a 嗨！很高兴认识你。我叫苏，苏·戴维斯。

　　b good to meet you too.  welcome to beijing.  i’m yan.

　　b 我也很高兴认识你。欢迎来北京。我是燕。

　　a hi yan.  are you from beijing?

　　a 嗨，燕！你是北京人吗？

　　b no, but i’ve lived here for nearly ten years, so i think it’s now my home city.

　　b 不是，但是我在这里已经住了将近10年了，所以我想这里就是我的家乡。

　　a where are you from originally?

　　a 你原来是哪里人？

　　b from harbin, in the north-east.  i was born there.

　　b 哈尔滨人，中国的东北。我在那里出生。

　　notes        注释

　　1 remember the simple questions to ask someone where they come from: where are you from? / where are you from?; where do you come from? / where do you come from?; are you from beijing? / are you from beijing?

　　记住问某人是哪里人的简单问法：where are you from? / 你是哪里人； where do you come from? /你是哪里人；are you from beijing? /你是北京人吗？

　　2 you can also ask specifically about someone’s city or place of birth, by saying: where are you from originally? / where are you from originally? (or where were you born? / where were you born?)

　　你还可以这样问某人具体是在哪个城市或者哪个地方出生的：where are you from originally? /你原来是哪里人？(或者where were you born? /你在哪里出生？)