C：Have you ever seen Bill Gate's home on the internet?

你在網(wǎng)上看到過比爾蓋茨的家嗎?

M：No. what's it like?

沒見過。什么樣啊?

C：It's got its own library, theatre, swimming pool, and a guest house. The house itself has about ten different rooms that are all hooked up to computers so you can get things done in each room through a remote control. It's also located near the sea, so he can park his boats next to his house. It's absolutely amazing!

他家有私人圖書館，影院，游泳池和供客人住的別墅。主人的別墅里有十間完全不同的房間，都連著電腦，所以你可以在任何一個(gè)地方用遙控器控制其它房間里的設(shè)備。別墅建在海邊，他的游艇就停泊在房子旁邊。實(shí)在是太美了。

M：Would you want to live there?

你想住在那里嗎?

C：I think his house is fantastic, but I wouldn't want to live there. You would have to hire one or two people to clean all the rooms in the house, plus a few people to take care of the gardens, and probably an au pair or two to take care of the children. It's just too big of a place to take care of on your own.

我是覺得他的房子很棒，可是我不想住在那里。你得雇一倆個(gè)人來打掃所有的房間，再雇好幾個(gè)人來打理花園，也很可能還需要一倆個(gè)保姆照顧孩子們。這房子自己來弄實(shí)在是太大了。

M：What's your dreamhome like then?

那你夢(mèng)想中的家是個(gè)什么樣的呢?

C：My dream home is actually just a samll cottage in a quiet village in England.

我夢(mèng)想的家應(yīng)該在英格蘭一個(gè)很安靜的小鎮(zhèn)，是一套小小的村農(nóng)舍。

M：Would you want to buy an old cottage or build a new one yourself?

你想買一套老宅子還是自己蓋套新的?

C：Old homes are great because they've got character. I think that's important.

老房子當(dāng)然最好了，因?yàn)樗凶约邯?dú)特的味道。我認(rèn)為這點(diǎn)很重要。

M：Is that why you wear second-hand clothes as well? Because they've got character?

這也是你穿二手衣服的原因嗎?因?yàn)樗鼈冇凶约旱奈兜?

C：No, that's just because I don't have enough money to buy new cloths all the time!

不，那只是因?yàn)槲覜]錢買新衣服。

M：I see. If you lived in an old house, would it be decorated in a modern way?

我知道了。如果你有一套老房子，你會(huì)把它裝修的很現(xiàn)代嗎?

C：No, I'd definitely try to restore it to its original state. I love to imagine what it'd be like to live in another time in history and living in a house decorated like it would have been 200 years ago would be a great way to feed my imagination even more!

不會(huì)。我會(huì)盡力把它修復(fù)成原來的樣子。我喜歡住在里面想象自己生活在另一個(gè)歷史時(shí)空里。如果把房子裝修成它200年前的樣子，就更能滿足我的想象了。