[by:可可英语～www.utensil-race.com]
[00:00.00]Situation 11:  Social Studies
场景 11:  社会学习
[00:03.46]His teacher's name is Mr.Bert.
他的老师是波特先生.
[00:08.40]Mr.Bert, I'm sick.
波特先生,我病了.
[00:11.38]Can I go to the nurse's office?
我能去看医生吗?
[00:14.23]No, not yet.
不,不行.
[00:17.01]Today we are going to talk about Japan and Korea,
今天我们要一起谈谈日本和韩国,
[00:22.14]and I think you should stay here.
我觉得你应该留在这.
[00:25.40]After we talk, if you are still feeling sick,
谈完之后,如果你仍然不舒服,
[00:30.01]you may go to the nurse's office.
你可以去看医生.
[00:32.01]All right. When does the class start?
好吧.什么时候开始上课?
[00:37.05]Right now. Class, today we are going to talk about Japan and Korea.
现在.同学们,今天我们来探讨一下日本和韩国.
[00:43.50]These countries are very far away from American,
这两个国家离美国很远,
[00:48.27]but they are very important.
但是他们很重要.
[00:50.04]When I was young we didn't learn about Asia in school,
我小的时候在学校没有学过关于亚洲的东西,
[00:56.33]and so we knew very little.
所以我们知道的很少.
[00:59.57]These days, however,
但是现在,
[01:02.19]politics, economics,
政治,经济,
[01:06.12]and the internet have made our relationship to Asia closer than ever.
还有网络使我们和亚洲的关系比任何时候都近.
[01:12.30]And the countries we have the closest relationship to are Japan and Korea.
和我们联系最紧密的两个国家是日本和韩国.
[01:19.16]Why do we have a close relationship with Japan and Korea?
为什么我们要和日本和韩国保持紧密联系呢?
[01:24.13]Well, Robert,
哦，罗勃特.
[01:27.01]we buy more than half our cars, computers,
我们买的超过半数的汽车,电脑,
[01:32.04]and other electronics from those two countries.
还有其他电器从这两个国家.
[01:36.32]But, more importantly, they have long and interesting histories and cultures.
但是更重要的是,他们拥有长而有趣的历史和文化.
[01:43.13]Let me start with the history and culture of Korea.
让我们从韩国的历史文化开始.