美語咖啡屋 Lesson 1: Kramer's Cafe

Y: 各位聽眾好, 我是楊晨，歡迎您到美語咖啡屋。

J: Hello everyone, my name is Jody ! And welcome to American Cafe! American Cafe is a place where you can improve your spoken English by meeting people who actually live and work in the United States. You're going to learn a lot more than English. I promise.

Y: 沒錯(cuò), 我們這個(gè)節(jié)目非常豐富多采。您在這里不但可以學(xué)到地道的美國英語，還可以認(rèn)識很多的美國人。

J: For today, Yang Chen and I spent our Sunday visiting a famous Washington D.C. hangout that's been a success here since 1976. It's called Kramer's Books & Afterwards Cafe.

Y: 對，在今天的節(jié)目中，我們要帶您到一個(gè)非常有意思的地方。這里是華盛頓當(dāng)?shù)氐木用穹浅Ｏ矚g的一個(gè)hangout, 等一下我們要解釋這個(gè)詞。

J: It's a combination of a cafe, a bookstore, a restaurant and a bar.

Y: 這個(gè)地方是1976年開業(yè)的。它不僅是一個(gè)書店，還是一個(gè)咖啡館和餐廳。

J: Great! Let's introduce Mark who has been working at Kramer's for 20 years.

實(shí)錄1: Mark: It was ... in 1976 when they opened it, it was a unique idea combining a restaurant, bar with a bookstore.

Y: 我想在這里我們用hangout來形容Kramer's是再合適不過了。我們倆在這里真的是渡過了一個(gè)很愉快的下午，又買書，又吃，非常非常的放松。這也就是人們到咖啡館的目的吧。

J: Exactly. And that's exactly what a customer named Peter explained why people come to Kramer's and why it's such a popular destination.

實(shí)錄2: Peter: It's a great meeting place. It's a very diverse bookstore. And it's just a good place to come. Um, this bookstore has been here a long time, I don't know what long is, maybe 20 years or so. It's always been successful. It's always been lively. It's in a very lively part of town, probably the most cosmopolitan part of Washington.

Y: 這個(gè)Peter有點(diǎn)兒英國口音。不過他已經(jīng)在Washington住了三十多年, 我們可以說他是地道的Washington 人。

J: I think 30 years makes you a resident of the District.

Y: 對， 如果Jody你要是到北京住三十年，我也可以說你是地地道道的北京人。

J: 好，謝謝您。

Y: 我們沒有問Peter是做什么的，不過我覺得聽他說話好象是一位教授。你看他用的這些詞都很好。他用了一個(gè)“Cosmopolitan."

J: I really like that word. "Cosmopolitan." You're hip. You're with it. Modern. Urban.

Y: "Cosmopolitan" 這個(gè)詞有世界性的，見過世面的這些意思。 我們可以說在中國，北京了，上海了，這些城市都非常cosmopolitan.

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