美語情景對話 第206期:最喜歡的事情 Favorites

Todd: OK, Shawn, I'm going to talk about your favorites.

託德：好的，肖恩，來談一下你最喜歡的事情吧。

Shawn: Sure.

肖恩：好的。

Todd: What's your favorite color?

託德：你最喜歡什麼顏色？

Shawn: I say, green.

肖恩：綠色。

Todd: Green.

託德：嗯，綠色。

Shawn: Yes.

肖恩：沒錯。

Todd: OK. And what's your favorite fruit?

託德：那你最喜歡什麼水果？

Shawn: My favorite fruit: orange.

肖恩：我最喜歡的水果是橙子。

Todd: Orange!

託德：橙子！

Shawn: Oranges. I love oranges. Very sweet and good for the body.

肖恩：對，橙子。我喜歡橙子。很甜，而且對身體有好處。

Todd: Yeah, have you had any of the oranges in Japan?

託德：對。你在日本買過橙子嗎？

Shawn: I've had a couple. Much better than the ones I have back in Canada.

肖恩：買過。比我在加拿大買的好多了。

Todd: Oh, really. OK. Um, what's your favorite season?

託德：哦，是嗎。那，你最喜歡什麼季節？

Shawn: I'd say spring, cause it's a combination of warm weather, at the same time it's not hot like it is in the summer. In spring it's a bit cool. You can walk around very relaxed. It the best. It's a combination of all the seasons in one.

肖恩：春天，因爲天氣很暖和，同時又不會像夏天那麼熱。春天稍微涼爽些。你可以悠閒地四處轉轉。這非常好。春天把所有季節的優點集合起來了。

Todd: OK. what's your favorite movie?

託德：好的。那你最喜歡的電影是什麼？

Shawn: My favorite movie! I'd have to say "Gladiator." Russel Crow. It's a tragic movie about a very strong leader who, how-should-I-say, triumphs over, how-should-I-say, over very overpowering conflicts. It's, um, plus, I'm a bit of an action movie buff. I know it's sad to hear but, it's definitely an interesting movie.

肖恩：我最喜歡的電影！那一定是《角鬥士》了。拉塞爾·克勞主演的。那部電影講述了一名強大領袖的悲劇，要怎麼說呢，他戰勝了強大的對手。嗯，另外，我熱衷於動作電影。我知道這聽起來很悲傷，不過那絕對是一部有意思的電影。

重點講解：
1. a combination of
結合；聯合；混合；
eg. Their method of negotiating is a combination of the carrot and the stick.
他們談判的方法是軟硬兼施。
eg. A combination of these two tricks makes for some interesting effects.
這兩種戲法的結合會產生一些有趣的效果。
2. at the same time
同時；然而；不過；
eg. She was somehow able to look sad and cheerful at the same time.
她能夠做出又悲又喜的神情。
eg. I don't think I set out to come up with a different sound for each album. At the same time, I do have a sense of what is right for the moment.
我不覺得我一開始就特意爲每張專輯設定了不同的曲風。然而，我確實知道當時想要的是什麼感覺。
3. triumph over
戰勝；克服；
eg. The whole world looked to her as a symbol of good triumphing over evil.
全世界都把她視爲正義戰勝邪惡的象徵。
eg. She was confident that she would ultimately triumph over adversity.
她相信自己最終能戰勝逆境。