英文原版对话1000个:808 Wild Life

Todd: So, Asako, we are talking about your time in Alaska. Now you are from a major city in Japan, correct?

Asako: That's right. Nagoya.

Todd: Now, Nagoya is a very big city.

Asako: Very big. Two million people.

Todd: So, what was it like going from a big city in Japan to way out in the wilderness¹ in Alaska?

Asako: Do you know what? A lot of people think I had problems, many problems, but actually I did not. I just loved it. I did not have any problems.

Todd: So maybe, by nature, you are actually more of a nature person.

Asako: Exactly. So when... actually when I had problems, was when I came back to Japan, back to the big city in Nagoya. Then I had a lot of problems.

Todd: You missed the wilderness?

Asako: I missed silence. Quiet. I... just too many, too many sounds in the city. Even when you're sitting in your room, you still hear some sort of sounds, noise, surrounded by some sort of noise all the time, and I just couldn't stand it. It took me a long time to get used to.

Todd: You know that's kind of interesting because I grew up in a small town and then I moved and I lived some major cities: London, you know, Tokyo, and I lived in Bangkok and when I would come home from being in Bangkok, Thailand, I was so used to having people around all the time, it was really hard to have too much space.

Asako: Interesting.

Todd: It was too much, like I missed having action and noise around me all the time.

Asako: So you are a city person?

Todd: You know, it's funny, oddly² enough, I grew up on a farm and in a small town and I actually think, Yes, I am more of a city person.

Asako: Wow.

Todd: Maybe it us just the difference.

Asako: Maybe so. Maybe. Yeah.

Todd: So would you like to move back to Alaska some day?

Asako: I would love to. It could be a little difficult because it's very cold in the winter. But I would love to. I miss nature.

Todd: Now do you do the really rough³, Alaskan things, like hunting, fishing, things like that?

Asako: I have tried. I couldn't catch any.... well, fish yes, but I couldn't shoot anything, but I tried.

Todd: You tried to shoot?

Asako: Shoot. I did.

Todd: You didn't hit anything?

Asako: I didn't.

Todd: Really!

Asako: I was really bad.

Todd: Well, I am sure, out there, there's some animal that's very thankful you're not good at hunting.

Asako: I'm sure they were
 

1 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 oddly   

adv.奇怪地，古怪地；奇妙地；额外地，附加地；零碎地，单数地oddly enough的变体

参考例句：

• She's been behaving very oddly lately. 她最近行为极其反常。
• His Indian robes contrasted oddly with his fluent English. 他的印度长袍与他流利的英语形成奇特的对照。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 rough   

adj.粗糙的；粗略的，大致的；粗野的，粗暴的

参考例句：

• It's just a very rough translation.这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿。
• His reply was a bit rough.他的答复过于粗鲁了一点。