【范例】Neighbor: Hello. I’m your new neighbor. I’m Susan Pitt.
Zahra: I’m Zahra Nikzad. Welcome. Let me know if you need me
will you?
Neighbor: I will
thank you.
邻居:你好,我是你的新邻居,我叫苏珊·皮
特。
萨拉:我叫萨拉·尼克萨德。欢迎!需要我帮忙
的话就告诉我好吗?
邻居:好的,谢谢。
82. Can I buy you a drink? 我能给你买杯喝的吗?
【范例】Pedro: Hi. Are you alone?
Girl: Why
yes.
Pedro: Can I buy you a drink?
Girl: OK. Why not?
佩德罗:嗨,你一个人吗?
女孩:嗯,是的。
佩德罗:我能给你买杯喝的吗?
女孩:行啊,为什么不呢?
83. Shall we invite...? 我们要不要邀请……?
【范例】Paulo: Shall we invite the Crawfords to dinner
sometime?
Joanna: Mr. Crawford’s your acquaintance. You decide.
保罗:我们要不要找个时间邀请克拉福德一家来
吃晚饭?
乔安娜:克拉福德先生是你的熟人,你决定吧。
84. Would you like to join us? 你愿意参加吗?
【范例】Miguel: Pedro and I are going to Michael’s party tomorrow. Would you like to join us?
Marta: Thank you. I’d love to.
米盖尔:我和佩德罗明天要去参加迈克尔的宴
会,你愿意一起去吗?
玛尔塔:谢谢你的邀请,我很愿意去。
85. I’d love to. 我很乐意。
【功能】表示接受邀请。
【范例】Michael: Would you like to have dinner with me
Joanna?
Joanna: Yes
I’d love to.
迈克尔:乔安娜,你愿意和我一起吃晚饭吗?
乔安娜:我很愿意。
86. I’d love to
but ... 我很想去,可是……
【功能】婉言拒绝。
【范例】Anna: Astuko
I have an extra ticket for the concert
tonight. Can you come with us?
Astuko: I’d love to
but we’ll have some guests tonight.
Thank you
anyway.
安娜:明子,我多了一张今晚音乐会的票,你能
和我们一起去吗?
明子:我很想去,可是今晚我们家有客人。谢谢
你。
87. He’s been invited. 已经邀请他了。
【范例】Ali: Can I invite Mr. O’Neil to my birthday party?
Zahra: He’s been invited.
阿里:我能请奥尼尔先生来参加我的生日宴会
吗?
萨拉:已经邀请他了。
88. I’d like to invite you to ... 我想邀请你去……
【范例】Pedro: I’d like to invite you to my celebration party.
Miguel: For what?
Pedro: For my first job.
佩德罗:我想邀请你参加我的庆祝会。
米盖尔:庆祝什么?
佩德罗:庆祝我找到第一份工作。
89. Maybe some other time. 改天再说吧。
【范例】Ali: I come here every day and I know every place in the
Fair. I can show you around if you want.
Yamamoto: Thank you. I don’t have much time today.
Maybe some other time.
阿里:我每天都到这里来,我熟悉这里的每一个
地方。如果你愿意的话, 我可以带你四处转转。
山本:谢谢你。我今天时间不多,改天再说吧。
90. I’ll take a rain check. 我下次一定去。
【范例】Astuko: My husband and I and some friends are going
camping this weekend. We’ll be glad if you join us.
Anna: I promised Carlo to help him with his English this
weekend. I’ll take a rain check. Thank you.
明子:我丈夫和我还有一些朋友这个周末去露
营,如果你也一起去,我们会很高兴的。
安娜:我答应卡洛周末帮他学英语了。下次我一
定去。谢谢你。
Receiving Guests
接待客人
91. Would you answer the door
please? 请你去开门好吗?
【功能】有人敲门时请对方去开门。
【范例】Joanna: Where on earth is my handbag? Oh
it must be
Michael. Would you answer the door
please
Mama?
Mama: OK. Hello
Michael. Come in.
乔安娜:我的手提包到底去哪儿了?哎呀,一定是迈克尔来了。妈妈,请您去开门好吗?
妈妈:好的。迈克尔,你好,请进。
92. The door’s open. 门没锁。
【功能】有人敲门时请其进来。
【范例】Joanna: Somebody’s knocking. Who’s that?
Paulo: That’s Michael. The door’s open! Come in!
Michael: Hi
Paulo. Hi
Joanna.
乔安娜:有人敲门,会是谁呢?
保罗:是迈克尔。门没锁,请进!
迈克尔:嗨,保罗。嗨,乔安娜。
93. Come in. 请进。
【功能】邀请或允许对方进来。
【范例】Anna: Who’s that?
Carlo: It’s me.
Anna: Carlo! Come in.
安娜:谁啊?
卡洛:是我。
安娜:卡洛!请进。
94. ... is here. ……来了。
【范例】Mama: Michael! Come on in. Joanna
Michael’s here.
Joanna: I’m coming. Hi
Michael.
Michael: Hi
Joanna. You look great.
妈妈:迈克尔!快请进。乔安娜,迈克尔来了。
乔安娜:我就来。嗨,迈克尔。
迈克尔:嗨,乔安娜,你今天很漂亮。
95. Please sit down. 请坐。
【范例】Joanna: Please sit down
Michael. How about
something to drink?
Michael: No
thank you.
乔安娜:迈克尔,请坐,想喝点什么吗?
迈克尔:不用了,谢谢。
96. Sit down
would you? 请坐。
【范例】Marta: Sit down
would you?
Miguel: Thank you. I just stopped in to say hello.
玛尔塔:你请坐。
米盖尔:谢谢。我只是顺道来打个招呼。
97. Make yourself at home. 不必拘束。
【范例】Joanna: This place is very nice.
Michael: Thank you. Please sit down. Make yourself at
home.
乔安娜:你家很不错。
迈克尔:谢谢。请坐,不必拘束。
98. Let me show you around. 让我来带你四处看看。
【范例】Joanna: Let me show you around while Mama’s
preparing the dinner.
Michael: All right.
Joanna: Look here
these are the photos we took at
home in Brazil.
Michael: Very interesting.
乔安娜:趁着妈妈还在做饭,我带你四处看看。
迈克尔:好的。
乔安娜:看这儿,这是我们在巴西的家里拍的照
片。
迈克尔:很有意思。
99. Thanks for coming. 谢谢你光临。
【范例】Mrs. Crawford: Thanks for coming
Paulo
Joanna.
Joanna: Thanks for inviting us
Mrs. Crawford.
Paulo: We had a wonderful dinner
Mrs. Crawford.
Thank you.
克拉福德太太:保罗,乔安娜,谢谢你们的光
临。
乔安娜:克拉福德太太,谢谢您邀请我们。
保罗:克拉福德太太,我们晚餐吃得很愉快,谢
谢您。
100. Thank you for inviting me. 谢谢你邀请我。
【范例】Michael: Good-bye
Joanna. Good-bye
Paulo.
Joanna: Thank you for inviting me. Bye.
Paulo: And thank you for driving us home.
迈克尔:乔安娜,再见。保罗,再见。
乔安娜:谢谢你邀请我。再见。
保罗:还要谢谢你开车送我们回来。