愛(ài)子:大家好,我是愛(ài)子,來(lái)自日本。
Gareth: And my name is Gareth and I'm from England.
加雷斯:我是加雷斯,來(lái)自英國(guó)。
Aiko: Our question is do you like to study? How about you, Gareth?
愛(ài)子:我們要討論的問(wèn)題是,你喜歡學(xué)習(xí)嗎?加雷斯,你喜歡學(xué)習(xí)嗎?
Gareth: Yes, I do, not just for myself but for my son. My son often asks me questions like how do earthquakes happen, how do engines work and I feel that if I don't know the answer to his questions, I'll be a bad daddy. So it's kind of insecurity which drives me to study but I do enjoy it. I do enjoy finding out how earthquakes actually happen and why they happen and how combustion engines work. How about you, Aiko?
加雷斯:我喜歡學(xué)習(xí),我學(xué)習(xí)不僅僅是為了我自己,也為了我兒子。我兒子經(jīng)常問(wèn)我問(wèn)題,比如地震是怎么發(fā)生的,引擎是怎么工作的等等,如果我不能回答他的問(wèn)題,那我我會(huì)認(rèn)為自己不是好爸爸。所以,這種不安全感驅(qū)使我不斷學(xué)習(xí),當(dāng)然我也很享受。在了解地震發(fā)生原因和引擎工作原理的過(guò)程中,我很享受。你呢,愛(ài)子?
Aiko: Yeah, I do like to study in general but then I enjoy studying English the most. The reason for that is, one, it's like my hobby so it's not like a chore really studying and also that's something I need to improve because I use English with my husband and our children and our children are only three years old and one year old but their English is improving so quickly, unbelievably quickly, so I feel like I'm falling behind and that motivates me a lot.
愛(ài)子:總的來(lái)說(shuō),我也喜歡學(xué)習(xí),我最喜歡學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。原因是,這是我的興趣,所以學(xué)習(xí)并不是令人厭煩的任務(wù),而且我需要提高我的英語(yǔ)水平,因?yàn)槲液驼煞蜻€有孩子用英語(yǔ)交流,我們的孩子一個(gè)3歲,一個(gè)1歲,他們的英語(yǔ)水平進(jìn)步地非常快,進(jìn)步速度令人難以置信,所以我感覺(jué)自己落后了,這激發(fā)了我的動(dòng)力。
Gareth: Hm, they keep you on your toes, don't they?
加雷斯:嗯,他們使你保持警覺(jué),對(duì)吧?
Aiko: Yes.
愛(ài)子:沒(méi)錯(cuò)。