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来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期，学习英语，了解美国文化，同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话” (Everyday Conversations)系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。

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Lucía: Hey, Ajay. Akinyi and I are going to an event about diasporas at the Campus Center tonight at 8. Do you want to come with us?

Ajay: I was already planning to go, but let’s all go together. I have an assignment for one of my classes. I need to choose and write about a diaspora community in the U.S., and I think tonight’s event will give me good background information.

Akinyi: It definitely will. There are a lot of different diaspora communities in the U.S.

Lucía: Yeah, we’ve been studying this in one of my classes. The U.S. has more global diaspora members than any other country in the world.

Akinyi: I knew it was a multicultural country, but I had no idea just how multicultural until I got here.

Ajay: Well, which diaspora community do you think I should write about?

Akinyi: I think you should choose a diaspora community that is prominent in this city.

Ajay: Yeah, I could interview people in the community and talk to them about their experiences here in the U.S. and even see how their experiences are different from ours as exchange students. I really want to know what the community is like.

Lucía: You should talk with Kayla. She lives in our dorm. Her family is part of the Ethiopian diaspora, and they own a really popular restaurant downtown. We should all go there for dinner one night.

让我们来学习一些词语（也可阅读英文解释）：

A diaspora ：流散移居海外的群体。这种移居他乡往往不是完全出于自愿，而是迫于国内战争、政局、饥荒等因素。

A diaspora community：外侨社群

Multicultural：多元文化的，多种文化传统的

To have no idea：一种非正式的表达法，意思是一无所知。例如： “I have no idea where I’m going” 的意思是 “I do not know where I’m going.”

prominent：突出的、显著的

在叙述句中说what something is like或在疑问句中用疑问语序What is something like都是谈某地、某物或某人具有什么特征、什么样子。例如：问： What is Florida like? （佛罗里达是什么样？）答： It’s hot and humid, but I like it.（炎热潮湿，但我喜欢那里。 ） 问： What is Maria like? （马丽亚是怎样一个人？）答： She’s thoughtful and friendly, and she’s an excellent student.（她细心友善，是个优秀的学生。）

Dorm：是 dormitory一词的简写，意思是学生宿

Downtown ：市内，城市中心地区

有兴趣听更多英语对话吗？请浏览“英语学习”专题网页。

Six students from around the world meet. What do they have in common? They are all exchange students studying at a U.S. university for a semester. Throughout the semester, they learn more English, learn about U.S. culture, and learn more about their fields of study. This series of Everyday Conversations is about these six students and their experiences during a semester at a university in the U.S. These conversations are for intermediate-level English-language learners or higher.

Audio: 
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/DEC-W3-D2.mp3?_=1  

Lucía: Hey, Ajay. Akinyi and I are going to an event about diasporas at the Campus Center tonight at 8. Do you want to come with us?

Ajay: I was already planning to go, but let’s all go together. I have an assignment for one of my classes. I need to choose and write about a diaspora community in the U.S., and I think tonight’s event will give me good background information.

Akinyi: It definitely will. There are a lot of different diaspora communities in the U.S.

Lucía: Yeah, we’ve been studying this in one of my classes. The U.S. has more global diaspora members than any other country in the world.

Akinyi: I knew it was a multicultural country, but I had no idea just how multicultural until I got here.

Ajay: Well, which diaspora community do you think I should write about?

Akinyi: I think you should choose a diaspora community that is prominent in this city.

Ajay: Yeah, I could interview people in the community and talk to them about their experiences here in the U.S. and even see how their experiences are different from ours as exchange students. I really want to know what the community is like.

Lucía: You should talk with Kayla. She lives in our dorm. Her family is part of the Ethiopian diaspora, and they own a really popular restaurant downtown. We should all go there for dinner one night.

Now let’s review the vocabulary.

A diaspora is a large group of people who have moved from their home country to live in other countries in the world. Often this move is not completely by choice but is because of war, political issues, famine, etc., in the people’s home country.

A diaspora community is a large group of people who have moved from their homeland and live in a different country.

Multicultural: relating to or including people who have many different customs and beliefs.

To have no idea is an informal way to say one does not know. For example: “I have no idea where I’m going” means “I do not know where I’m going.”

Something that is prominent is well-known, important, easily seen.

When we use the phrase what something is like or the question What is something like, we want to know more about the place, object, event or person. For example: Q: What is Florida like? A: It’s hot and humid, but I like it. Q: What is Maria like? A: She’s thoughtful and friendly, and she’s an excellent student.

Dorm is short for dormitory. A dormitory is a large building at a college or university where students live.

Downtown refers to the main or central part of a town or city.

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