美語情景對話 第1147期:Traveling with Kids 和孩子一起旅行

Sarah: Okay, John. I was curious about a trip you've taken. Have you ever taken a really, really awesome trip?

薩拉：好，約翰。我對你之前的旅行經歷很感興趣。你有沒有非常棒的旅行經歷？

John: Yeah. I've been on a lot of awesome trips but I didn't know that trips could be so awesome until I went with my kids.

約翰：有。我有很多很棒的旅行經歷，不過在我和孩子們一起去旅行以前，我沒想到會那麼精彩。

Sarah: Really? It went well?

薩拉：真的嗎？很順利嗎？

John: Oh yeah. It went very well. It's more fun, I think to take kids with on a trip.

約翰：對，非常順利。我認爲帶孩子一起旅行，樂趣更多。

Sarah: Where did you go?

薩拉：你們去哪裏旅行了？

John: I went to Thailand.

約翰：泰國。

Sarah: Wow.

薩拉：哇哦。

John: My first trip with a kid was with my daughter to Thailand. We did everything. We rode on elephants in Chiang Mai, and we went down south and went to the beach. I wasn't worried about anything because of having kids with us. Yeah. So I wonder what would have been different if I didn't have kids. I probably would have stayed up too late, and I wouldn't have woken up in the morning. In that way, I think kids can help you have a better vacation. You can use your time better because kids are definitely going to wake up early. So you can't waste the morning.

約翰：那是我第一次和孩子一起旅行，我帶着女兒去了泰國。我們什麼都玩了。我們在清邁騎大象，然後去了南部的海灘。我什麼都不用擔心，因爲我們帶着孩子一起旅行。我在想，如果沒有帶孩子，那會有什麼不同。我晚上可能睡得很晚，然後第二天早上起不來。這樣看來，我認爲孩子可以幫助你享受到更好的假期。你可以更好地利用時間，因爲孩子肯定睡覺很早。這樣就不會浪費第二天早上的時間了。

Sarah: You said you rode an elephant.

薩拉：你說你們騎了大象。

John: Yes.

約翰：對。

Sarah: With your daughter? Didn't you think that was dangerous?

薩拉：和你女兒一起？你不認爲那很危險嗎？

John: Well, I was nervous about it at first. I thought, maybe it would be too dangerous but we had very good guides to help us. So I asked the elephant trainers, "Do you think it's safe enough for my daughter to ride the elephants?" And the trainers told us, yes, it would be very safe. And the trainers were right there with us together, from the start to the end. So there was never any risk.

約翰：一開始我很緊張。當時我想那可能太危險了，不過我們有一個很好的嚮導幫助我們。我問馴象師，“你認爲我女兒騎大象安全嗎？”馴象師回答說，安全，非常安全。而且從頭到尾，馴象師一直和我們在一起。所以完全沒有危險。

Sarah: Was there anything that you wanted to do but you decided you couldn't do it?

薩拉：有沒有什麼事是你想做，但是你認爲是不能做的事？

John: Well, maybe there are some things that younger people would do if they don't have kids like going out to a dance club late at night. But I wasn't too interested in doing that anyway, so I don't consider that I missed it. Besides a dance club late at night, I don't think there's anything else I skipped. Maybe an amusement park. When you have a baby or a toddler, you can't go to an amusement park and go on a rollercoaster. But after the kids are older, you can do that, too.

約翰：應該是那些沒有孩子的年輕人會做的事情，比如深夜去舞廳跳舞。但是我對那些活動不太感興趣，所以我並不認爲我錯過了機會。除了晚上去舞廳跳舞以外，我想不到有什麼是我沒做的事情。哦，我沒去遊樂園。帶着嬰兒或者說蹣跚學步的孩子，不能去遊樂園，不能坐過山車。不過孩子長大以後，就可以帶孩子去玩了。

Sarah: So when you went to Thailand, you had one daughter, do you have more kids now?

薩拉：你和孩子一起去了泰國，你除了有一個女兒以外，還有孩子嗎？

John: Yes. Now, I have a daughter and a son.

約翰：有。我有一個女兒，一個兒子。

Sarah: Is it hard to travel with two kids?

薩拉：帶着兩個孩子旅行會不會很難？

John: Oh, it's a little harder than traveling with one kid but it's not twice as hard.

約翰：是比帶一個孩子旅行難一些，不過並不是說難度翻倍。

Sarah: Ah.

薩拉：哦。

John: There are two kids now but it's not twice as hard as traveling with one kid. Also, you find that lots of people want to help you. So if you have too many bags, for example, someone will help you carry your bags. Or if you need to feed your kids because babies can't feed themselves, right, well you just have to learn some skills like give one kid some toys while you feed the first child and then switch. So give toys to the other kid and feed the second one. So you learn lots of tricks like that so you can make traveling easier.

約翰：帶着兩個孩子旅行，並不是說難度比帶着一個孩子翻倍了。你會發現有很多人都會提供幫助。舉例來說，如果你帶了很多包，有人會主動幫你拿包。又或者，嬰兒不能自己吃東西，如果你要喂孩子，那你要學會一些技巧，在喂一個孩子吃飯的時候，給另一個孩子一些玩具玩，然後再交換過來。也就是，給第二個孩子餵飯，把玩具給另一個孩子。你要學習很多這樣的技巧，這樣你的旅行就會輕鬆很多。

Sarah: Well, it sounds like you have a great time traveling with your kids. Thanks for telling me about it.

薩拉：聽起來你和孩子一起旅行過得很愉快。謝謝你和我分享。

John: Oh yeah. I want to go on more trips with my kids. I can't wait for our next vacation.

約翰：對。我想繼續和我的孩子一起旅行。我已經等不及下一個假期的來臨了。

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重點講解：
1. be curious about 求知慾強的；好奇的；
例句：Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from...
史蒂夫非常想了解我以前生活的那個世界。
2. stay up 深夜不睡；熬夜；
例句：I'll stay up all night to draft this story.
我準備通宵把這篇報道趕出來。
3. at first 最初；起初；開始時；
例句：They thought small of him at first.
他們起初都小看他。
4. be interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：Can I just ask something 'cos I'm really quite interested in this.
我能不能問個問題，因爲我對這個真的很感興趣。