英文原版对话1000个:862 Livable Locations

Mari: Hey, Mike, so we live in the countryside, and we go to school up on a mountain. Could you see yourself living here?

Mike: Well, I do really like living in the country, but I don't think I could stay here for a long period of time, even though I do like staying here for the period that we are here now.

Mari: Where do you want to live?

Mike: Well, I've never lived in a big city, so I think that I would like to try to live in a big city.

Mari: Like which one?

Mike: Possibly one like New York or London. I think, I've always seen it on TV and I've always wanted to try to live there but I've never... so I think that would probably be really interesting.

Mari: What attracts you to those cities?

Mike: I guess just the diversity that you might find or just the fact that so much stuff¹ is going on in the city. I might like to see how that lifestyle is.

Mari: Sounds cool.

Mike: What about you?

Mari: I couldn't see myself living here in the long-term. I grew up in two really big cities so... and I've moved around a lot and... so in the future, I think I just want to stay in one place.

Mike: What types of cities?

Mari: I guess a big city in Japan. My parents live here, so I feel like I'm more inclined² to live here. My brother lives in the States and so if we both lived in the United States, I think my parents would feel a little bit lonely so I feel more inclined to live in Japan.

Mike: Which city in Japan would you like?

Mari: My parents live near Osaka. I grew up in Tokyo. I'm thinking maybe like Kobe. I think that... I like Kobe a lot because it's like an international port city, or originally it was. We have the ocean, the water, and the mountain and it just seems like a very cosmopolitan³ city to me in Japan.
 

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 inclined   

a.有…倾向的

参考例句：

• She was inclined to trust him. 她愿意相信他。
• He inclined towards the speaker to hear more clearly. 他把身体倾向发言人，以便听得更清楚些。

3 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。