Y:各位听众好，欢迎您到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。
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. 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. J: Exactly. And also, Yang Chen, traveling is another way to broaden your horizons and it's fun. 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)
Y: 他们在家光说英语。
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。
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。