【双语对话】

Melanie: How did you find this podcast? It totally deserves more followers. It is so good! Let’s listen to the next episode?

你怎么找到这个播客的？它完全值得更多的粉丝。它太好了！咱们接着听下一集吗?

Coco: I’m so glad you like it mom! I was gonna ask you something actually and see what you think.

我好开心你喜欢它妈妈！我其实想问你件事，听听你的看法。

Melanie: Sure, I am all ears.

好啊我都是耳朵(我在听)。

Coco: You see this girl she is slowing getting attention because she is not teaching Spanish the traditional way. I was thinking if I could do the same. I have a lot of friends who are native speakers of Spanish and I thought, maybe I could collab with someone and do a Spanish learning podcast too? What do you think mom? You can tell me it’s stupid.

你看这个女生,她(的播客)在慢慢获得关注，因为她没有用传统方式教西班牙语。我在想我能不能也做一样的。我有很多朋友是西语母语者，所以我想，也许我可以和谁合作，也做一个西语学习的播客？你觉得怎么样妈妈？你可以告诉我这个想法很蠢。

Melanie: No, it’s not stupid at all. It’s an amazing idea Coco. I think you should do it!

完全不蠢。这是一个很棒的想法可可。我觉得你该做！

Coco: You think so? I know it would take up a lot of time, and I just don’t want to jump into something that I am not built for.

你这么认为吗？我知道(做播客)会很占时间，我不想投入一件我天生不适合的事情。

Melanie: I absolutely think that you should give it a try and I believe you can do it really well. You are good at talking and striking up conversations with people. If later you want to discontinue, just stop. There is no loss in that.

我完全认为你该试试，而且我认为你可以做得很好。你很会说话也很会和人聊天。如果之后你不想继续了，停下就好了。没有什么损失。

Coco: Thank you so much mom I really needed to hear it from you.

谢谢妈妈！我真的很需要从你这里听到这些。

【重点笔记】

1.followern.(社交平台上)粉丝

例: I gained 20 new followers this week!

这周我涨了20个粉丝！

2.native speaker 母语者

例: As a native speaker of Turkish, I can’t really explain the grammar very well.

作为土耳其语的母语者，我不能清楚地解释语法。

3.take up 占用(时间，空间)

例: I can’t let him take up too much of my mental space. I need to let go.

我不能让他占据我太多的精神空间。我需要放手。

4.be built for sth. 为…而生，擅长… ,适应…

例: She will be a big deal in the industry. She is built for this!

她会成为行业里的重头人物！她就是为此而生的！

I am not built for this era.

我不适合在这个时代生存。

5.strike up a conversation开启聊天

例: He would strike up conversations with his customers and get to know them.

他会和顾客搭话并了解他们。

6.discontinue v.停止

例: I am so sad that my favorite ice cream brand is discontinued.

我好难过我最喜欢的冰激凌牌子停产了。