd: What's Dubai like?

Greg: Actually, I never spent that much time in Dubai because I lived in Abu Dhab. I just went to the airport in Dubai. Abu Dhabi though, I tell you, it's really amazing. The architecture is really beautiful. The Arabic architecture is just amazing. The mosques². The marble on the building, really, beautiful.

Todd: In Abu Dhabi though, did you live in a house, or did you live in an apartment?

Greg: I lived in an apartment on the 14th floor.

Todd: The 14th floor.

Greg: The 14th floor. Oh, it's, Abu Dhabi is amazing. You know, maybe 50 years ago, there were just some small villages, but after oil was discovered, and the country became rich, there was like an explosion³ in the population and new buildings were going up every day. They're growing like mushrooms. I could see the ocean, though from my apartment. I remember how beautiful the ocean was.

Todd: Hey, what's the cuisine⁴ like?

Greg: Ah, the food is amazing. Because you have people from all over the world, you have food from all over the world.

Todd: What's the local food? Is it rice based?

Greg: Oh, they eat rice, and a lot of, camel meat, camel meat is unusual and the cheeses are really salty.

Todd: OK, camel mea, cheese, and rice.

Greg: And a lot of Mediterranean⁵ foods too. Dates, the dates were fantastic.

Todd: Really.

Greg: I never liked dates before I went there, and the olives⁶. The olives are also wonderful. Out of this world.

Todd: You're making me hungry.
 

1 cosmopolitan   

adj.世界性的，全世界的，四海为家的，全球的

参考例句：

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.纽约是一个高度世界性的城市。
• She has a very cosmopolitan outlook on life.她有四海一家的人生观。

2 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

3 explosion   

n.爆发，发出，爆炸

参考例句：

• The police arrived right at the moment of the explosion.警察就在爆炸的那个时候赶到了。
• The shock of the explosion was felt far away.爆炸引起的震动很远都可感觉到。

4 cuisine   

n.烹调，烹饪法

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。

5 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

6 olives   

n.橄榄( olive的名词复数 )；橄榄树；橄榄色；油橄榄

参考例句：

• We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives. 我们坐在那儿，喝着葡萄酒嚼着橄榄。
• He sent her two pieces of olives in letter. 他在信中给她夹了两片橄榄树的叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》