Tom: Jess, you were talking before about mistakes that your Hungarian students always made, and how some students from the same country all make the same mistakes again and again and again. Well, I work here in Thailand and they have a very cute phrase, "same, same" which I think means to describe something as being the same as something else, I spend five — ten minutes talking to a student explaining that instead of using same same, she should use "the same as" and I was trying to get this phrase over to her and finally she understood what I meant and she looked at me and said, "Ah, same as same same same same".

汤姆：杰西，你之前说过匈牙利学生常犯的错误，同一个国家的学生经常会重复犯同样的错误。我在泰国工作，泰国有一个非常可爱的短语“一样一样”，我想那是形容某样东西和其他东西一样的一个短语，我花了5到10分钟和一个学生解释，我们不应该用same same这个短语，而是应该用the same as来表示和……一样，我努力让她理解这个短语，最后她终于明白我的意思了，她看着我说，“啊，same as就是same same的意思啊”。

Todd: So, Buddihini, today we’re going to talk about roles and family: traditional roles or what people do. Now in Sri Lanka, is it common for usually the women to do all the cooking?

托德：布迪希妮，今天我们来谈谈角色和家庭：传统角色和人们的分工。现在在斯里兰卡，通常是女性负责做饭吗？

Todd: Hey, Akane, the other day we were coming home on the bus and I got off the bus and I thought you were on the same bus as us, but when I started walking home, you weren’t around. What happened?

托德：嘿，茜，那天我们坐公交车回家，我觉得你和我们在同一辆公交车上，可是我下车往家走的时候，并没有看到你。发生什么事了？

Brett: Hi, Senum, how are you?

布莱特：塞纳姆，你好吗？

Todd: So, Eoin, we’re talking about you playing this weekend. You’re going to play in two cities. What’s the set-up like? What’s the routine like when you go to a club? Like how soon must you be there? You know, how long do you play, etc.?

托德：约恩，我们之前说过，你这周末有演出。你要在两个城市进行演出。行程是怎么安排的？你去俱乐部表演的行程是怎么安排的？比如你要提前多长时间到那里？你要演奏多长时间？

Todd: OK, Mark, I thought we would talk about television. The theme this week will be TV.

托德：马克，我们来谈谈电视吧。本周的主题是电视。

Greg: Hi, Todd.

格雷格：你好，托德。

Todd: So, Mark, when people think of Americans they often think of the hot dog and when they think of Japan they think of sushi. What are the foods that people associate with New Zealand?

托德：马克，人们谈到美国时会想到热狗，提到日本时会想到寿司。那人们提到新西兰时会想到什么食物？

I am going to talk about the time I have spent in Germany and also in France. I did a degree in French and German and as part of my degree it was compulsory to spend one year abroad. I decided to go to Germany because my German was not as good as my French. When I got to Germany, I found that people were really hospitable. People often invited me out and they invited me to their houses and they would often take me out to different places and sometimes we would go to cafes and have coffee and cake.

我要谈谈我在德国和法国度过的时光。我在法国和德国都修了学位，我所修的学位要求我必须去海外上一年学。我决定去德国，因为我的德语没有法语说得那么好。我到德国的时候，发现那里的人们非常好客。人们经常邀请我一起外出，他们会邀请我去他们的家，他们也会带我去不同的地方游览，有时我们会去咖啡厅享用咖啡和蛋糕。

Todd: So, what did you do today?

托德：你今天做什么了？