今天的這段對話,在討論時間,
退休了你通常是怎么打發(fā)時間的?公司的項目安排是怎么樣的
來聽今天的講解:
Beginner
A: how do you usually spend your time, now that you’ve retired?
既然你已經(jīng)退休了,你通常是怎么打發(fā)時間的?
B: well, I nearly always get up at dawn. I don’t like sleeping in late. The days are longer in summer that in winter, so I get up in summer. I usually do some exercise when I get up.
嗯,我?guī)缀蹩偸窃诶杳髌鸫?。我不喜歡睡懶覺。夏天的白天比冬天長,所以我在夏天起床。我通常起床時做一些運動。
A: what do you have for breakfast?
你早餐吃什么?
B: I usually have cereal, but sometimes I cook a traditional English breakfast.
我通常吃麥片,但有時我會做傳統(tǒng)的英式早餐。
A: that sounds nice. How do you spend your morning?
聽起來不錯。你早上是怎么度過的?
B: I usually do housework in mornings. I go shopping occasionally. I like to do all my shopping in one bag trip to the supermarket. I always drive to the big supermarket in the city center. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there.
我通常在早上做家務。我偶爾去購物。我喜歡一袋東西去超市。我總是開車去市中心的大超市。開車去那里大約需要20分鐘。
A: how do you spend your afternoon?
你下午是怎么度過的?
B: I usually meet some friends and we play sports together or I might spend some time alone on my hobbies. I spend winter evening watching tv, but I spend summer evening at cultural events if I have time.
我通常會遇到一些朋友,我們一起運動,或者我可能會花一些時間獨處。我在冬天的晚上看電視,但如果有時間,我會在夏天的晚上參加文化活動。
Intermediate
A: we’ve god a lot of word to do now, but take your time over this project. We don’t want to make any mistakes.
我們現(xiàn)在有很多話要做,但請慢慢來。我們不想犯任何錯誤。
B: ok. I should have it finished by Friday afternoon. Then I can check those account over the weekend. We need to have them finished by Monday, right?
好的。我應該在星期五下午之前完成。然后我可以在周末檢查這些賬目。我們需要在星期一之前完成,對吧?
A: that’s right. We’ll finish them just in time. The macy project can wait for the time being. We need to spend several days on that project, but it isn’t due to be finished until the end of the month, so we have plenty of time to get it done.
是的。我們會及時完成的。macy項目暫時可以等待。我們需要花幾天時間來完成這個項目,但它要到月底才能完成,所以我們有足夠的時間來完成。
B: form next week on, we should be in less of a rush.
從下周開始,我們應該不那么著急了。
A: I’m going to give everyone on the team an extra day off. Everyone deserves it.
我要給隊里的每個人多放一天假。每個人都應該得到。
B: don’t’ say that yet. A new project could suddenly appear.
現(xiàn)在還不要這么說。一個新項目可能會突然出現(xiàn)。
A: that’s true. Right. I’m going back to the meeting. It’s been going on for hours and there’s no indication that it’ll end soon.
那是真的。對。我要回去開會了。會議已經(jīng)開了好幾個小時了,沒有跡象表明會很快結束。
B: carol said that she would spend some time checking that everyone is up-to-date with their work.
卡羅爾說,她會花一些時間檢查每個人是否都了解他們的工作。
A: good. I have to go right now. I really hop this meeting doesn’t last too long.
很好。我現(xiàn)在得走了。我真希望這次會議不會持續(xù)太久。
B: they usually go on for ages.
它們通常會持續(xù)很長時間。
A: I’ll stop by if I have time later. Make sure everyone knows that we must stick to the deadlines.
如果我稍后有時間,我會順便拜訪一下。確保每個人都知道我們必須遵守最后期限。
B: I will. Enjoy your meeting!
我會的。祝你會面愉快!