商務(wù)英語情景口語21 :Small Talks 聊天

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A:Hi there,I'm Steve Saunders.What's your name?
    B:I'm Patti Whitney.Isn't this convention great?
    A:Yes it is,better than I expected it would be.The presenters have been first rate.Is this the first conference you've been to?
    B:No,I've been coming for the last 3 years.Each year keeps getting better.
    Where are you from?
    A:I'm from Long Island,New York.What about yourself?
    B:I'm from the other side of the coast--Los Angeles.
    A:Wow.I really like California...the weather there is much better than the East Coast.
    B:Have you been to California?
    A:Just once.Quite a few years ago we took the kids to Disneyland on our vacation.They had a blast.
    B:How many kids do you have?
    A:Two,a boy and a girl.They’re already grown now.
    B:Well,California’s changed over the last little while.You should come back out sometime.
    你好,我叫史蒂夫.桑德斯.你叫什么名字?
    我叫保羅.惠特尼.這次大會開得很成功,不是嗎?
    沒錯(cuò),很成功,比我預(yù)想的要好.主持會議的人都是一流的人物.這是你第一次參加這樣的會議吧?
    不是,最近三年的會我都參加了.一年比一年好.你是哪里人?
    我是紐約長島人.你呢?
    我是洛杉磯的,在海岸另一邊.
    哇,我非常喜歡加利福尼亞.那兒的氣候比東海岸好多了.
    你去過加利福尼亞嗎?
    只去過一次,那是好多年前,我們度假時(shí)帶孩子們?nèi)ミ^迪士尼樂園.他們玩得開心極了.
    你有幾個(gè)孩子?
    兩個(gè),一男孩,一女孩.現(xiàn)在他們都長大了.
    噢,加利福尼亞最近變化很大,什么時(shí)間你應(yīng)該再回來看看.
    A:Can I get you something to drink?
    B:No,that's okay,I already have a coke.Why don't you have a seat,you look like you've been on your feet all day.
    A:I guess I could take a break.So,how do you like Denver?
    B:It's great! The mountains here are beautiful and the skiing is spectacular.Have you been here for a long time?
    A:About six years...
    B:What do you do for a living?
    A:I manage one of the ski lodges.It's a great job, I can spend a lot of my time outdoors,and I also get to ski for free all season.
    B:Wow,talk about job perks! That's great.I would like to do something exciting like that.But I am only an accountant.Not too much excitement there.huh?
    A:That's okay.If it weren't for you accountants,nobody would have the money to go skiing!
    要我給你拿點(diǎn)飲料嗎?
    不用了,我已經(jīng)有可樂了.你為什么不坐下,好像你一整天都站著.
    我想我可以休息一下了.哦,你認(rèn)為丹佛怎么樣?
    很不錯(cuò)!這兒的山很漂亮,滑雪場面更是壯觀.你在這兒待了很長時(shí)間嗎?
    大約6年了…
    你做什么工作?
    我經(jīng)營一家滑雪旅館.這工作太棒了,我大部分時(shí)間都待在戶外,而且還能在滑雪季節(jié)享受免費(fèi)滑雪.
    哇,有好多工作特權(quán)!那真是太好了.我也想干點(diǎn)兒令人興奮的事.可我只是個(gè)會計(jì),沒有那么多新鮮事!
    那也不錯(cuò)啊.如果沒有你們會計(jì)的話,誰也別想弄到錢去滑雪!