a 苏，你呢？你是英国人，不是吗？

　　b yes, i am.  i’m british.  i was born in manchester. 

　　b 是的，我是。我是英国人。我出生在曼彻斯特。

　　a ah, the home of manchester united!

　　a 啊，曼联队的家乡！

　　b yes, but i don’t live there any more.  i left manchester a long time ago.

　　b 是的，但是我已经不住在那里了。我很久以前就离开曼彻斯特了。

　　a and where do you live now?

　　a 那你现在住在哪里？

　　b in cambridge.  i work in a hospital in cambridge.

　　b 住在剑桥。我在剑桥的一家医院工作。

　　a ah, i’ve heard of cambridge too ╟ a very famous city.

　　a 啊，我也听说过剑桥——非常有名的城市。

　　notes     注释

　　1 you can talk about the place you were born and the place you live now (if they are different) in various ways, e.g.: i was born in shanghai but i now live in beijing / i was born in shanghai but i now live in beijing; i left manchester a long time ago. now i live in cambridge. / i left manchester a long time ago. now i live in cambridge.

　　你可以用不同的方法谈论你的出生地和你现在住在哪里（如果你的出生地和你现在所住的地方不一样的话），例如：i was born in shanghai but i now live in beijing /我出生在上海，但是我现在住在北京；i left manchester a long time ago. now i live in cambridge. /我很久以前就离开曼彻斯特了。我现在住在剑桥。

　　2 when you are talking about the place you come from or were born in, you can also use phrases to refer to the time, e.g. any more / any more: a long time ago / a long time ago; five years ago / five years ago, e.g.: i don’t live in manchester any more / i don’t live in manchester any more; i left nanjing 5 years ago / i left nanjing 5 years ago.

　　当你在谈论你是哪里人或者你的出生地时，你也可以用短语来指代时间，例如any more /再也；a long time ago 很久以前；/ five years ago /五年以前，例如：i don’t live in manchester any more / 我已经不住在曼彻斯特了； i left nanjing 5 years ago /我5年前离开了南京。