时间：2022-08-30 01:53:49
大家的黄金周是如何度过的呢――休息放松,游山玩水,还是探亲访友?说到朋友聚会,你知道英国的年轻人喜欢什么类型的活动呢?让我们在《英国问答》这个节目里听听他们是怎么说的吧――
William: Hello and welcome to Ask About Britain, the programme where we answer your questions about British life and culture. I’m William Kremer.
QUESTION:
My name’s Jason. I’m from Harbin, China. I have a question today. You know, among
Chinese young people, there are some kinds of activities for us to get together and have fun, such as go[ing] to [a] nice bar, cinema, karaoke bar…something like that. So do you British people
like karaoke? If not, what’s your best way to get your friends together and have some fun?
William: As we’ve just heard from Jason, a lot of young people in China like to go to a karaoke bar when they want to catch up or have some fun together.
Yang Li: That’s right. It would be interesting to find out whether young Brits have a similar taste or not.
If I was going to see friends of mine, we might go out into the park, or go for a walk, or play football. Karaoke wouldn’t be something that we would do, but we might sit down and watch TV. We might watch a film. I like to go out to…to restaurants. I’m not much of a one for clubbing, although people are, you know, and they will drag[拖] you along.
(要是我与朋友们见面,我们可能会去公园走走,或者到外面散步,或者去踢足球。我们不会去唱K,但我们或许会一起看电视或者看电影。我喜欢出去……下馆子。我不太喜欢去夜店,虽然人们会……你知道,他们常常会把你拉去玩。)
William: That was Martin, a young
professional in his late 20s. He said karaoke wouldn’t be something he and his friends do together. Instead they might go for a walk or play football.
Yang Li: I’m not surprised, William, as
football is so popular in Britain.
William: Other things he likes doing with friends include watching TV or a film, going to a restaurant, but not going clubbing.
Yang Li: Do you ever catch up with friends by going clubbing, William?
William: …No, I don’t, Li. There are other things I like better, to be honest with you. Let’s hear this young woman sharing her views on what young people like to do to catch up with one another.
Yeah, I think they will meet like in cafés for coffee. They will meet for lunch. They will go around to each other’s houses, flats, you know. And if they’re students, you know, they will go to each other’s…kind of accommodation
halls[宿舍]. They will meet in...they will go to like, I don’t know, like social clubs, like book clubs. Internet as well, Facebook, Twitter, you know, MSN, you know, this…I think that’s more like the young persons’ thing now.
(是的,我想他们喜欢在咖啡店碰面,喝杯咖啡。他们会一起吃午饭。他们会到对方家里玩,你知道。如果是学生的话,他们会到对方的……宿舍之类的地方串门。他们见面的地方……我也不太清楚,我想他们会去联谊会或者书友会什么的。网络也是他们的聚集地,Facebook、推特、MSN,你知道……我想这些都是现在的年轻人的玩意儿。)
William: It’s interesting that she should
mention the Internet as being the young
persons’ thing now. It’s indispensable[不可缺少的]
for them as a way of catching up with friends. She also mentioned a few popular social
networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and MSN. However, nothing is like a face-
to-face catch up with friends.
Yang Li: I agree.
William: So far, we’ve been looking at young people in their 20s or 30s. How about younger teenagers?
Yang Li: Actually a group of school girls aged 14 to 15 are eager to tell me how they like to catch up with friends.
Girl A: To catch up with my friends, I like to go shopping.
Girl B: To catch up with friends, we usually go shopping too, or we go to a place to visit, such as, like, a day out for fun.
Girl C: When I go to catch up with friends, I usually go to the cinema, and maybe get a pizza before, and we usually talk, so…yeah, that’s fun.
(女生甲:和朋友在一起时,我喜欢去购物。
女生乙:和朋友在一起时,我们一般也会去购物,或者找个地方玩,比如一日游之类的。
女生丙:找朋友玩的时候,我通常去看电影,或者之前先买个比萨饼,然后尽情聊天……没错,确实很开心。)
William: Girls will be girls, I’m afraid. They just love shopping together, don’t they?
Yang Li: Yes, they do. But William, you haven’t told me yet what your style of
catching up with friends is. Going to the
theatre or museums, I guess?
William: How did you know, Li? How did you know? No, actually, you’re right. I, in fact, in my lunchtime today, I went to a museum with a friend.
Yang Li: You see? I have seen it. You are such a cultured person! Thanks for joining me today, William, and thanks to Jason for your interesting question.
William: Till the next time, bye bye.
Yang Li: Bye for now.