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Gwen: How is your first semester in Trinity College Dublin?
格温：你在都柏林圣三一学院的第一个学期过得怎么样？
Tommy: Well, the university is great. Afterall, it's a university that rivals Oxford and Cambridge. And Ireland is a beautiful country with its mountains and castles. I'm only having some difficulties settling in.
汤米：学校很不错，毕竟这是能和牛津和剑桥媲美的大学。而且爱尔兰这个国家也很美，有很多山，还有城堡。只是我很难习惯这里的生活。
Gwen: What's the problem?
格温：怎么了？
Tommy: The weather sucks! It rains so much. The whole place is often wet.
汤米：天气糟透了！经常下雨，到处都是湿湿的。
Gwen: I guess that can't be helped. What about the food and the people?
格温：我觉得这也是没办法的事。那里的饮食和人怎么样？
Tommy: Remember Ireland had a famine when potato crop failed in the 19th century? That's because they eat potatoes everyday! Mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, potato chips...
汤米：19世纪爱尔兰因为土豆减产而导致了一场饥荒，你记得吗？那是因为他们每天都吃土豆！ 土豆泥、炸土豆、土豆条……
Gwen: Is it that bad?
格温：这么糟糕吗？
Tommy: It's worse that Irish people speak English with a strong accent. Sometimes I even wonder if they are speaking English!
汤米：比这更糟的是爱尔兰人说英语口音很重，有时候我甚至怀疑他们是不是在说英语！
