BEC情景口语：06 Thinking of relocating One

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　　Tom和Vivian是香港一家跨国公司的雇员。Vivian被升职，要调到美国奥兰多的办事处。

　　Vivian: Hey Tom, got a second?

　　Tom: Sure, what's up?

　　V: The Company has offered me a new position.It's kind of a promotion.

　　T: Hey! Congratulations! That's great!

　　Vivian问Tom, got a second? 有时间吗?Tom回答，What's up? 什么事?

　　Vivian说自己升职了，promotion

　　V: Well, yes...but the new position would requireme to relocate...to our office in Orlando, Florida. V: I know you relocated here from Chicago, soI wanted to get your two cents worth.

　　Vivian说的relocate, 就是要搬到另外一个地方去工作。Vivian说，I wanted to get your two centsworth. "Two cents worth"是指个人意见，Vivian知道Sam是从芝加哥搬到香港来的，所以想听听Sam的想法。

　　T: Sure. Well, for starters, I went the opposite direction, moving from the States to Asia,so it's quite a different ball game. But I think the main thing you have to do is weigh the prosand cons.

　　V: I don't even know where to start. One "pro" is a higher salary.

　　T: That's always a pro. But there's a whole bunch of other factors to consider.

　　V: Such as?

　　Tom说，首先，for starters, 他是从美国搬到亚洲，所以情况完全不同，a different ball game. 他建议Vivian考虑一下利弊，pro and con。涨工资当然是好事，那不好的地方有哪些呢?

　　T: Well...consider how you get to work here. You take the subway, right?

　　V: Of course.

　　T: In Orlando you would have to drive. Do you have any pets?

　　V: Yeah...I have an adorable German Shepard puppy.

　　T: It can be quite time consuming, expensive and difficult to ship pets abroad.

　　V: These are all good thing for me to consider. Anything else?

　　Tom举例说，搬去奥兰多会带来很多变化，比如说要从坐地铁改成开车，把狗运出国要花很多钱。不过这些还是次要的。

　　T: I think one of the biggest things you might face is the change in the pace of life. In mostof America, things don't zip by like they do here in Asia.

　　V: So many "cons."

　　T: No, no...there's some great "pros" as well. When I moved here, I met all kinds of newpeople and I'm now, as you know, in a relationship with a wonderful woman I met here.

　　V: That's a big pro.

　　最大的变化是生活节奏，the pace of life. 因为美国的生活节奏不像亚洲那么快，things don't zip bylike they do here in Asia. Zip by呼啸而过。

　　奥兰多的生活和香港还有哪些差距呢?我们下次继续听。