原版英语对话1000个:009 Going Home

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Todd: Hello, Gabrielle!

Gabrielle: Hello!

Todd: How are you doing today?

Gabrielle: Good thanks.

Todd: Now, Grabrielle, I hear that you are going back home to New Zealand

Gabrielle: That's right. I'm going home for summer.

Todd: OK. What are your plans?

Gabrielle: Probably a week relaxing, going camping¹, and then I'm going back to work.

Todd: Oh, OK. Where do you work?

Gabrielle: I teach as an English teacher in Christchurch, in New Zealand.

Todd: Oh, OK. And that's where you're from, naturally.

Gabrielle: That's right.

Todd: Were you born there?

Gabrielle: I was, yeah!

Todd: Well, you are going to have this short little break, or vacation, are you
gonna go to the beach...the mountains?

Gabrielle: Probably..probably to the beach and camping for about a week with friends, yeah!

Todd: Actually, how warm is it in the summer?

Gabrielle: Probably a maximum² of about 30 degrees. A nice dry heat! Very comfortable.

Todd: So when you go to the beach is the water warm enough to swim in?

Gabrielle: No, no, no! We swim but it is not warm. Yeah! It's pretty chilly³ actually.

Todd: OK. Any other plans when you go home?

Gabrielle: Yeah, I'm looking forward to catching⁴ up with friends and family and animals.

Todd: Animals!

Gabrielle: Well, I miss my pets.

Todd: OK, well, what pets do you have?

Gabrielle: Well, I have a cat and a dog and a sheep called Sydney and two gold fish.

Todd: Wow!

Gabrielle: Yeah! And I really miss them.

Todd: I'm sure they're really excited to see you. Alright, thanks a lot.

Gabrielle: Cheers⁵!