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第22章 邀请及拜访(3)

只要带一些你和Jack喜欢喝的东西就行了。 Just bring along whatever it is that you and Jack would like to drink. Just bring something that you and Jack would like to drink.

乔伊,过得还好吗? Hi Joe, is everything going OK with you? Hello Joe, how are you?

人越多越高兴。 The more the merrier! The more people you bring, the happier we will be.

过得怎么样? How’s it going? How are you?

你可以带任何你觉得可以的人来。 If you think of anyone else, feel free to bring them along also. You can bring anyone here that you can think of.

所有东西都准备好了。 Everything is taken care of. Everything is ready.

重点词汇解析

1. book [buk] n. 书,书籍;账簿,账册 vt. 给……注册;预定,定(席位,车位等)vi. 订座位,订票

【例句】Foreign book department.

这里是国外图书部。

2. mood [mu:d] n. 心情,状态

【例句】He is really not in good mood.

他状态一点不好。

3. look forward. (词组)盼望做某事.

【例句】We look forward to seeing you again.

4. apartment [?‘pɑ:tm?nt] n. (美国)公寓住宅;(英国)出租房

【例句】His apartment lacks comfort.

他的公寓缺乏舒适感。

5. merry [’meri] n. 梅丽(女子名)adj. 愉快的,快活的

【例句】Merry Christmas!

圣诞快乐!

英语加油站:每天读点英语经典

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

——Oprah Winfrey

很多人都会乐意跟你一起坐在豪华轿车里,但你需要的是那些当轿车坏掉之后,愿意陪你坐公交车的人。

——奥普拉·温弗里

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

——John D. Rockefeller

建立在生意上的友谊,好过建立在友谊上的生意。

—— 约翰·洛克菲勒

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

——Mother Teresa

我希望你能够关心隔壁的邻居。你认识你隔壁的邻居吗?

——特蕾莎修女

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

——Colette

要常给友谊这台机器用礼仪这种润滑油进行保养。

——科莱特

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend is his wife.

——Franz Schubert

幸福是你能够找到真正的朋友,而更幸福的人是发现自己的妻子就是这个朋友。

——弗兰兹·舒伯特

Lesson 25 拜访

出口成章

I’m so glad you could come! 很高兴你能来!

Thanks for inviting me. 谢谢你邀请我。

Please make yourself at home. 请别客气,像在自己家一样就好。

Your home is very beautiful. 您家真漂亮。

Here are some flowers for your wife. 这是给您夫人的鲜花。

Would you like a second helping? 你还要加食物吗?

How do you take your coffee? 你要什么样的咖啡?(是否加糖,加牛奶)

Thanks for your hospitality. 谢谢您的殷勤招待。

It’s nice to put a face to a name. 很高兴能把人和名字联系起来。

We’re glad to finally be able to meet you. 很高兴我们终于见到你了。

Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes. 饭再过二十分钟就好了。

Jesse tells me you are a fabulous cook. 杰西说您是个很好的厨师。

Is there anything I can do to help? 有什么我可以帮忙的吗?

I hope you like roast beef. 希望你喜欢烤牛肉。

What would you like to drink, coffee or tea? 你想喝点儿什么?茶还是咖啡?

职场聊天一语惊人抄这段

Hello,welcome to my home!

你好,欢迎来我家做客!

Hello, Mr.Simpson. Here are some flowers for your wife.

您好,辛普森先生,这是给您夫人的鲜花。

Thanks very much, Mike. I’ve heard all about you. Jesse says you love to play guitar.

谢谢你,迈克,久仰你的大名。听杰西说你爱弹吉他。

Yes I do, Mr. Simpson. It makes me happy.

没错,辛普森,我爱弹吉他。弹吉他让我很高兴。

We’re glad to finally be able to meet you. Dinner will be ready in about twenty minutes.

终于能够见到你,我们很高兴。再过二十分钟左右就开饭。

Is there anything I can do to help?

有什么我可以帮忙的吗?

No, everything is pretty much ready. We’re just waiting on the roast. I hope you like roast beef.

谢谢不用,基本都已经准备完毕了。我们只是在等烧烤,希望你喜欢烤牛肉。

Yes, of course. Jesse tells me you are a fabulous cook.

当然喜欢。杰西跟我说过你是一个超棒的厨师。

正式用语 VS 非正式用语

中文 非正式场合聊天常用语 正式场合聊天常用语

中文 非正式场合聊天常用语 正式场合聊天常用语

还要加食物吗? Would you like a second helping? Would you like some more food?

你要什么样的咖啡?(加奶还是加糖) How do you take your coffee? How do you like your coffee?

听说那会很有趣。 I heard it’s going to be a lot of fun. I heard it will be very interesting.

你怎么知道会很有趣? How do you know it’s going to be so fun? How do you know it will be so interesting?

我很想去。 I’m definitely going to go. I would like to go.

你想去参加周六的聚会吗? Do you plan on attending the party on Saturday? Will you go to the party on Saturday?

真的吗? For real? Really?

那你会去那儿喽? So I guess I’ll see you there? So I think you will be there?

大部分事情都基本做好了。 Everything is pretty much ready. Everything is almost ready.

饭马上就好。 Dinner will be ready in seconds. Dinner will be ready soon.

我的朋友们说我简直是个聚会迷。 My friends say I’m a real party animal. My friends say I like going to parties so much.

我们会把酒吧列出来然后一家家逛。 We hit the bars. We make a list of bars and go around them.

我们去逛酒吧,再认识几个美女。 Let’s go to the bar and pick up some hot chicks. Let’s go to the bar and date beautiful girls.

终于见到你了,我们很高兴。 We’re glad to finally be able to meet you. We are really happy to meet you.

久仰大名。 I’ve heard all about you. I’ve heard a lot of things about you.

重点词汇解析

1. hospitality [?h?spi‘t?liti] n. (对客人的)亲切招待,款待,殷勤;(气候,环境等的)宜人,适宜.

【例句】Thank you very much for your hospitality!

太谢谢你的热情了。

2. fabulous [’f?bjul?s] adj. 传说的,难以置信的,无根据的

【例句】He really is a fabulous singer.

他是一个很棒的歌手。

3. attend [?‘tend] v. 出席,参加;照顾,护理.

【例句】I really hope you could attend the meeting.

我真心希望你能参加会议。

4. hit [h?t] n. 打击,碰撞,击中;成功而风行的事物 v. 打;碰撞

【例句】He hits that man on the face.

他打了那个男人脸。

5. pick [p?k] n. 选择;收获;精华 v. 挑选,选择;挖,采,摘;剔

【例句】He picked it up.

他捡了起来。

英语加油站:每天读点英语经典

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,

And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

——William Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night’s Dream

爱情不用眼睛来看,而是用心灵来看。因而人们将飞翔的丘比特画成盲目的样子。

——威廉·莎士比亚《仲夏夜之梦》

My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods; time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees – My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath; a source of little visible delight, but necessary.

——Emily Brontê: Wuthering Heights

我对林顿的爱像是林中的树叶,会随着时间而改变,我很清楚,就像冬天让树木枯萎一样 — 我对希斯克利夫的爱像是树林下永久不变的岩石,几乎无法带来显而易见的愉悦,但却是必须的。

——艾米莉·勃朗特《呼啸山庄》

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

——Paul Valéry, Tel Quel

上帝创造了人类,之后发现他不够孤独,于是给了他一个伴侣好让他更强烈地感受到孤单。

——保罗·瓦莱里《如是》