美語情景對話 第1315期:What is Europe's best country to live in? 哪個歐洲國家最適合居住?

Goron: Hi, my name is Goron and I'm from Italy.

高倫：嗨，我是高倫，來自意大利。

Michael: My name is Michael and I'm from Norway.

米歇爾：我是米歇爾，來自挪威。

Goron: I have a question for you, what is Europe's best country to live, what do you think?

高倫：我想問你個問題，你認爲哪個歐洲國家最適合居住？

Michael: I love getting that question because if you follow what the United Nation says there's one thing saying that Denmark is the best place to live and another thing saying that Norway is the best place to live. And I would just like to clarify. It's you can't really decide which country is the best to live and it's really depending on the person himself, like there are good things about Norway and there's bad things about Norway. For instance, Norway is really cold during the winter and even though you have a lot of money most likely, you will spend that money to travel to warm places. So, and then you have in all south Europe where you have warm temperature most of the time. Of course, you get winters too but I would say that because it's warmer and people are more outgoing and they're more social and I think that, you know, that part can be very important to some people and I wouldn't say Norway is the best country to live in in Europe. On a contrary, I would say that it's impossible to answer that question.

米歇爾：我喜歡回答這個問題，按聯合國的說法來看，其中一個最適合居住的國家是丹麥，另一個是挪威。我想明確說明一下，無法決定哪個國家是最適合居住的國家，而且這要取決於每個人的情況，挪威有優點也有缺點。比如，挪威的冬天非常冷，即使你可能很有錢，你也會把那些錢花在去溫暖的地方過冬上。南歐大多數時間都很溫暖。當然，南歐也有冬天，不過那裏更溫暖，而且南歐人更開朗外向，更愛交際，有些人認爲這很重要，我不會說挪威是最適合居住的國家。相反，我會說這是無法回答的問題。

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重點講解：
1. depend on 取決(於)；有賴(於)；
例句：And the next step up the ladder would depend on her performance in Paris.
而她的下一次晉升就取決於她在巴黎的工作表現。
2. for instance 例如；譬如；
例句：This might be the condition of an internal error, for instance.
例如，可能出現了內部錯誤。
3. even though 即使；儘管；縱然；
例句：Even though he said he was not frightened at all, the nervous look on his face told on him.
即使他說他一點也不害怕，可是他臉上緊張的表情泄了他的底。