英文原版对话1000个:854 Island Home

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Todd: So, Ivan, can I ask you about Indonesia²?

Ivan: Yes, sure.

Todd: Now, Indonesia has many islands.

Ivan: Yes.

Todd: So, what island is your favorite³ in Indonesia?

Ivan: Well, I think maybe most Indonesians will say that it’s Bali, but as¹ for myself⁴ I think that, yeah I think the most favorite one is the island where I was⁶ born⁷, Bangka Island because, I don’t know, it’s just that it is a nice feeling⁸ if you’ve been to the place where you were born and then you just get the feeling that… you, I mean like, you get to know the real⁹ you.

Todd: Right.

Ivan: Yeah, and that’s the most important¹⁰ thing that I have. And recently¹¹ I went there after, like, 15 years and then, really, I felt that kind of thing. I felt that this is my roots¹² of myself and even¹³ though¹⁴ I stayed in Jakarta for the past 12 years or so but really being¹⁵ there is really my home.

Todd: Ah⁵, you went home for the first time in 15 years?

Ivan: Yes, that’s true¹⁶. The last time I went there was like, well it’s not 15 years, but actually¹⁷ the last time I went there’s like in ’95 so it’s like 12 years.

Todd: That’s a long time ago.

Ivan: Yeah, it’s a really long time ago. But you know what, I have a driver over there and then when I went there in the last holiday I came¹⁸ to see him. And it’s just so nice to see… well, he’s getting older of course¹⁹, he’s really old like 70 years or so but he still remembers me and how do I behave²⁰ when I was a child and all. Like, I was hard to eat something and he had²¹ to take me around to make me finish my food. He still remembers the small things and it’s really giving me, like, a recall²² to my past and get to know who I am, who I was when I was small, so...