我星期天得上班

　　I have to work on sunday.

　　我星期天得上班。

　　A Can we meet for lunch on sunday?

　　A 星期天我们能一起吃午饭吗？

　　B No, I’m sorry. I can’t. I have to work on sunday.

　　B 对不起，不行。我星期天得上班。

　　A Oh, that’s a pity. I forgot you sometimes work at weekends.

　　A 哦，太遗憾了。我忘了你有时周末加班。

　　B We could go for lunch on saturday, if you’d like.

　　B 周六我们可以一起吃午饭，如果你愿意的话。

　　A Yes, that’d be good. Let’s do saturday instead.

　　A 好，可以。那我们就改在周六了。

　　Notes注释

　　1 When someone asks you a question beginning Can you . . ? / Can you . . ?, the simple response is usually Yes, I can / Yes, I can or No, I can’t / No, I can’t.

　　当有人问你以Can you . . ? / 你能 . . 吗?开头的问题时，简单的回答是Yes, I can /是的，我可以。或者No, I can’t /不，我不行。

　　2 Remember various phrases to describe times, eg at the weekend / at the weekend: another day / another day: during the week / during the week: on tuesdays / on tuesdays.

　　记住用不同的短语来描述不同的时间段。例如at the weekend /在周末；another day /另一天：during the week /在这周内: on Tuesdays /在周二。

　　3 If you are talking about a possibility, you can use could / could, eg We could go for lunch / We could go for lunch: It could rain tomorrow / It could rain tomorrow.

　　如果你在谈论某种可能性，你可以用could / 可能。例如We could go for lunch /我们可以一起吃午饭。It could rain tomorrow /明天可能会下雨。

Key phrases and sentences   Can we meet for lunch on sunday? No, I’m sorry.  I can’t.  I have to work on sunday. Oh, that’s a pity.  I forgot you sometimes work at weekends. We could go for lunch on saturday, if you’d like. Yes, that’d be good.  Let’s do saturday instead.

重要的短语和句子   星期天我们能一起吃午饭吗？ 对不起，不行。 我星期天得上班。 哦，太遗憾了。 我忘了你有时周末加班。   周六我们可以一起吃午饭， 如果你愿意的话。 好，可以。那我们就改在周六了。