Beth! Hey, Beth! How's it going?

贝丝,你好,贝丝。最近怎么样？

[How's it going和How are you是同一个意思，但是用How's it going问好更加地道。]

Ali! Hi! I'm fine. How are you?

阿里！你好！我很好。你好吗？

Fine, thanks. Beth, this is Lee.

很好，谢谢。贝丝，这是李。

[这里省略了I'm]

Lee. this is my friend, Beth.

李。这是我的朋友，贝丝。

Nice to meet you.

很高兴见到你。

Nice to meet you. Are you from around here?

很高兴见到你。你是附近的人吗？

No, I'm from Seoul Korea.

不，我来自韩国首尔。

Really? That's interesting.

真的吗？ 那很有意思。

Seoul's the capital of Korea, isn't it?

首尔是韩国的首都，不是吗？

Yes, that's right. How about you? What's your hometown?

嗯，那就对了。你呢？你的家乡是哪里？

I'm from San Anselmo, California.

我来自加利福尼亚州的圣安塞尔莫。

San Anselmo? Is that a big city?

圣安塞尔莫？ 那是个大城市吗？

No, it's a small town in Northern California.

不，它是北加州的一个小镇。

There are about 20,000 people there. What's the population of Seoul?

那里大约有20,000人。首尔有多少人口？

It's a really big city. There are over 10 million people in Seoul.

这是一个非常大的城市。首尔有超过 1000 万人口。

Wow! That's a lot of people.

哇！ 那是很多人。

Yes, it is. But there's good public transportation, so it isn't bad.

是的。但是那里的公共交通很好，所以还不错。