Dialogue 3
That would be nice.
That‘s interesting. My son is an editor on the local paper.
I believe you‘re in journalism.
Really？ I expect I‘ll meet him.
Yes， that‘s right －on the editorial side.
Yes， what about coming round for a drink？ I could introduce you to him.
Dialogue 4
Scotland. This time of year it‘s pretty cold.
A bit warmer than back home.
Well， if you do come across， you must visit us.
Oh， so where do you come from？
Yes， that‘s right. The best time to visit is in the summer.
I can imagine. I‘ve never been but people tell me it‘s very beautiful.
How do you find the weather here？
Maybe I‘ll get across next year.
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課文注釋及詞匯講解
try 試圖
try to do sth. 盡力做某事
eg. We‘ll try to meet the customers‘ demands
我們將盡力滿足客戶的需求。
common interest 共同愛好
eg. Two strangers are trying to find topics of common interest.
兩個生疏人正在盡量尋找雙方都感愛好的話題。
trip 旅行
eg. This is my second trip to the United States.
這是我第二次來美國。
Do you like it here？
你喜歡這兒嗎？
注重：
代詞it在這里沒有什么實際意義，但必不可少。因為here為副詞，like為及物動詞，所以需要有it做賓語。
How do you find Tokyo？
你覺得東京怎么樣？
也可以說成 What do you think of Tokyo？或 How do you like Tokyo？
interesting 令人感愛好的
eg. The film is interesting.
這部電影很有趣。
Interested 感受到有愛好的
Eg. I‘m interested in the film.
我對這部影片感愛好。
another 另一（個，件）
eg. Would you like another cup of tea？
你還要一杯茶嗎？
I need another day to finish the work..
我還需要一天才能完成工作。
stay 停留，暫住
eg. Are you staying long？
你逗留的時間長嗎？
Which hotel are you staying in？
你住在哪家旅館？
注重：
stay為不及物動詞，所以在第二個例句中一定要接介詞in ，這樣才能帶賓語。
unfortunately 令人遺憾，運氣不好地
eg. Unfortunately， I can only stay for a week.
真遺憾，我只能呆一周。
Business or pleasure？
出差還是度假？
本句為 Do you come here for business or for pleasure？的省略句。在口語中經(jīng)常用省略句。
I‘m afraid 我恐怕，恐怕是【有時可以不直譯】
該句式用于緩和語氣或婉轉(zhuǎn)地表達想法，也可以用于表示不肯定的語氣。
Eg. I‘m afraid I can‘t come on Friday afternoon， because I will be having a meeting then.
因為要開個會，周五下午我恐怕不能來。
set up 建立，設(shè)立
eg. We are going to set up a new plant in this area.
我們打算在這個地區(qū)建一座新工廠。
be based 總部設(shè)在
eg. Where is your company based？
你們公司的總部設(shè)在哪兒？
sort of 有點，稍微 【多用于口語】
That would be nice.
That‘s interesting. My son is an editor on the local paper.
I believe you‘re in journalism.
Really？ I expect I‘ll meet him.
Yes， that‘s right －on the editorial side.
Yes， what about coming round for a drink？ I could introduce you to him.
Dialogue 4
Scotland. This time of year it‘s pretty cold.
A bit warmer than back home.
Well， if you do come across， you must visit us.
Oh， so where do you come from？
Yes， that‘s right. The best time to visit is in the summer.
I can imagine. I‘ve never been but people tell me it‘s very beautiful.
How do you find the weather here？
Maybe I‘ll get across next year.
－－－－－－－－－－－
課文注釋及詞匯講解
try 試圖
try to do sth. 盡力做某事
eg. We‘ll try to meet the customers‘ demands
我們將盡力滿足客戶的需求。
common interest 共同愛好
eg. Two strangers are trying to find topics of common interest.
兩個生疏人正在盡量尋找雙方都感愛好的話題。
trip 旅行
eg. This is my second trip to the United States.
這是我第二次來美國。
Do you like it here？
你喜歡這兒嗎？
注重：
代詞it在這里沒有什么實際意義，但必不可少。因為here為副詞，like為及物動詞，所以需要有it做賓語。
How do you find Tokyo？
你覺得東京怎么樣？
也可以說成 What do you think of Tokyo？或 How do you like Tokyo？
interesting 令人感愛好的
eg. The film is interesting.
這部電影很有趣。
Interested 感受到有愛好的
Eg. I‘m interested in the film.
我對這部影片感愛好。
another 另一（個，件）
eg. Would you like another cup of tea？
你還要一杯茶嗎？
I need another day to finish the work..
我還需要一天才能完成工作。
stay 停留，暫住
eg. Are you staying long？
你逗留的時間長嗎？
Which hotel are you staying in？
你住在哪家旅館？
注重：
stay為不及物動詞，所以在第二個例句中一定要接介詞in ，這樣才能帶賓語。
unfortunately 令人遺憾，運氣不好地
eg. Unfortunately， I can only stay for a week.
真遺憾，我只能呆一周。
Business or pleasure？
出差還是度假？
本句為 Do you come here for business or for pleasure？的省略句。在口語中經(jīng)常用省略句。
I‘m afraid 我恐怕，恐怕是【有時可以不直譯】
該句式用于緩和語氣或婉轉(zhuǎn)地表達想法，也可以用于表示不肯定的語氣。
Eg. I‘m afraid I can‘t come on Friday afternoon， because I will be having a meeting then.
因為要開個會，周五下午我恐怕不能來。
set up 建立，設(shè)立
eg. We are going to set up a new plant in this area.
我們打算在這個地區(qū)建一座新工廠。
be based 總部設(shè)在
eg. Where is your company based？
你們公司的總部設(shè)在哪兒？
sort of 有點，稍微 【多用于口語】