J: Hello I''m Jody and welcome to the American Cafe.
Y: Jody, 听说你下星期是不是要到意大利去？
J: Yes and I can''t wait! I just bought some new clothes for the trip but more importantly I''m learning a little Italian. Piacere!
Y: 听着很好听，是什么意思？
(Pause)
J: Um, just a minute, (flipping through a book) hold on...
Y: Jody, 我看你以前一定没好好学你的意大利语。
J: You''re absolutely right. I''ll try harder.
Y: 我记得你好象是意大利人后裔，是吗？
J: Yes, I am of Italian heritage H-E-R-I-T-A-G-E, and most of my family comes from Italy.
Y: 你是意大利人后裔，可是却不会说意大利语？
J: I know, unfortunately, my father''s mother and father...
Y: (Translate)你是说你的爷爷、奶奶...
J: ...right. only spoke English in the home.
Y: 他们在家光说英语。
J: I think during that era, that time period, it was very common for European immigrants to speak English.
Y: 他们那时候都急着要学好英语。
J: But you know the best way to broaden your horizons is to learn a foreign language.
Y: 你说到"broaden your horizons"，你记不记得我们上次在意大利文化节上碰见到的那个女孩Diane?
J: Oh right, Dianne.
Y: 她也是这么说的。下面就让大家来认识一下Diane:
Diane: I''m Diane Adleberg and I live in Falls Church, Virginia. I''m on my second Italian class and I am not of Italian heritage but I love languages. And I think it''s nice for Americans to broaden their horizons and learn a foreign language.
Y: 她说的"Broaden your horizons"就是扩大视野的意思。Diane说的没错，学外语就是一种扩大视野的好方法，因为你学了一种语言以后，就会自然而然地想学习这个国家的文化。
J: Exactly. And also, Yang Chen, traveling is another way to broaden your horizons and it''s fun.
Y: 你说的没错。那你这次到意大利去就是很好的机会，可以提高你的意大利语水平。
J: I hope so. (Speaking Italian), what do you think?
Y: 你说得很好。
J: I don''t think so, but thanks any way.
Y: Diane说她不是意大利人后裔，可以有那么多外语可以学，她为什么选择意大利语呢！
J: Maybe because it''s so romantic!
Y: Sigh. 意大利语的确是非常浪漫。
J: And Diane speaks French already. But she said that she has always wanted to learn Italian because of an opera that she loves very much!
Diane: Well, I speak French already and I''ve always wanted to learn Italian because there''s a particular opera that I love, La Traviata.
Y: 我想很多人和她一样是为了听意大利歌剧而学习意大利语。
J: Diane gave us an example of her favorite aria in the opera La Traviata ...
J: What is "aria" in Chinese?
Y: Aria就是咏叹调的意思。
J: Again here is Diane.
Diane: I''ll tell you how the aria to my favorite opera goes. It''s: "Di provenze il mar il suol" And I''ve just always loved that aria.
J: "Di provenze il mar il suol" !!
Y: 听起来很好听，是什么意思呢？
J: I asked her to translate and she wouldn''t. She said we would have to investigate.
Diane: You know I''m going to translate it for you because it''s very poetic so you''ll have to investigate.
Y: Diane说这句话太有诗意
J: Very poetic.
J: If we need to investigate, I guess we have to listen to it first. Here''s the aria from La Traviata!
(Enter music)
Y: Jody， 你听懂了吗？
J: Understand? No, not word. But it''s so beautiful!
Y: 其实你不需要懂得意大利语来欣赏意大利歌剧。
J: Thanks for joining us on American Cafe.
Y: 我们下次再见。
(Fade music to end)
