What language do you speak? | Easy English 34 · Easy Languages
本集通过街头采访展示多语言使用者的日常交流,适合练习日常对话和语言切换表达。
Hi, and welcome to a new episode of Easy English.
大家好,欢迎收看《Easy English》的新一期节目。
I'm Rebecca and we're here today in Kensington Market in Toronto.
我是丽贝卡,今天我们来到了多伦多的肯辛顿市场(Kensington Market)。
Toronto is one of the most multilingual cities in the world So we're going to ask people today if they can speak another language.
多伦多是世界上语言使用最为多样化的城市之一。因此,今天我们打算询问大家是否能够说另一种语言。
Ready?
准备好了吗?
Let's go!
我们出发吧!
The question today is do you speak another language?
今天我们要探讨的问题是:你会说另一种语言吗?
Yes, I do.
是的,我确实这么认为。
And which language do you speak?
您说哪种语言呢?
Vietnamese.
越南语。
I speak Cantonese.
我会说粤语。
I speak Russian
我会说俄语。
and Ukrainian.
以及乌克兰语。
I speak Bengali.
我会说孟加拉语。
I speak English and I speak a little bit of Hindi.
我会说英语,也会说一点印地语。
I'm a little bit affrentive though.
不过,我确实有点生气(或不满)……
Do you speak at home?
你们在家里会用方言(或非标准语言)交流吗?
Yeah, well, like when we go back to visit family and stuff,
是的,比如当我们回老家探亲的时候……
yeah, the nieces and nephews, it's good to get them started to speak another language as well.
是啊,让侄子们和侄女们也开始学习另一种语言,这真是件好事。
For sure.
当然。
Yeah, not much with friends though.
嗯,不过和朋友一起做的事情并不多。
So what language do you speak together?
那么你们一起使用哪种语言交流呢?
I speak English.
我会说英语。
I speak Russian, it's my first language.
我会说俄语,这是我的母语。
I just speak English.
我只说英语。
Vietnamese.
越南语。
I
I
learned English when I came here.
我来到这里后学习了英语。
How did you learn it?
你是怎么学会它的?
I took courses at home and then I went to Vancouver for language courses and then I came here for university.
我先在家里学习了一些课程,之后去了温哥华参加语言培训,最后来到这里上大学。
So you studied English before?
那么你之前学过英语吗?
Yeah.
是的。
I used to live in Ireland.
我曾经住在爱尔兰。
Would you like to learn another English?
你想学习另一种英语表达方式吗?
Yeah, I'd like to learn Japanese.
是的,我想学习日语。
Yes, Japanese and Portuguese.
是的,支持日语和葡萄牙语。
Oh yeah, Japanese and Polish too.
哦,对了,还有日语和波兰语。
Any plans together to go to Japan?
你们有没有一起去日本的计划?
Yeah, we want to teach English in Japan actually.
是的,我们实际上想在日本教授英语。
Everyone?
大家都到齐了吗?
Yeah.
是的。