奥运口语:北京很有特色
Beijing has a lot of character. /北京很有特色。
A: What do you think of Beijing?
A: 你认为北京怎么样?
B: It's an amazing city. So much history, and at the same time, so modern.
B: 北京是个迷人的城市。既有如此悠久的历史,同时又非常现代。
A: Yes, it's changing fast.
A: 是的,它正发生着快速的变化。
B: It's got a lot of character. I love the mix of old and new.
B: 它很有特色。我喜欢这种古老与现代的结合。
A: Yes, you can get the ancient and the modern side-by-side in Beijing.
A: 是的,在北京你可以看到古老与现代同时并存。
Notes 注释
1. Beijing is an amazing city / Beijing is an amazing city. You can describe a city like Beijing by using many different adjectives, eg busy / busy; big / big.
Beijing is an amazing city /北京是个迷人的城市。你可以用不同的形容词来描述北京这样的城市,例如busy /热闹,big /大的。
2. If you want to emphasise something, you can use so . . . / so . . . before your description. For example, so much history / so much history; so modern / so modern.
如果你想强调某事,你可以在你的描述语前用so . . . / 如此. . .。例如:so much history /如此悠久的历史;so modern /如此现代。
3. If something or even somebody has a lot of interesting features and history, you can use character / character. For example, Beijing has a lot of character / Beijing has a lot of character.
如果某地或者某人有很多有趣的特点和历史,你可以用character /特色。例如:Beijing has a lot of character /北京有很多特色。
4. You can contrast things by saying: I love the mix of old and new/ I love the mix of old and new.
你可以这样对比事物:I love the mix of old and new /我喜欢这种古老与现代的结合。