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Unit 16 Time 时间

http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/11/14 23:50 中图读者俱乐部

　1 Dialogue

　　琳达和玛丽下个周末要去旅游，现在她们还在计划时间……

　　A: Hello, Linda.

　　嗨,琳达。

　　B: Hello, Mary. Come on in.

　　嗨,玛丽,请进。

　　A: Thanks. I came to talk over our plans for our picnic this coming weekend.

　　谢谢你,我来讨论我们下个周末野餐的计划。

　　B: That’s a good idea. Please sit down.

　　好主意,请坐下。

　　A: Thank you. Now, let’s me ... Saturday is sixth, isn’t it? Do you think we could leave as early as seven o’clock?

　　谢谢。嗯,让我想想看……星期六是6号,不是吗？你想我们可以早在7点钟就出发吗？

　　B: Of course, the earlier the better. If we could leave even half an hour earlier, we could avoid the morning traffic.

　　当然,愈早愈好。如果我们再提早半个钟头出发,就会避免早上的交通高峰时间。

　　A: My! That’s awfully early, isn’t it?

　　哎呀！那可真早,不是吗？

　　B: Well, we’d have to get up at least an hour earlier. But that wouldn’t be too bad. We could get everything ready the night before.

　　嗯,我们必须至少提早一个钟头起床。不过那并不会太糟。我们在前一晚就可以把所有的东西都准备好。

　　A: Yes, I suppose so. Look, I’ll come over Friday evening and help you prepare the sandwiches and other things that we’ll take.

　　是的,我想是的。喂,我星期五晚上过来,帮你准备三明治及其他我们要带的东西。

　　B: Oh, that’ll be fine.

　　喔,那太好了。

　　A: And what about the trip back?

　　那么回程呢？

　　B: Well, we could leave there about four in the afternoon. That should get us home about eight. I don’t like driving at night anyway.

　　嗯,我们可以在下午4点左右离开那里。这样我们8点左右就应该到家了。无论如何，我不喜欢晚上开车。

　　A: How aboutshavingsdinner at my house after we get back?

　　我们回来以后,在我家吃晚饭如何？

　　B: That would be wonderful.

　　那太棒了。

　　A: All right. I’ll ask mother to have dinner ready for us about half past eight. That should give us time to get washed up.

　　好的,我会要妈妈在8点半左右就帮我们把晚餐准备好,那样我们正好有时间梳洗一下。

　　B: Now that everything is settled. I’m sure we’ll have a great weekend.

　　既然一切都解决了,我确信我们会有一个很棒的周末。

　　A: Yes, of course. By the way, what time is it now?

　　当然。哦，对了，现在几点？

　　B: It’s twenty-five minutes after two.

　　2点25分。

　　A: I’ve got to go now. I have an appointment at four.

　　我现在要走了,4点有约会。

　　B: Well, then, I’ll be waiting for you Friday evening.

　　嗯,那么,星期五晚上我等你。

2 精彩脱口秀--时间

　　茫茫众生无不在抓紧时间，创造生活。珍惜时间就是珍惜生命，因此，要在日积月累的英语学习中，不断提高自己的英语会话水平，牢记“Rome was not built in a day.”(罗马不是一天建成的。)

　　●I just love to run against the clock.那只是想抢时间。

　　●Come on, rise and shine!快起来吧！太阳都升起来老高了。

　　●Do you enjoy sleeping all hours of the day and night ?你喜欢整日整夜地睡吗？

　　●Turning up at the eleventh hour!真是紧急关头啊！

　　●Only just beat the clock.刚好赶上时间。

　　●I exercise day in, day out.我每天都做锻炼。

　　●I’ll be back in a second.我马上就回来。

　　●What do you do in your spare time?你业余时间做什么？

　　●Did I make it in time?我还算及时吗？

　　●Time is money.时间就是金钱。

　　●Only time will tell.时间能证明一切。

　　●Rome was not built in a day.罗马不是一天建成的。

　　●I don’t want to take up too much of your time.我不想占用您太多的时间。

　　●No sooner said than done!立即照办！

　　●I can’t decide just out of hand.我现在还不能决定。

　　●I have never seen it to date.到目前为止我还没有看过。

　　●This book is too outofdate!这本书太过时了！

　　●And so, without further ado.那么,别的就不说了。

　　●This time we’re here for good.这次我们会永远住在这里。

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