SYLVIA: So, what do you plan to do today?
你们今天打算做什么? SHARON: There is a Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Larry and I will go. 现代艺术博物馆现在展出法国画家马蒂斯的作品,赖瑞和我想去看看。 SYLVIA: Did you buy tickets already? 你们买票了吗? SHARON: No. Do we need tickets? 还没,需要门票吗? SYLVIA: Well, probably. Probably you will have to wait in line if you don't have tickets. 可能要,没门票的话可能要排很久。 SHARON: Outside or inside? 在里面还是外面? SYLVIA: Outside, on the sidewalk. 外面,在人行道上。 SHARON: Hmm. It's very cold today. But I brought my jacket. Maybe it will be alright to wait. 今天好冷,但是我有带夹克,排一下队还好。 SYLVIA: The MOMA is very popular. There will be a lot of people. MOMA 很受欢迎的,会有很多人。 SHAROM: "MOMA"? What's that? MOMA 是什么? SYLVIA: Oh, sorry. It stands for the Museum of Modern Art. It's an acronym. M O M A "MOMA." 喔!对不起,是现代艺术博物馆的缩写。 SHARON: I see. Do you have any suggestions for other things we should do? 原来是这样,你还有什么建议吗? SYLVIA: I suggest you go to the Jewish Museum. It's not far from the Guggenheim, near Central Park. It is really very interesting. Also, there is a great museum of medieval European art further up north. It's called the Cloisters. 我建议你们去犹太博物馆。离辜根汉基金会不远,靠近中央公园,很有意思的。 再往北一点,有欧洲中古世纪艺术的博物馆,叫做克劳斯特修道院。 SHARON: How can we get up there? 要怎么到那边呢? SYLVIA: You can take a bus. 可以搭公车。 SHARON: But Larry says the neighborhoods in the north are dangerous. 可是赖瑞说北部邻近地区很危险。 SYLVIA: Some places aren't good to go. But I can show you the right bus to take. It will be no problem. 有些地方最好不要去,但是我可以告诉你搭什么公车,不会有问题的。 SHARON: We want to see the Statue of Liberty too. 我们也想看自由女神像。 SYLVIA: I have never done that myself. But I hear it is very interesting. You two should go. 我没去过,不过听说蛮有趣的,你们两个应该去看看。 SHARON: You have never gone to the Statue of Liberty?! I can't believe it! But you live here! 你没去过自由女神像那儿?真不敢相信,你住在这里耶! SYLVIA: Yes, but I'm very busy with work. And you know how it is, sometimes people don't visit the tourist sites in their own country. 我工作很忙,而且通常人们不在自己的国家旅行是吧! SHARON: I know. Are the subway trains easy to take here? 我了解,这里的地铁好搭吗? SYLVIA: Oh, yes. I recommend the subways. They are very fast, faster than taxis. And the maps are very clear. Just be careful you don't get off in the wrong place. 很方便,我建议搭地下铁,很快,比出租车还快,而且地图画得很清楚,只要注意别下错站就好了。 SHARON: Thank you for all this advice, Sylvia. Let me pay for our breakfast today. 谢谢你的建议,思维亚。今天的早餐我请客。 SYLVIA: No, absolutely not. You are a visitor here. When I come to Illinois, then I will let you pay. But here, I think of you as my guest. 绝对不行。你是客人,下次我去台北时再让你请。在这里,你们是我的客人。 SHARON: You are treating us too well. 你对我们的招待太好了。 SYLVIA: I am happy you decided to come. It gets cold here in winter, but there are many many things to do. 我很高兴你们来。虽然冬天很冷,但还是有很多事可以做。 摘自口语陪练网
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