Getting to Know You
萍水相逢
Kathy decides to get acquainted with the hostel. She sees a young man in the living room.
凱西決定要熟悉一下青年旅社。她在客廳里看到一個年輕人。
M:Hi. You're new here, aren't you?
男子:嗨。你是新來的,對不對?
K:Yes. My boyfriend and I just checked in.
凱西:是的,我和我男朋友剛辦好住宿登記。
M:I can tell from your accent that you're an American.
男子:聽你的口音,我就知道你是美國人。
K:That's right. From New York. And you?
凱西:沒錯。我是紐約人。那你呢?
M:Oh, sorry. My name is Fritz. I'm from Berlin.
男子:哦,對不起,我叫弗瑞茲,柏林人。
K:Kathy, Kathy Mannings. Pleased to meet you.
凱西:我叫凱西,凱西?曼寧斯。很高興認識你。
M:Fritz Seiler. Nice to meet you. Is this your first trip to Europe?
男子:弗瑞茲?塞勒。很高興認識你。這是你第一次到歐洲旅行嗎?
K:Yes, it is.
凱西:是的,沒錯。
M:Besides the Netherlands, where else do you plan to go?
男子:除了荷蘭外,你們還計畫到哪些國家去呢?
K:We plan to visit Denmark and Sweden, too.
凱西:我們也許會去參觀丹麥和瑞典。
M:Good choices. I hope the next time you can spend some time in Germany. It's beautiful and has great food.
男子:不錯的選擇。我希望你們下一次能到德國去玩一陣子。德國很漂亮,吃的也很棒。
K:Maybe we will. I've got to get back. Nice meeting you. Bye.
凱西:也許我們會去。我得回房間了。很高興認識你,拜。
單詞短語精講:
1. get to V開始逐漸……
例:In college we get to learn about manv different subjects which we choose ourselves.
(在大學我們開始學習許多自己選擇的課程。)
2. get acquainted with…認識/熟悉……
acquainted 認識的;熟悉的
例:Once you get acquainted with one com},uter software program,you can quickly learn others.
(一旦你熟悉一種計算機軟件程序,就可以很快學會其他的軟件 程序。)
3 .tell from...+that從句··…看出/知道……
例:I can tell from your face that you are really angry with me.
(從你的臉色,我可以看出來你真的很生我的氣。)
4. accent 腔調,口音
5 .Besides+N/ Ving,S+V除廠……
例:Besides pizza,what else do you like to eats
(除比薩外,你還喜歡吃什么,!)
6. Nice meeting you.很高興認識你。
注意:
上述說法用于交談結束說再見前時,再次表“很高興認識你”的意思。也
可用下列說法表示類似的意思:
It was nice meeting you.
It was my }}leasune meeting you.
It's been a heal },leasune meeting you.
I'm glad to have met vou.
It was an honor meeting you.(只用于正式場合中)