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Joel: I'm sorry, what was your name again?
乔尔：抱歉，请你再说一遍你的名字，好吗？
Ruth: My name is Ruth Archibald.
露丝：我叫露丝·阿奇博尔德。
Joel: Ruth. OK, where are you from?
乔尔：露丝。你来自哪里？
Ruth: I'm from Ireland.
露丝：我来自爱尔兰。
Joel: Ireland. OK. I can notice your accent a little bit. I've never been to Ireland before. What's famous about Ireland that you can tell me about?
乔尔：爱尔兰。好，我大概能听出你的口音。我以前从来没有去过爱尔兰。你能和我说说爱尔兰什么比较出名吗？
Ruth: Probably the most famous things are Guinness and whiskey, they're alcoholic drinks from.
露丝：可能最出名的应该是吉尼斯啤酒和威斯忌，它们是酒类饮品。
Joel: I've heard that it's a pretty rough crowd in Ireland too. Is that true for women as well?
乔尔：我听说爱尔兰有很多人都很粗鲁。女性也是这样吗？
Ruth: No, I don't think so. I think it depends on where you go in Ireland. In the capitol, yes, maybe people are a bit more rough, but in the countryside they're very friendly.
露丝：不是，我不这么认为。我想这要取决于你去爱尔兰的哪个地方。爱尔兰首都的一些民众可能不太友好，不过乡村的人非常友好。
Joel: OK, but for men, so if I went to a bar in Ireland, would I be in trouble?
乔尔：那男性去爱尔兰的酒吧会遇到麻烦吗？
Ruth: I don't think so. I don't think so. No. No. It's really good.
露丝：我想不会。我认为不会。不会，不会遇到麻烦。酒吧很不错。
Joel: And where are you from?
乔尔：你来自哪个地方？
Ruth: I'm from a place called Bray, which is maybe one hours drive from the capitol of Dublin.
露丝：我来自一个名为Bray的地方，距离首都都柏林有一小时的车程。
Joel: OK, one-hours drive so what is the geography like?
乔尔：一小时的车程，那里的地形怎么样？
Ruth: It's pretty flat. There are some mountains but none of them are very high and the area around the city is very, it's very built up but once you get outside the city it's mainly countryside. There's a lot of farming and country, particularly beef and dairy products and also sheep. There's lots of sheep.
露丝：地势非常平坦。那里也有一些山，但是并没有高山，城市周边有很多建筑物，不过出城以后就是乡村地区了。有很多农田和乡村，尤其是牛和羊很多，盛产奶制品。有很多羊。
Joel: When are you going to be going back?
乔尔：你打算什么时候回家去？
Ruth: I've just gone back. I went back in December for three weeks, so at the moment I have no plans to go home in the near future, but maybe sometime in September so maybe in another six or seven weeks.
露丝：我刚回去过。12月份时我回去住了三个星期，所以近期我没有回去的计划，不过可能9月份的时候我会回家去看看，大概还有六七周的时间。
Joel: I'm going to have to go out and visit sometime.
乔尔：我打算找个时间去那里旅游。
Ruth: Definitely. It's really good. It's a really nice place to visit.
露丝：一定要去。那里非常棒，是个旅游的好地方。
Joel: Alright. Thanks.
乔尔：好的。谢谢。
Ruth: You're welcome.
露丝：不客气。
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