dialogue 1
Amanda: You'rc about to be late' Gena. The teacher's coming.
你快遲到了,老師馬上就要進(jìn)教室了.
Gona: I know. I have to prepare supper for my child befer I leave.
我知道,來(lái)之前我得給孩子做好晚飯.
A: My husband has bccn doing the cooking since I began attcnding this cvening class.
我來(lái)這上夜校之后,家里做飯的事就都?xì)w我丈夫了.
G: That's nice. My husband's on a business trip, so I have to do everything all by myself
那挺好的.不過(guò)我丈夫出差了,所以一切家務(wù)都得我自己打理.
A: Then you must bc quite busy.
那你肯定特別忙.
G: Absolutely, I have to vvork in the day time. study at night, and do housework during my spare time. I really need a hclping hand.
是啊,白天上班,晚上上課,還得抽空做家務(wù),真希望能有人幫忙.
A: Me too.somctimes Ijust want to give up. I can't handjc so many things at the same time.
我也是,有時(shí)候我真想放棄,我沒(méi)法同時(shí)處理好所有的事.
Ci: When's your Adult College Entrance Exam?
你的成人高考是什么時(shí)候?
A: Next Sunday. That's only ten more days.
下周日,不到十天了.
G: Oh. my exam is also around then. I'm not sure whcthcr I can pass it
我的考試也快到了,還不知道能不能過(guò)呢.
A: I'm surc you will. You study so hard ewryday.
你每天都那么用功,肯定能過(guò).
G: Thankyou.
謝謝.
A: Do you find the evcning classes useful for your exam?
你覺(jué)得上夜校對(duì)考試有幫助嗎?
G: Yeah. with the teachers ' help, I can leam much faster.
恩,有老師的幫助,我學(xué)起來(lái)快多了.
A: Well, all ourtimc and effort spent here will finally pay off-.
對(duì)啊,咱們?cè)谶@里花的時(shí)間和精力不會(huì)白費(fèi)的.
dialogue 2
A: Can we have dinner togethet?
-起吃晚飯可以嗎?
G: Sorry, I'II have to rush to my English class after work.
對(duì)不起,下班了我得趕緊去
A: Ok, then how about tomorrow?
好吧,那明天怎么樣?
G: I'm terribly sorry that my classes are scheduled from Monday to Saturday.
實(shí)在是對(duì)不起,我的課從周一一直排到周五。
A: That's all right. We can do it Sunday. But why do you study English so hard? You must be tird aner a whole day's work. Why not simply take a break instead?
沒(méi)關(guān)系,可以等周日嘛。你學(xué)英語(yǔ)怎么這么用功啊?上了,一天的班,肯定挺累的,為什么不回家休息呢?
G: Well, my work demands prompt me to learn English. Our company is planning to start abranch in Australia. I must p他pareper in advancc since one day I may have to use English in my daily work.
是這樣的,我的工作要求我去學(xué)英語(yǔ),公司正計(jì)劃在澳!大利亞開(kāi)一家分公司.我必須提前準(zhǔn)備,因?yàn)槲颐婺軙?huì)在日常工作中用到英語(yǔ).
A: Oh, I see. You take the initiativc to improve your English competency, and you have to pay the check. right?
哦,我明白了.你自己主動(dòng)去學(xué)英語(yǔ),提高英語(yǔ)水平,然后自己買(mǎi)單,是這樣嗎?
G: Absolutely. I havc to do this, or someday I may losc the chapce to earn my basic salary.Nowadays, when our company is佗cruiting new employccs, thejr English lcvcI is listed asan important criterion.
沒(méi)錯(cuò),我必須這樣做,不然有一天我可能連基本工資都拿不到了.現(xiàn)在公司招人的時(shí)候把英語(yǔ)水平作為一個(gè)很重要的錄用標(biāo)準(zhǔn).
A:Yeah, many companies are doin8 the samc thing.Thcy bclicve the lack of English-speaking pcrsonnel may hold back their plans of going global.
是啊,很多公司都是這樣的.他們認(rèn)為如果少了英語(yǔ)人才,可能會(huì)阻礙公司國(guó)際化的進(jìn)程