A：Hey, Daniel, how's it going?

嗨，丹尼爾，怎么樣了?

B：Hey, Daddy, today I had really a fantastic history class.

嗨，爸爸。今天我上了一堂超棒的課。

A：Wow, it's so strange for you to say things like that. What had happened?

哇，你能說(shuō)這種話太奇怪了。發(fā)生什么事情了?

B：We've learnt the story of Zheng He Sailing to West Ocean. He is a real great navigator.

我們學(xué)了鄭和下西洋的故事。他真是個(gè)偉大的航海家。

A：Did your teacher tell you the route he took?

老師告訴你他的航海路線了嗎?

B：Yeah, he, with his fleet, came across the Indian Ocean, and arrived at the east coast of Africa.

是的，他跟他的艦隊(duì)穿過(guò)了印度洋到達(dá)了非洲東海岸。

A：Great, do you still remember when he started his voyage?

好的，你記得他什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始的旅行的?

B：Of course, that is from 1405 to 1433, which is in Ming dynasty.

當(dāng)然，從1405年到1433年，那是在明朝時(shí)期。

A：Good, by the way, do you finish reading the book Robinson Crusoe I've bought for you?

好的，問(wèn)一下，你讀完了我給你買的那本魯濱遜漂流記了嗎?

B：Not yet, you know I have a lot of homework to do.

還沒(méi)有，你知道我有很多家庭作業(yè)要做。

A：You should speed up, because the story of Robinson can give you a better understanding about what you learned today.

你應(yīng)該加快速度，因?yàn)轸敒I遜的故事能夠幫助你理解今天所學(xué)的東西。

B：OK, great Daddy, after supper, I'll embark on it.

好的，偉大的父親大人，晚飯后，我就開(kāi)始。

A：That's my boy! Wait, Daniel, when is Pirates of the Caribbean on?

這才是我的小孩，等等，丹尼爾，加勒比海盜什么時(shí)候開(kāi)演?

B：Is it about Captain Jack Sparrow, who wants to find the treasure on the sea?

是不是關(guān)于想在海上找到寶藏的杰克船長(zhǎng)?

A：Exactly, now, tell me the time.

對(duì)啊，告訴我時(shí)間。

B：I won't tell you, unless you promise to let me watch it with you.

除非你答應(yīng)我跟你一起看，我才告訴你。

注釋:

navigator n. 航海家

fleet n. 艦隊(duì)

speed up 加速

embark vi. 從事

Zheng He "Sailing to West Ocean:" 鄭和是中國(guó)歷史上最杰出的航海家。從明永樂(lè)三年(1405年)至宣德八年(1433年)，鄭和先后率領(lǐng)龐大船隊(duì)七下西洋(明代稱加里曼島以西的海域?yàn)槲餮?，經(jīng)東南亞、印度洋遠(yuǎn)航至亞非地區(qū)，最遠(yuǎn)到達(dá)紅海和非洲東海岸，航海足跡遍及亞、非30多個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)。