地道美語聽力播客951：你到底要搬去哪里?

Penelope: Tell me about the new town you’re moving to.

佩內(nèi)洛普：你要搬去的那個小鎮(zhèn)，是什么樣的?

Outis: It’s called Nusquam and it’s smack dab in the middle of the country.

烏提斯：是Nusquam小鎮(zhèn)，在國家中心。

Penelope: Where is it exactly?

佩內(nèi)洛普：到底在哪兒?

Outis: I can’t give you the coordinates, if that’s what you’re after.

烏提斯：你要是還要問地理坐標(biāo)的話，那我無可奉告。

Penelope: Of course not. I’m just trying to pinpoint where it is. Is it near Wichita, Kansas?

佩內(nèi)洛普：當(dāng)然不會，我就是想知道具體在哪兒。離著堪薩斯州威奇托市近嗎?

Outis: It’s nowhere near Wichita. It’s in the heart of a remote part of the country.

烏提斯：離那兒一點也不近，在那座城市偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)的中部。

Penelope: Where is it relative to this town?

佩內(nèi)洛普：那有沒有提示?

Outis: I can’t give you any reference points or tell you the distance. I’ll just say it’s on the outskirts of a medium-sized town and borders Nebraska.

烏提斯：我不能告訴你任何參照點或者距離。我只能告訴你是在內(nèi)布拉斯加邊境一個中型城市的郊區(qū)。

Penelope: Why are you being so cryptic?

佩內(nèi)洛普：你為什么要搞得如此神秘呢?

Outis: I’ll tell you that when you spill the beans on why you’re asking.

烏提斯：你告訴我你為什么要問我這些，我就告訴你。

Penelope: I thought I’d come for an extended stay to help you get settled.

佩內(nèi)洛普：我原打算多待幾天幫你安頓好。

Outis: You’ve just answered your own question.

烏提斯：你剛好回答了你剛才的問題。