生活英語情景口語:我是不是在哪兒見過你?

T: do you mind if I sit here?
P: no, of course not. Go ahead.
T: don't I know you?
P: yes, now that you mention it, I think we had a chemistry class together in high school.
T: you're right! How are you? It's been a long time!
P: What did you do after high school?
T: I went straight to university afterwards. What about you?
P: I took a year off to go travelling.
T: that sounds exciting. Where did you go?
P: I went all over the world. It was the best year of my life. Where did you go to school?
T: I went to a small school in Connecticut. It has a very good reputation for its languages department.
P: Oh, did you study a foreign language?
T: yes, I got a grant to study Chinese.
P: that's a very difficult language to learn, isn't it?
T: it is, but it's very rewarding.
P: so you can speak Chinese?
T: I can, but not as well as I'd like to. I'll be studying Chinese until the day I die!
P: I think most languages take a lifetime to learn well.


我坐這兒你不介意吧?
不,當然不介意,坐吧.
我該不會是認識你吧?
對了,說起來還真認識.我想我們高中時曾經在一起上過化學課.
沒錯!你好嗎?那是很久以前的事了!
你高中畢業後幹了什麼?
我直接上大學了.你呢?
我休學一年出去旅遊了.
聽起來很有意思.你都去哪裏了?
我走遍了全球.那是我生命中最美好的一年.你去哪個學校了?
我去了康涅狄格州的一個小學校.那兒的語言學院名聲很好.
你學的是外語吧?
對,我拿了獎學金學中文.
那是一門很難學的語言,對吧?
是的,但是很值得一學.
那你現在可以講中文了?
可以,但是我希望自己能說的更好些.對於中文,我會活到老學到老的.
我覺得大多數語言要想掌握好都要花上一輩子的時間.


afterwards:at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned 以後;後來
Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
後來她後悔說了那些話.
Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterwards.
咱們先去看戲,然後吃飯.
Shortly afterwards he was seen in a bar in town.
不久以後,有人在城裏一家酒吧見到了他.

rewarding:(of an activity, etc. 活動等) worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important 值得做的;有益的
a rewarding experience/job
有益的經歷／工作
Teaching is not very financially rewarding(= is not very well paid).
教書不會有很高的報酬.

lifetime:the length of time that sb lives or that sth lasts 一生;終身;有生之年;(某物的)存在期,壽命,使用期限
His diary was not published during his lifetime.
他的日記在他生前未曾發表過.
a lifetime of experience
畢生的經驗
in the lifetime of the present government
在本屆政府的任期內