美語情景對話 第1267期:When you hear motherland what comes to mind? 在聽到祖國這個詞時你會想到什麼

Vitalis: This is Vitalis from Uganda.

維塔利斯：我是維斯利斯，來自烏干達。

David: And my name is David from Kenya.

大衛：我是大衛，來自肯尼亞。

Vitalis: David, what comes to your mind, when you hear of 'motherland'?

維塔利斯：大衛，當你聽到“祖國”這個詞的時候你會想到什麼？

David: A lot comes into my mind. The first thing is where I was born and it reminds me of who gave birth to me. That's my mom who I really love, and the third things that comes into my mind when I hear about motherland is Africa. For me, I'm an African. That's my roots and that's what I relate to so when I hear motherland that's the first, that's one of things that comes to mind. Yeah, I'm proud to be an African.

大衛：我想到了很多。首先，那是我出生的地方，第二，那讓我想起了生下我的母親。我非常愛我的媽媽，我在聽到“祖國”這個詞時想到的第三件事是非洲。對我來說，我是非洲人。我的根在非洲，那是和我有聯繫的地方，所以當我聽到“祖國”這個詞時，我會想到這些事情。我爲身爲非洲人而驕傲。

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重點講解：
1. hear of 聽見；聽到；
例句：I can't help laughing when I hear of it.
我聽說此事時，禁不住笑起來。
2. come to mind 突然想起；(想法)一下子冒出來；
例句：Furniture and flooring usually come to mind when we think of ways to use bamboo.
一想到竹子的用途時，腦海裏浮現的往往是竹製傢俱和竹製地板。
3. remind sb. of sth. 使想起；使記起；提醒；
例句：This reminds me of Christmas parties.
這讓我想起聖誕聚會。
4. give birth to 生（孩子）；分娩；生育；
例句：And mothers who were exposed to unusually high levels of stress during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to a left-handed child.
母親在懷孕時承受不同尋常的高強度壓力，更容易生出左撇子的孩子。