My parents live in San Francisco.
我的父母住在舊金山。
A So, you are from Los Angeles?
A 那么，你是洛杉磯人了？
B No, that’s where my older brother lives now. He’s in Los Angeles. But I’m from San Francisco.
B 不，那是我的哥哥住的地方。他在洛杉磯。但是我是舊金山人。
A And that’s where your parents and younger brother live?
A 你的父母和弟弟住在舊金山？
B Yes, my parents live in San Francisco. It’s our hometown.
B 是的， 我的父母住在舊金山。那里是我們的家鄉(xiāng)。
A Los Angeles isn’t too far from there. Your older brother is quite near.
A 洛杉磯離舊金山不遠(yuǎn)。你的哥哥離那里很近。
B Yes, LA and San Francisco are pretty close. It’s not a big trip.
B 是的， 洛杉磯和舊金山相當(dāng)近。一小段路程而已。
Notes 注釋
1 You can often use the word pretty / pretty with another adjective to mean quite / quite, e.g. They are pretty close / They are pretty close; It’s pretty hot today / It’s pretty hot today. If you use it by itself, the meaning is different, e.g. beautiful or good to look at: Behai Park is very pretty / Behai Park is very pretty; She is really pretty / She is really pretty.
pretty /相當(dāng)?shù)睾推渌男稳菰~連用可以表示quite / 非常,例如They are pretty close /它們離得相當(dāng)近； It’s pretty hot today / 今天天氣相當(dāng)熱。如果你單獨(dú)使用這個(gè)詞的話，它的意義就不同了。例如表示漂亮或者好看: Behai Park is very pretty /北海公園非常漂亮； She is really pretty /她長得非常好看。
2 You can describe the place you were born, even if it is a big city, as your hometown / hometown.
你可以把你出生地稱為你的hometown /家鄉(xiāng)，即使它是一個(gè)很大的城市。
Key phrases and sentences
So, you are from Los Angeles?
No, that’s where my older brother
lives now. He’s in Los Angeles.
But I’m from San Francisco.
And that’s where your parents and
younger brother live?
Yes, my parents live in San Francisco.
It’s our hometown.
Los Angeles isn’t too far from there.
Your older brother is quite near.
Yes, LA and San Francisco are pretty close.
It’s not a big trip.
那么，你是洛杉磯人了？
不，那是我的哥哥住的地方。
他在洛杉磯。但是我是舊金山人。
你的父母和弟弟住在舊金山？
是的， 我的父母住在舊金山。
那里是我們的家鄉(xiāng)。
洛杉磯離舊金山不遠(yuǎn)。你的哥哥離那里很近。
是的， 洛杉磯和舊金山相當(dāng)近。
一小段路程而已
我的父母住在舊金山。
A So, you are from Los Angeles?
A 那么，你是洛杉磯人了？
B No, that’s where my older brother lives now. He’s in Los Angeles. But I’m from San Francisco.
B 不，那是我的哥哥住的地方。他在洛杉磯。但是我是舊金山人。
A And that’s where your parents and younger brother live?
A 你的父母和弟弟住在舊金山？
B Yes, my parents live in San Francisco. It’s our hometown.
B 是的， 我的父母住在舊金山。那里是我們的家鄉(xiāng)。
A Los Angeles isn’t too far from there. Your older brother is quite near.
A 洛杉磯離舊金山不遠(yuǎn)。你的哥哥離那里很近。
B Yes, LA and San Francisco are pretty close. It’s not a big trip.
B 是的， 洛杉磯和舊金山相當(dāng)近。一小段路程而已。
Notes 注釋
1 You can often use the word pretty / pretty with another adjective to mean quite / quite, e.g. They are pretty close / They are pretty close; It’s pretty hot today / It’s pretty hot today. If you use it by itself, the meaning is different, e.g. beautiful or good to look at: Behai Park is very pretty / Behai Park is very pretty; She is really pretty / She is really pretty.
pretty /相當(dāng)?shù)睾推渌男稳菰~連用可以表示quite / 非常,例如They are pretty close /它們離得相當(dāng)近； It’s pretty hot today / 今天天氣相當(dāng)熱。如果你單獨(dú)使用這個(gè)詞的話，它的意義就不同了。例如表示漂亮或者好看: Behai Park is very pretty /北海公園非常漂亮； She is really pretty /她長得非常好看。
2 You can describe the place you were born, even if it is a big city, as your hometown / hometown.
你可以把你出生地稱為你的hometown /家鄉(xiāng)，即使它是一個(gè)很大的城市。
Key phrases and sentences
So, you are from Los Angeles?
No, that’s where my older brother
lives now. He’s in Los Angeles.
But I’m from San Francisco.
And that’s where your parents and
younger brother live?
Yes, my parents live in San Francisco.
It’s our hometown.
Los Angeles isn’t too far from there.
Your older brother is quite near.
Yes, LA and San Francisco are pretty close.
It’s not a big trip.
那么，你是洛杉磯人了？
不，那是我的哥哥住的地方。
他在洛杉磯。但是我是舊金山人。
你的父母和弟弟住在舊金山？
是的， 我的父母住在舊金山。
那里是我們的家鄉(xiāng)。
洛杉磯離舊金山不遠(yuǎn)。你的哥哥離那里很近。
是的， 洛杉磯和舊金山相當(dāng)近。
一小段路程而已