突破英文對話——人越多越開心
This is a conversation between a husband and wife.
這是一組夫妻之間的對話。
A: Hi, Bill. When did you get back?
嗨，比爾。你什么時(shí)候回來的？
B: About an hour ago. What’s new? Did anyone call for me while I was out?
回來有一個(gè)小時(shí)了。怎么樣？我不在的時(shí)候有沒有人打電話找我？
A: Yeah, someone named Johnson called this afternoon. He left word for you to call him. He’s at the Holiday Inn Hotel. You can get in touch with him there.
有一個(gè)叫約翰遜的下午打電話過來。他要你給他回電話。他住在假日酒店。你可以打那里的電話聯(lián)系到他。
B: Oh,that’s my old friend from college, Dave Johnson. I knew he was coming to town. I didn’t expect him today, though. I must have got mixed up on the dates. What a great surprise!
哦，那是我的大學(xué)同窗好友戴維•約翰遜。我知道他要過來。不過沒想到是今天。我一定是把日子搞混了。真是個(gè)天大的驚喜！
A: Should we ask him to our party tonight?
我們要不要請他來參加今晚的聚會(huì)？
B: I’d like to. But we’ve already invited twenty people. And the apartment is pretty small.
我是這么想。但是我們已經(jīng)邀請了二十個(gè)人，房子又很小。
A: Don’t worry. We can always make room for one more. The more the merrier you know.
別擔(dān)心。多一個(gè)還是不成問題的。人越多越開心嘛。
B: That’s true. And the other guests will like Dave. He’s very friendly, and he always has funny stories and jokes to tell.
沒錯(cuò)。其他客人們也會(huì)喜歡戴維的。他很友善，而且總是逗大家笑。
A: Be sure to tell him not to dress up. It’s a casual party, you know.
告訴他不要穿得太隆重。你知道這是個(gè)非正式的聚會(huì)。
B: Okay. I’ll go pick Dave up. He doesn’t know this city. He might lose his way coming alone.
好的。我開車去接他。他不熟悉這個(gè)城市，一個(gè)人來可能會(huì)迷路的。
A: Okay, I’ll stay here and finish getting things ready for the party.
好吧，我留在這里準(zhǔn)備聚會(huì)的事。
B: Sounds great. I’ll see you later then.
這樣不錯(cuò)。一會(huì)見。
A: Okay. Bye!
好，再見！
