公共英语PETS-2每日对话练习(54)
分类: 英语
时间: 2023-07-29 14:44:57
作者: 全国等级考试资料网
A few hours later; at Pearl Harbor
Jun: Hawaii is nothing like Utah. Are you sure this is the same country?
Lisa: Hawaii is really unique. Last state in the union. The only island state. No racial majority.
Jun: No majority? Everyone here looks Asian to me.
Lisa: Some of those are native Hawaiians. Some are Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Fijian, Tongan. Twenty-four percent is white, but really, everyone’s just all mixed up here.
Jun: I guess you fit right in here, being half Japanese and half white.
Lisa: There’s even a Hawaiian word for that! I’m a hapa.
(续上期)
Jun: Hawaii is nothing like Utah. Are you sure this is the same country?
Lisa: Hawaii is really unique. Last state in the union. The only island state. No racial majority.
Jun: No majority? Everyone here looks Asian to me.
Lisa: Some of those are native Hawaiians. Some are Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Fijian, Tongan. Twenty-four percent is white, but really, everyone’s just all mixed up here.
Jun: I guess you fit right in here, being half Japanese and half white.
Lisa: There’s even a Hawaiian word for that! I’m a hapa.
(续上期)
小君:夏威夷跟犹他州完全不同。你确定这是在同一个国家吗?
莉莎:夏威夷的确很独特。是美国的最后一州。也是唯一的州岛。没有多数民族。
小君:没有多数民族?这里的每个人在我看来都像亚洲人。
莉莎:他们有些是夏威夷原住民。有些是日本人、菲律宾人、中国人、斐济人、东加人。百分二十四是白人,但事实上,这里每个人都是混血儿。
小君:我想你很适合这里,你是一半日本人,一半白人。
莉莎:甚至还有一个夏威夷字用来指这种混血儿。我是一个‘哈帕’。
重点解说:
★ union (n.) 美国
★ state (n.) (美国的)州
★ racial (a.) 种族的
★ majority (n.) 多数
★ native (a.) 本地生的