美語情景對話 第707期:Spanish or English 西班牙語還是英語

Kara: So, Lupe, being bilingual you have a lot more choices than say I do with things like movies, music, books. When you go to the store and buy a book, do you normally buy it in English or do you buy it in Spanish or does it just depend on the book?

卡拉：盧佩，你會說兩種語言，所以在電影、音樂和書籍上，你比我有更多的選擇。你去書店買書時一般是買英語書籍還是西班牙書籍，還是取決於書籍？

Lupe: I think it depends not only on the book: it depends on the mood. You know there are times when I really feel that I'm forgetting certain things if I'm not speaking enough Spanish or practicing it, so therefore I'll decide to go and buy a Spanish book so I can keep up on that, but you know, there's times when I just really want to read a really good book and sometimes the translations are not exact so if I know the book was originally written in English, I'll buy it in English just because I want the real thing.

盧佩：我覺得不僅僅是取決於書籍，也要看心情。如果我有一段時間沒怎麼說西班牙或是我練習的不夠，那我會感覺我忘了一些事情，所以我就會去買本西班牙語書，幫助我鞏固西班牙語，我也有特別想看一本好書的時候，有時譯本並不是那麼準確，如果我確定那本書是用英語寫的，那我就會買英文版，因爲我想看到最原汁原葉的內容。

Kara: Now, as far as music goes do you listen to both English and Spanish? Do you have a preference, and what is your favorite type of music?

卡拉：那音樂方面呢，你是英語歌和西班牙語歌都聽嗎？你更喜歡哪種音樂，你最喜歡哪種類型的音樂？

Lupe: OK, so when it comes to music, my favorite singer in Spanish is Luis Miguel. I listen to him all the time. I love his music and in English my favorite singer in Mariah Carey so I listen to her all the time, and even though they're different types of genres they're still, you know, both my favorite types of music of the singer and he just happens to sing in Spanish. I love his voice. She happens to sing in English. I love her voice, but I can listen to all types of music in English and in Spanish. Sometimes, I'm in the mood for Spanish music if I'm going out to maybe a Mexican dance where I'll be listening to more Spanish music and there's times when I go out with my other friends and I know we're going to be dancing to English music so get in the mood, I'll put on English CD's.

盧佩：音樂方面，我最喜歡的西班牙語歌手是路易斯·馬吉爾。我經常聽他的歌。我喜歡他的音樂，英語歌手我最喜歡瑪麗亞·凱莉，我也經常聽她的歌，雖然他們演唱的類型不同，但是他們是我最喜歡的歌手，而且剛巧馬吉爾是用西班牙語演唱。我非常喜歡他的聲音。凱莉是用英語演唱，我也很喜歡她的聲音，不過基本上各種類型的英語歌和西班牙語歌我都會聽。如果我去跳墨西哥舞蹈，那我會想多聽些西班牙語歌曲，所以我就會多聽些西班牙語音樂，有時我和朋友們出去，我知道我們跳舞時會搭配英語歌曲，那爲了找感覺我就會放英語歌曲來聽。

Kara: And movies. There's not a lot of Spanish movies that play in the United States, but when one does come out every once in awhile, they'll have them at the theaters, do you like to go watch them, or do you just prefer the normal movies that come out here?

卡拉：現在來說電影。在美國放的西班牙語電影不太多，不過偶爾會有西班牙語電影在電影院上映，你是喜歡去電影院看西班牙語電影，還是喜歡這裏放映的電影？

Lupe: I really enjoy going to the movies, and you're right, Spanish movies don't come out very often, so when they do I get really, really excited that they're actually gonna have something in my primary language so I definitely go and watch the movies and you know, I'm very happy and proud that there's finally a Spanish one coming out and that they're showing it in this country even though it's in Spanish and they normally just use subtitles, so yeah, when they do I'm definitely one of the first people there to watch them.

盧佩：我非常喜歡去電影院看電影，你說的沒錯，西班牙語電影在美國上映的機會不多，所以如果有西班牙語電影上映，那我會非常非常激動，因爲用我的母語拍攝的電影上映了，所以我一定會去電影院看，我會既高興又自豪，因爲終於有西班牙語電影要在這個國家上映了，雖然對白是西班牙語下面會有字幕，但是如果有西班牙語電影上映那我一定是第一批衝去電影院觀看的人。

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重點講解：
1. depend on 取決（於）；有賴（於）；
例句：It woulddepend onthe circumstances.
這要視情況而定。
2. keep up 跟上；不落後；
例句：He drove off too fast for me tokeep up.
他的車開得太快了；我趕不上。
3. when it comes to 談到；涉及；
例句：I am no match for herwhen it comes tolanguage.
在語言能力方面我根本不是她的對手。
4. come out （書或光盤）出版，發行；
例句：To our joy, our favourite film willcome outsoon.
讓我們高興的是，我們最愛看的電影很快要上映了。
5. every once in awhile 偶爾；間或；
例句：Earrings need to be taken out and cleanedevery once in awhile.
耳環要偶爾取出來清洗一下。
6. even though 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：I smelled a rateven thougheverything looked fine.
雖然一切看來正常，但我仍然懷疑。