Todd:What is your hobby?

你的兴趣爱好是什么啊?

Matt:I suppose it is scuba diving?

我想应该是潜水?

Todd:Oh, nice! Well, tell us about scuba diving.

哦，不错。那你给我们讲讲关于潜水的事吧。

Matt:Well, I haven't been for a while because I have been living in Japan and it's expensive to do it here, but when I was in Thailand I went scuba divingquite a lot. I did the PADI certificate. I just love it. I didquite a bitof scuba diving both in the Gulf of Thailand and the Indian Ocean and saw whale sharks, leopard sharks andall sorts of things.

恩，我之前有段时间一直没有潜水因为我那个时候住在日本，来这儿一趟是很奢侈的。但当我到泰国的时候，我就总是去潜水。我有一个国际专业潜水教练协会的证书。我就是喜欢潜水。我总是在泰国湾和印度洋潜水，而且还会看到鲸鲨,豹鲨以及各种各样的东西。

Todd:How do they compare, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Thailand?

你是如何对比印度洋和泰国湾的呢?

Matt:Well, the Gulf of Thailand is quitepollutedand there is a lot of shipping that comes up from Singapore to Bangkok, whereas the Indian Ocean, it's called the Andaman Sea but it's part of the Indian Ocean is a lot cleaner but it can beaffected bymonsoons.

恩，泰国湾受污程度比较大，而且会有很多从新加坡到曼谷的船运，而印度洋，它被人们称为安达曼海。但作为印度洋的一部分它比较干净但却容易受季风的影响。

Todd:OK. Great. Thanks Matt.

哦，好的。谢谢你。