2014-2015学年九年级英语人教版新教材课文第十单元译文

Unit 10
Where I’m from , we’re pretty relaxed about time. We don’t like to rush around, so we 哪里来自很轻松的关于时间匆匆忙忙
don’t mind if people are a little late sometimes. If you tell a friend you’re going to their house 不介意如果人们一点晚有时如果告诉朋友将去他们的家for dinner, it’s OK if you arrive a bit late. We like to enjoy our time slowly. We value the time 吃饭到达一点晚享受时间慢慢地珍惜时间we spend with our family and friends in our everyday lives. We often just drop by our friends’渡过和我们的家人朋友日常的生活经常只是顺便访问朋友homes if we have time. We don’t usually have to make plans to meet our friends. When we 家如果有时间不通常一定定计划见朋友当
see each other, it’s polite for boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other on the side of 见互相礼貌的男孩握手女孩亲吻互相在…的一边the face. We often just walk around the town center, seeing as many of our friends as we can!
脸经常仅仅散步围绕城镇中心看见很多我们的朋友
In Switzerland, it’s very important to be on time. We’re the capital of clocks and watches, 在瑞士非常重要准时首都钟表
after all! If someone invites you to meet him or her at noon, then you’re expected to be there
毕竟如果某人邀请遇见他她在中午那么被期望准时到那儿at noon . If you’re even 15 minutes late, your friend may get mad. So I make an effort to be 在中午甚至分钟迟到朋友可能会气愤作出努力
on time when I meet my friends. I always leave the house early to avoid heavy traffic because I 准时当遇见朋友总是离开家早避免拥挤的交通因为think it’s impolite to keep others waiting. Also, we never visit a friend’s house without calling 认为不礼貌的让其他人等待也决不拜访朋友的家没有预约first. We almost always make plans to see friends. We usually plan to do something interesting, 几乎总是制定计划去见朋友通常计划做一些事有趣的
or go somewhere together.
或去某地一起Dear Laura,
Thanks for your message. Yes, I’m having a great time on my student exchange program 谢谢你的消息玩得很高兴在学生交换项目
in France. I was a bit nervous before I arrived here, but there was no reason to be. My host
在法国一点紧张在…之前到达那儿没有理由寄宿家庭family is really nice. They go out of their way to make me feel at home. The grandmother 真的很好特地并至如归奶奶
knows that I miss Chinese food a lot. So she actually learned how to make Chinese food! She 知道想念中国的食物确实学会如何做中国的食物
also has a teenage granddaughter about my age who is really kind. She always talks to me in
也十几岁的孙女大约年龄真的善良总是交谈用French to help me practice. You wouldn’t believe how quickly my French has improved
法语帮助练习将不相信如何快法语提高
because of that. I’m very comfortable speaking French now. Although I still make lots of 因为那很流畅讲法语现在尽管仍然制造很多mistakes, it doesn’t worry me as it used to.
错误担心像过去
My biggest challenge is learning how to behave at the dinner table. As you can imagine, 最大的挑战学习如何行为举止餐桌正如你所想象的things are very different from the way they are at home. For example, you’re not supposed to
事情非常不同的方式在家例如不被期望
put your bread on your plate. You’re supposed to put it on the table! I thought that was pretty
放面包在盘子上被期望放它在桌子上认为十分strange at first, but now I’m used to it. Another example is that you’re not supposed to eat
奇怪起先现在习惯于另一个例子不被期望吃anything with your hands except bread, not even fruit. You have to cut it up and eat it with a
任何东西用你的手除了面包甚至水果必须切割吃它用folk. Another thing is that it is impolite to say you’re full. If you do n’t want any more food, you 餐叉另一件事情不礼貌的说你饱了不再想要食物should just say, “ That was delicious.” Also, you’re not supposed to put your elbows on the
应该说那是同样不被期望放肘在桌子上table. I have to say that I find it difficult to remember everything, but I’m gradually getting 不得不说困难的记住每样东西渐渐地习惯于used to it. I do n’t find French customs so strange anymore,
不再发现法国的风俗习惯陌生
I’ll write again soon and tell you more about my life in France. Hope you’re having a good 写信又一不久告诉更多关于生活在法国希望有一个好的school year.
学年
Yours,
Lin Yue。