Holiday Budgeting 假日經濟

 

dialogue 1

M: hey, George. How's everything going?

嗨,喬治,最近過得怎么樣啊?

G: not bad. And you?

不錯.你呢?

M: not bad, but busy as usual.

還行,就是忙.

G: what are you up to?

忙什么呢?

M: it's a long story. What's your plan for the National Day Holiday?

說來話長.你國慶節(jié)有什么打算啊?

G: I'm going back to Shanxi. Do you think I can get a train ticket tonight, 9 days in advance ?

我回山西.你覺得我提前九天的話今晚能買到票嗎?

M: sure you can. You can book the ticket up to 10 days in advance.

當然可以了.你可以提前十天訂票.

G: you know. It's hard to get a train ticket during the long holiday.

長假期間很難買票啊.

M: dead right ! I saw a long line of people waiting to buy tickets at the ticket office the other day.

是啊!我那天看見售票點排了很長的隊.

G: tell me about it ! I can't help worrying what I'll do if I can't get a ticket.

你算說對了!我真擔心到時買不到票.

M: it's always a headache buying tickes during the Golden Week.

黃金周期間不好買票.

G: but my cousin is getting married, so I'll have to just get through it.

但是我表姐要結婚,我一定要買到.

M: you'll probably have to wait at least two hours.

那你可能要排至少兩個小時的隊.

G: I'm afraid you're right. I should go. See you around.

有可能.我要走了,回見!

M: bye. Good luck.

再見!祝你好運啊!

dialogue 2

0: Hey, there!

嗨，你好!

M: Hey, George. You look great! What's the occasion?

你好，喬治。你看上去心情很好啊，有什么好消息嗎?

G: Yes. Ijust got my ticket to go home.

是啊，我剛剛買到了回家的火車票.

M: Oh, really. That's wonderful.

是嗎?那太好

G: I tried the tickct office but they were sold out. I ended up getting it from a scalper.

我去售票處問了一F，說票已經賣完了'最后我在一個票販子那里買的。

M: How much was it?

多少錢啊?

G: Not too bad. Just 20 yuan more than the regular price.

還行，多付了20塊錢。

M: Good for you.

太幸運了.

G: Are you gonna take a trip during the GoIden Week?

你黃金周出去玩嗎?

M: I wanted to, but l'm afraid most placcs will be overcrowded.

想去，但是擔心到處都是人.

G: That's right. You'II find crowds of people on the train, at the shopping malls or even in the

是啊。哪兒都是人，火車上、商場里，就連大街上也擠滿了人.

M: So I'Il just relax and maybe do some sbopping.

所以我打算休息—下，可晚會逛逛街吧.

G: Look! Hualian Store is cclcbrating the National Day holiday. Everything is on salc.

看，華聯(lián)商場迎國慶打折呢l

M: Yeah. Look! It reads "80 0ff any purchase of 200 .

是啊，看呀!買200減80啊!

G: They always havc grcat lsales during the holiday. Why don't we go to take a look?

假期華聯(lián)經常打折。我們進去看看吧!

M: Good idea!

M:好主意