说一说海外教学的经历

今天的这段对话，在讨论海外教学，
 
海外教学需要勇气，你有在海外教学的经历吗
 
来听今天的讲解:
 
A: So Sarah, you're an English teacher, right?
 
萨拉，你是名英语老师，对吧？
 
B: That's right.
 
没错。
 
A: You must have taught in many countries before.
 
你之前一定在很多国家和地区教过英语。
 
B: Yeah, I did. I taught in the USA, in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan and Ecuador.
 
对，没错。我在美国、台湾、中国、韩国、日本和厄瓜多尔教过英语。
 
A: Oh, Ecuador.
 
哦，厄瓜多尔。
 
B: Yeah.
 
对。
 
A: So you must be able to speak Spanish very well.
 
那你一定也会说西班牙语。
 
B: I think so. I studied really hard, and then when I lived in Ecuador, I spent a lot of time talking to people.
 
是的。我在厄瓜多尔时非常努力地学习了西班牙语，我花很多时间和当地人交谈。
 
A: Did you teach Spanish, too?
 
那你也教西班牙语？
 
B: No, I didn't. When I lived in Ecuador actually, I volunteered for the United Nations.
 
不教。我在厄瓜多尔生活时，我是联合国的志愿者。
 
A: Wow.
 
哇哦。
 
B: And I taught families and they were being relocated to Canada because they were fleeing the drug wars of Colombia.
 
我的工作是教一些家庭英语，这些家庭要逃离哥伦比亚的毒品战争，他们会被重新安置在加拿大。
 
A: Wow.
 
哇哦。
 
B: So I felt very badly for these families but they had a really bright future. So that was good. But then one week, I had a family, a couple of families and they were being relocated to Sweden.
 
我为这些家庭感到难过，不过他们有一个非常光明的未来。这很好。不过有一周，我教了几个要被重新安置在瑞典的家庭。
 
A: Oh.
 
哦。
 
B: And I said, "I can't teach them Swedish." And the UN said, "Well, maybe just teach them English." So I thought, they're going to Sweden, they don't need to learn English right now. And my friend at the time – she's Norwegian, and we were living together. And every day, she helped me to learn a little bit of Swedish. Just enough for one class so that I could teach these families...
 
我说，“我不能教他们瑞典语”。联合国方面说，“你就教他们英语吧”。可是我想，他们要去瑞典，他们现在不用学英语。当时我有个朋友，她是挪威人，我们住在一起。她每天都帮助我学习一些瑞典语。足够我在当天的课上教那些家庭的。
 
A: Wait, wait.
 
等一下。
 
B: ...some Swedish.
 
瑞典语。
 
A: You were teaching Swedish language?
 
你教瑞典语？
 
B: Yes.
 
对。
 
A: You are an English speaker.
 
可是你的母语是英语。
 
B: Yes.
 
对。
 
A: You lived in Ecuador.
 
你当时在厄瓜多尔生活。
 
B: Yes.
 
对。
 
A: And a Norwegian person taught you Swedish.
 
一个挪威人教你瑞典语。
 
B: Yes.
 
对。
 
A: So you could teach Swedish to people from Ecuador.
 
所以你教厄瓜多尔人瑞典语。
 
B: From Colombia, currently living in Ecuador.
 
那些人来自哥伦比亚，他们当时住在厄瓜多尔。
 
A: So they could move to Sweden.
 
他们要搬去瑞典。
 
B: Yes.
 
对。
 
A: And you did this as a volunteer.
 
你志愿做这份工作。
 
B: Yeah. I wanted to help people. So I moved to Ecuador and I got a volunteer job with the United Nations to help teach people but I never thought I would be teaching Swedish.
 
对。我想帮助别人。所以我去厄瓜多尔做联合国的志愿者，去帮助他人，我以前从来没想过我会教瑞典语。
 
A: Wow.
 
哇哦。
 
B: Yeah. It was a lot of fun.
 
对。那很有趣。
 
A: I would like to try that someday, too.
 
如果有机会，我也想尝试一下。
 
B: You can do it.
 
你可以的。