口语比较类问题答案

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The examples


“What are the advantages of living in your hometown?”


The advantages? Well, for me it was where  I was born and I
love it. I don’t know if that’s an advantage. It’s not as rich as some
other places but the people are really friendly. That’s certainly an advantage.
You know if need to ask someone in the street a question, you can always do
that. That’s a really big difference from places like London where
people are much less friendly.


“Describe your hometown.”


“Well it isn’t a big place. In fact it’s pretty small if you
compare it to one of the major cities. I guess it’s got a population of
about 50,000 and it’s more of a town than a city. But there’s plenty of things
to do there and you can find almost anything you want.


“Is it easy to travel around your hometown?”


I guess so. Certainly I’ve never had any problems travelling
around it. But compared to a capital city there aren’t nearly so many
means of transport. You know in Bucharest for example there’s the
metro/underground, trams, trolley buses, buses and taxis, but we don’t have
trolley buses here in Craiova.





“What is it known for?”


Oh. What is it known
for? Let me see. It isn’t a particularly famous city. Not many people outside
of Romania have heard of it. The football team Universitatea used to be pretty
good and once got to the semi-finals of the UEFA cup. But that was a long time
ago now. I suppose you could say Craiova is a bit like/similar to
Swindon in the UK. It’s the sort of place travel through and don’t stop.


“What do people in your town do?”


There are all sorts of
jobs and professions. Nowadays, more and more students at university are
studying to become lawyers. In the old days in the past the most popular
career was to be an engineer. Then the country was much more industrial
and if you wanted to succeed that was the best choice. Nowadays, in
contrast, as I was saying, people want to become lawyers or businessmen
because that’s where the money is.


“What problems face your hometown?”


Oh, there are lots of
them. At the moment there’s a bit of a national crisis. I’d say that the
greatest problem is that the young people are leaving. They either go to
the capital or try and live abroad. One reason they do this is that there’s a
lot of unemployment and poverty. It’s really different from countries in
the West – some people here have absolutely no money at all.


‘What languages are spoken in your hometown?”


Romanian of course.
It’s our national language after all. There are still some Hungarian speakers
but far fewer than in the past. A lot of the “native Hungarians” have
left the country. But if you go to parts of Transylvannia you will find towns
where Hungarian is much more common than Romanian. And quite a few of
the young people speak good English and Spanish and Italian are also quite
common. Though you won’t hear people speak them much in the street.