加拿大的事

A:Ben,tell me something about Canada,will ya?

　　Ben,给我将点儿加拿大的事儿吧

　　B:No problem.But Canada is such a big country.What do you wanna know?

　　没问题，可加拿大是个大国，你想知道什么呢？

　　A:Everything that makes Canada unique.

　　一切让加拿大独一无二的东西。

　　B:That's too hard,Cause there're a lot of them.I just can give you a rough description,You know,Canada is humongous.

　　那太难了，因为东西太多了，我只能大致的给你讲一下。你也知道，加拿大地大物博。

　　A:What do you mean by humongous?

　　你说的humongous是什么意思？

　　B:That's a Canadian word,It means Canada is a vast land and rich in resources,You see Canada is the second largest country in the world,Larger than the United Stated and even china.It's exceeded¹ only by the Republic of Russia.

　　那是个加拿大词。表示加拿大地域广大，资源丰富。你知道加拿大是世界上地二大国。比美国甚至是中国还要大。唯一超过她的国家只有俄国。

　　A:What about population?

　　人口呢？

　　B:That's why Canada is unique,It is one of the least populated countries in the world,There are fewer than 30 million people in Canada.And more than three-quarters of the population live in urban centers,Two-thirds are concentrated within 200 kilometers of the border with the United Staes.

　　那是加拿大独一无二之处。加拿大是世界上人口最少的国家之一。其人口不到三千万。四分之三的人口住在城区。这其中，三分只二的人集中在与美国交界的二百公里处/

　　A:What languages do you use except English ?

　　你们除了英语以外还使用什么语言？

　　B:[Chuckles]Canada is in reality a country of many different languages,German,Dutch,Spanish,Polish and Chinese in all its dialects² can be heard somewhere in the country,But officially,English and French are accessible to all its citizens no matter where they live.

　　[笑]加拿大实际上是个多语言国家。得语，荷兰语，西班牙语，波兰语还有汉语。它们带有各自的方言在加拿大的某些地方还能听到。但不管在哪，官方语言还是英语和法语。

　　A:You sound like Mr know-it-all.

　　你好象万事通似的。

　　B:I just love Canada so much and I'm proud of being a Canadian ,Actually,I have a book about Canada,Read it and you'll become an expert too.

　　我知识太喜欢加拿大了，我也为自己是个加拿大人而自豪。实际上，我有本儿关于加拿大的书，看一看，你也能成为专家的。

　　Attention Please…特别提醒

　　[你可以请外教反复帮你模仿/训练下面句子/词组的正宗美式发音]

　　[1]It is one of the least populated countries in the world.加拿大确实属于地广人稀，每平方公里仅有三个人，加拿大地跨六个时区。从东海岸到西海岸开车要花上两周的时间

　　[2]Concentrate在这里concentrate表示"集中于"。同时它还有另外一个意思，表示"集中精力"。

　　Related³ Words…相关词汇

　　以下这些词汇并未给出汉语意思，你可以用我们学到的英语问问外教它们的意思

　　[ie:What does "***" mean? "***"是什么意思？]

　　big wheels big money Victoria Day downhill/cross country skiing

1 exceeded   

过度的，非常的

参考例句：

• Their total grain output still exceeded that of the previous year. 他们的粮食总产量仍超过头一年。
• In the Olympic Games Americans exceeded in basketball. 在奥运会上，美国在篮球方面领先。

2 dialects   

方言，土语( dialect的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He can speak several dialects. 他会说好几种方言。
• The region became a hodgepodge of languages and dialects, some from the east, some from the south and some from other countries entirely. 这个地区成为语言和方言的大杂烩，有些来自东部，有些来自南部，而有些完全是来自别的国家。

3 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。