美語(yǔ)三級(jí)跳: 003A 問(wèn)候朋友初級(jí)課程

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Jen和Lawrence是老朋友，很久沒(méi)見(jiàn)面了。真巧，倆人傍晚時(shí)分在路上不期而遇。

Professor: But, Winnie, today is a special day: It's Christmas Eve! Shouldn't they be at home celebrating

with their families? What are they doing walking around on the street on Christmas Eve?

對(duì)啊，我差點(diǎn)忘了，今天是圣誕節(jié)前夜! 那他們兩個(gè)怎么會(huì)在大街上閑逛呢？我們來(lái)聽(tīng)聽(tīng)看吧!

Jen: Lawrence, is that you? !

Lawrence: Hey Jen! How are you doing?! I don't think I've seen you in over a year!

Jen: I know! It's been a long time. It's funny to run into you on Christmas Eve!

Lawrence: Yeah, isn't that funny. Why aren't you at home with your family?

Professor: So Winnie, how long has it been since Lawrence and Jen last met?

Lawrence說(shuō)，他都一年多沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò) Jen了。不過(guò)， professor Bowman, Jen說(shuō)，她 “ran into Lawrence”，這難道是說(shuō)他們?cè)诮稚?ldquo;撞車(chē)”了嗎？

Professor: (laugh) No,Winnie! When you say you "run into" something, it means you meet it unexpectedly. For example, I was doing very well on the test, but I ran into trouble when I got to the math part.

哦，所以run into 就是“不期而遇”。

Jen: My family doesn't live here. They live in Texas.

Lawrence: I see. Well why didn't you fly home to Texas for the holidays?

Jen: I have to work tomorrow, so I didn't have time to fly to Texas. Why didn't you go home?

Lawrence: I wanted to, but I didn't have enough money to buy a plane ticket.

Professor: So Winnie, why didn't Jen go home for Christmas?

她家在德州，可是她要上班，沒(méi)時(shí)間回去過(guò)圣誕。

Professor: Exactly. And why didn't Lawrence go home for Christmas?

Lawrence更慘，說(shuō)自己買(mǎi)不起機(jī)票。對(duì)了，Professor Bowman, Lawrence 說(shuō)的“the holidays”是指圣誕節(jié)么？

Professor: Not really. "The holidays" means all the religious holidays that happen in December. If a person doesn't celebrate Christmas, you can wish him or her "Happy holidays."

原來(lái)如此，圣誕節(jié)是基督教的宗教節(jié)日，對(duì)那些不信基督教，不過(guò)圣誕節(jié)的人，你就可以說(shuō) happy holidays。

Jen: I'm sorry you couldn't go home. How is everything else going?

Lawrence: I'm OK, but I'm having trouble finding a job. What's up with you?

Jen: I can't complain. My job is going well and I have a nice apartment.

Lawrence: That's great. I'm happy everything is working out for you.

怪不得Lawrence買(mǎi)不起機(jī)票，原來(lái)他沒(méi)有找到工作。過(guò)圣誕節(jié)獨(dú)自一人，又沒(méi)有工作，真可憐。不過(guò)，Lawrence問(wèn)Jen “what's up”，這是在問(wèn)什么呢?

Professor: Asking "what's up" is like asking how someone is doing, but "what's up" is a very informal expression.

我明白了，"What's up"和 "how are you doing"都是問(wèn)候別人，就是“你怎么樣？”的意思，不what's up更輕松隨意一些。

Professor: That's exactly right. But Winnie, did you hear Lawrence say he is happy everything is working out for Jen? What do you think "working out" means?

嗯...work out是鍛煉身體的意思，不過(guò)在這里，應(yīng)該是“有好的結(jié)果”，“情況不錯(cuò)”的意思吧。

Professor: That's right. For example, "John asked Emily to go on a date with him 10 times, but it never worked out."

??？請(qǐng)人家約會(huì)十次被拒絕？真是百折不撓!

Jen: You know, since we're both alone, we should have dinner together.

Lawrence: Sounds great! But can we go someplace that isn't too expensive?

Jen: Don't worry, Lawrence, tonight I'll treat you. That will be my Christmas present to you.

Lawrence: Thanks! But next time, I promise I'm buying.

Professor, "I'm buying" 和 “I'll treat you" 都是“我請(qǐng)客”的意思吧？

Professor: Correct. You could also say "It's on me."

哎，學(xué)這么多“請(qǐng)客”的說(shuō)法，要搶著付錢(qián)么？我還是想學(xué)學(xué)怎么蹭飯呢!

Professor: That's easy. Just say, "I forgot my wallet."

那好，Professor Bowman, 咱們?nèi)コ允フQ大餐吧! 不過(guò)，我要先告訴你，"I forgot my wallet!"