Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:11 what part of china do you live?
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:12 shanghai, have you ever heard of?
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:12 yes i have, it is busy there yes?
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:13 it‘s ok, not as busy as you think, a little bit busy in the downtown.(不象你想的那么繁忙,,除了市中心外)
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:14 i have heard of it i have not been there yet but maybe some day.
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:16 u should do, how many cities here in China are in your memory besides shanghai? (試探一下這女子對中國了解多少)if some day you really can be here , you can come to see me , i am just someone who have graduated from college a year ago(我剛畢業(yè)一年)(又是一句客套話,,百聽不厭,所以我們要百說不斷)
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:19 peking,chungking,tientsin,hong kong(北京,,重慶,,天津,香港,,這個(gè)Nikky還真知道不少中國城市,,拼寫有點(diǎn)怪), and I appreciated your kindness.
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:20 well, what is impressive to me is u know a lot of Chinese cities beyond my imagination , you surely know one thing or two (對…非常了解)about China and Chinese people , right?
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:22 yes i like to learn about other cultures.
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:23 it is immediately apparent that you are the only foreign people I know who knows such a lot of cities in China,swheresdo you live, not the states again!(告訴我確切的地方,不要再說你住在美國了,??谡Z中通常可用"States"直接表示"美國")
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:24 i live in new york city
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:26 i don‘t have any idea about the big apple city(紐約又稱為"大蘋果城").
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:27 it‘s crowded(擁擠)
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:27 traffic jam?
Nikky:(01-8-29) 13:28 no ,people
Brian:(01-8-29) 13:33 here in shanghai, a lot of people and a lot of cars, both, shanghai has become one of the most desirable places for people not only Chinese but kind of increasingly foreign people to live too.(上海已經(jīng)成為中國人最令人向往的城市之一,,對外國人也不例外)
Brian的小結(jié):就象我們中國人平常打招呼一樣,,和老外打招呼也是非常容易的。
簡單回顧,,舉一反三:
What part of China/America do u live?(最簡單的一句話,,你一定會(huì)用!)
How many cities here in China are in your memory besides……?
Shanghai/Beijing/Shenzhen has become one of the most desirable places for the Chinese people to live
If some day you really can be here , you can come to see me(很好的邀請,,盡管你知道她不可能來?。?/p> |