双语阅读TeachingOverseas在海外教学

1、双语阅读Teaching Overseas在海外教学John: So Sarah, you're an English teacher, right?约翰：萨拉,你是名英语老师,对吧Sarah: That's right.萨拉：没错.John: You must have taught in many countries before.约翰：你之前一定在很多国家和地区教过英语.Sarah: Yeah, I did. I taught in the USA, in Taiwan, Ch ina, South Korea, Japan and Ecuador.萨拉：对,没错.我在美

2、国、台湾、中国、韩国、日本和厄瓜多尔教过英 语.John: Oh, Ecuador.约翰：哦,厄瓜多尔.Sarah: Yeah.萨拉：对.John: So you must be able to speak Spanish very well.约翰：那你一定也会说西班牙语.Sarah: I think so. I studied reallyhard, and then whenI livedin Ecuador,I spent a lot of timetalkingto people.区语阅读 萨拉：是的.我在厄瓜多尔时非常努力地学习了西班牙语,我花很多时间 和当地人交谈.John:Did

3、 you teachSpanish,too?约翰：那你也教西班牙语Sarah:No, I didn't. When I livedin Ecuador actually,I volunteered for the United Nations.萨拉：不教.我在厄瓜多尔生活时,我是联合国的志愿者.John: Wow.约翰：哇哦.Sarah: And I taught families and they were being relocat ed to Canada because they werefleeing the drug wars of Colombia.萨拉：我的工作是教一些

4、家庭英语,这些家庭要逃离哥伦比亚的毒品战 争,他们会被重新安置在加拿大.John: Wow.约翰：哇哦.Sarah: So I felt very badly for these families but they had a really bright future. So that wasgood. But then one week, I had a family, a couple of families and t hey were being relocated toSweden.萨拉：我为这些家庭感到难过,不过他们有一个非常光明的未来.这很 好.不过有一周,我教了几个要被重新安置

5、在瑞典的家庭.John: Oh.约翰：哦.Sarah: And I said,I can't teach them Swedish." And the UN said, "Well, maybe just teachthem English." So I thought, they're going to Sweden, theydon't need to learn English rightnow. And my friend at the time -she's Norwegian, and we were living to

6、gether. And every day, she helped me to learn a little bit of Swedish. J ust enough for one class so that I couldteach these fam ilies.萨拉：我说,“我不能教他们瑞典语.联合国方面说,“你就教他们英 语吧.可是我想,他们要去瑞典,他们现在不用学英语.当时我有个朋 友,她是挪威人,我们住在一起.她每天都帮助我学习一些瑞典语.足够 我在当天的课上教那些家庭的.John: Wait, wait.约翰：等一下.Sarah: .some Swedish.萨拉：瑞典语.Jo

7、hn: You were teaching Swedish language?约翰：你教瑞典语Sarah: Yes.萨拉：对.John: You are an English speaker.约翰：可是你的母语是英语.Sarah: Yes.萨拉：对.John: You lived in Ecuador.约翰：你当时在厄瓜多尔生活.Sarah: Yes.萨拉：对.John: And a Norwegian person taught you Swedish.约翰：一个挪威人教你瑞典语.Sarah: Yes.萨拉：对.John: So you could teach Swedish to peop

8、le from Ecuador.约翰：所以你教厄瓜多尔人瑞典语.Sarah: From Colombia, currently living in Ecuador.萨拉：那些人来自哥伦比亚,他们当时住在厄瓜多尔.John: So they could move to Sweden.约翰：他们要搬去瑞典.Sarah: Yes.萨拉：对.John: And you did this as a volunteer.约翰：你志愿做这份工作.Sarah: Yeah.I wanted to help people. So I moved toEcuador and Igot a volunteer job

9、 withtheUnited Nations to help teach people but I never thought I would be te aching Swedish.萨拉：对.我想帮助别人.所以我去厄瓜多尔做联合国的志愿者,去帮助他人,我以前从来没想过我会教瑞典语.John: Wow.约翰：哇哦.Sarah: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.萨拉：对.那很有趣.John: I would like to try that someday, too.约翰：如果有时机,我也想尝试一下.Sarah: You can do it.萨拉：你可以的.重点讲解：1. be able to do sth.可以的,能够 的；例句： A novelist must be able to use the cultural heritage of his nation.小说家要善于利用他本国的文化遗产.2. a couple of 两