英文原版对话1000个:1062 Famous Americans

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　　Cheryl: Ah, yes, from Seattle. We have Jimmy Hendrix.

 

　　Nick: Jimmy Hendrix. Wow! I love Jimmy Hendrix.

 

　　Cheryl: Yeah, he is a very famous musician, and we have his statues on the street in Seattle and he's quite the star in Seattle. But he's no longer around unfortunately.

 

　　Nick: I know. Really unfortunate. What an unfortunate death.

 

　　Cheryl: Yes.

 

　　Nick: Any other famous Americans?

 

　　Cheryl: Well, there is plenty of famous Americans. Somebody in America who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize, and his name as most of everybody listening probably already knows is Barack Obama.

 

　　Nick: Oh, really, I heard that. I read that in the newspaper this morning.

 

　　Cheryl: Oh did you?

 

　　Nick: Yeah.

 

　　Cheryl: Yeah, it's pretty amazing. Some people think that he won it too early, too prematurely² because he's only been in office. He's the President of the United³ States. He's been so only for nine months I believe, so it's quite early to give the Nobel Peace Prize for not really having done anything yet, his detractors say. But his supporters⁴ are really, really happy. It's a big prize. It's also a lot of pressure for one man in America to hold, and he's already President of the United States of America so that's a bigger burden⁵ on him. He has to hold up to the pressure.

 

　　Nick: Is there any famous sports people? Like, I don't know.

 

　　Cheryl: Hmm, sports people? Well, one person I can think of that's very famous in America recently is Michael Phelps. He is a twenty … a young twenty-something guy who is probably the best swimmer in history.

 

　　Nick: Oh, Ian Thorpe is.

 

　　Cheryl: He recently won many, many gold medals in the 2000 Beijing Olympics. He probably won the most I think. He broke the record for having won the most. I believe it was eight medals. Eight gold medals for a swimming competition.

 

　　Nick: I think Ian Thorpe only won six in one Olympics. Michael Phelps takes it out.

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