书城外语英语实用口语
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第4章 口语交际(2)

4.结账

A:Could I have the bill, please?

请把账单给我,好吗?

B:OK, wait a minute, please.

好的,请稍等一会儿。

A:Waiter, please. I want to settle the bill.

服务员,我想结账。

B:Right away, sir.

马上来,先生。

四、问路与接电话

1.去火车站

A:Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the railway station?

打扰一下,能告诉我如何去火车站吗?

B: The railway station is located① on Gao Erji Street, near Zhongshan Road.

火车站位于高尔基路,在中山路附近。

A:How long will it take me to get there?

我到那里需要多长时间?

B:If you take a bus, it will only take 30 minutes.

如果你乘坐公共汽车的话,只需30分钟。

A:Sorry to trouble②you, but could you direct③me to the railway station?

不好意思打扰您,您能给我指明去火车站的路吗?

B:Go straight④for about 2 kilometers and you will reach the station.

直行约2千米,你就会到达火车站。

Words:

①located

adj.坐落的,位于的

②trouble

n.麻烦;烦恼;故障;动乱

vi.费心;烦恼

vt.麻烦;使烦恼;折磨

③direct

adj.直接的;直的;直系的;率直的

adv.直接地;径直地;直截了当地;正好

vt.(用建议、指示、有益的情报等)指导;导演(戏剧或电影);指示方向;把…对准(某方向或某人)

vt.&;vi.指导,导演,管理

vi.引路;当向导;领唱;领奏

④straight

adj.直的;连续的;直率的;整齐的

adv.直地;直接地;坦率地;立即

n.直线;直线部分

2.去市区

A:Excuse me. Which line goes downtown?

打扰一下,请问哪条线是去市区的。

B:You can take No. 38 or No. 45. Both of the buses will take you there.

你可以乘38路或者45路,这两路公共汽车都会带你去那里。

A:Excuse me. Which set of subway tracks①goes downtown?

打扰一下,请问哪条地铁线去市区?

B:The third line of subway tracks goes downtown.

第三号地铁线去市区。

Words:

tracks

n.小路( track的名词复数);跑道;路径;轨道

v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数);跟踪摄影;留下(脏)足迹;追随(潮流等)

3.接电话

A:The phone is ringing.

电话铃声响了。

B:I'll answer it.

我来接。

A:Who's that calling?

谁打来的电话?

B:It's Xiao Wei. She asks us to go to her birthday party next Sunday.

是肖玮,她邀请我们下周日去参加她的生日聚会。

A:Great!

太好了!

A:The phone is ringing. Could you pick it up?

电话铃声响了,你能接下电话吗?

B:I can't come to the phone right now.

我现在不能接电话。

4.打错电话

A:Hello. Can I talk to Miss Anna Li, please?

您好,我想找李安娜小姐接电话。

B:I beg your pardon? Miss who?

麻烦再说一遍好吗?找谁?

A:Miss Li, Anna Li.

李小姐,李安娜。

B:I'm sorry, but I don't know that name. You must have the wrong num?ber.

对不起,不认识这个人,你一定打错了。

A:Hello, is this 83456734?

喂,是不是83456734?

B:Sorry, wrong number.

对不起,打错了。

五、节 日

1.母亲节

A:You look a little tired this morning, Joan.

琼,你今天早晨看起来有点累。

B:I know. I got up at 4 a.m. to make breakfast for my mother.

我知道。我四点就起床给我妈妈做早餐了。

A:You really are a great daughter, Joan.

你真是个好女儿,琼。

B:Not really. It is my mother who is wonderful. She gave me life and brought me up very well.

不是的。是我妈妈伟大,她给了我生命又悉心把我抚养成人。

A:So you try to repay her on Mother's Day?

所以你想在母亲节报答她?

B:Right. But she has given me so much that it would take hundreds of years to repay her.

没错。可是她给予我的太多了,要花几百年才能报答她。

A:Maybe we should have Mother's Day everyday instead of just once a year?

也许我们应该每天都过母亲节,而不是一年一次?

B:It's a good idea Jeff, but I can't get up so early to make breakfast for her everyday.

这是个好主意杰夫,可我不能每天早晨都起来那么早给她做早餐。

A:But we should tell our Moms how much we love them more often.

但我们应该更经常地告诉我们的妈妈我们多么爱她们。

B:I agree! I will tell my children your great idea!

我同意!我会把你的好主意告诉我的孩子们!

2.端午节

A:When is the Dragon①Boat Festival?

端午节是什么时候?

B:It's on the 5th day of the 5th lunar②month.

是在阴历的五月初五。

A:How do you spend this holiday?

你们是怎么度过这个节日的?

B:We usually eat Zongzi, a kind of food made by glutinous③rice wrapped④in bamboo⑤leaves.

我们通常吃粽子,由糯米做的一种包在竹叶里的食物。

A:Why do people eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival?

端午节人们为什么要吃粽子啊?

B:To memorize⑥the ancient⑦patriotic⑧poet⑨Qu Yuan. When he jumped into the river, people threw food into the river to keep the fish from eating him.

为了纪念古代爱国诗人屈原。屈原投江以后,人们把食物投入江中,这样鱼就不会吃他了。

Words:

①dragon

n.龙

②lunar

adj.月的,月球的;阴历的

③glutinous

adj.黏的,胶质的;粘

④wrapped

adj.有包装的,预先包装的

v.包( wrap的过去式和过去分词);覆盖;用…包裹(或包扎、覆盖等);卷起

⑤bamboo

n.竹子

⑥memorize

vt.记住,熟记;[计算机科学]存储,记忆

⑦ancient

adj.古代的;远古的;极老的

⑧patriotic

adj.爱国的,有爱国心的;爱国主义的

⑨poet

n.诗人

3.国庆节

A. The National Day is coming!

国庆就要到了。

B:Yeah, we'll have a vacation for seven days. What do you plan on do?ing during the holiday?

是啊,我们可以过个七天的长假了。假期你都打算干吗啊?

A:I plan on going sightseeing①.

我想去旅游。

B:Oh, God! There will be so many tourists②during that time. Why don't you change③your plans?

天啊,这个时候去旅游景点的人肯定特多。干吗不换个时间去?

A:I know, but it's not that easy for me to have such a long holiday totravel. What about your plan?

这个我也知道,可是难得有个这么长的假期可以去旅游。你打算做什么呢?

B:Me? I intend④to stay at home for the whole⑤seven days and have a good rest.

我啊?就打算在家待七天,好好休息休息。

Words:

①sightseeing

n.观光,游览

②tourists

n.旅行者,观光客(tourist的名词复数)

③change

vt.改变,变更;交换,替换;兑换;换衣服(床单)

vi.改变,转变;交换,互换;换衣,更衣

n.变化,改变;交换,交替;零钱,找头;代替物

④intend

v.意欲,计划;打算

⑤whole

adj.全部的,所有的;完整的

n.整体,整个;全部

4.春节

A:Could you tell me something about the Spring Festival?

你能给我讲讲有关春节的事吗?

B:The Spring Festival is commonly① known as“Guonian”. According to an old Chinese story,“Nian”was a monster②in ancient③time.

春节通常被称为“过年”。根据一个古老的中国传说,“年”是远古时期的一种怪兽。

A:How long will the Spring Festival last?

春节会持续多长时间?

B:It lasts till the 15th of the first lunar④month.

春节一直持续到正月十五元宵节。

Words:

①commonly

adv.通常地;一般地;平凡地;粗俗地

②monster

adj.巨大的,庞大的;(建筑物)巍峨的

n.怪物;恶魔,恶人;庞然大物;畸形,畸胎

③ancient

adj.古代的;远古的;极老的

lunar

adj.月的,月球的;阴历的