纯正地道美语(外教讲解)333：Talking About Relatives

　　A: What are you doing this weekend?
这周末你做什么？
B: My brother-in-law is having a small get-together¹ at his house and he invited² me.
我姐夫要在他家开个聚会，并且他邀请了我。
A: Is it a family thing or just friends?
那是你家庭的还是朋友间的聚会？
B: A bit³ of both. Some cousins, aunts and uncles will be there, but also some friends from the neighborhood⁴.
都有吧。一些表兄妹，姨妈和舅舅会来，但是还有邻居的朋友。
A: Is your great uncle Rick going⁵ to be there? He is really funny.
你的了不起的瑞克叔祖父会去那儿吗？他很幽默。
B: Yeah he is going to be there with his step-son and his ex-wife.
是的，他会和他的养子和他的前妻去。
A: You mean your sister?
你是说你的表妹吗？
B: No, Rick is actually⁶ my great uncle, so he is my grandmother's brother.
不，事实上瑞克不是我的叔祖父，他是我外婆的弟弟。
A: You lost me.
你把我弄糊涂了。
B: I'll explain⁷ later⁸, let's go.
等会再解释给你听，我们走吧。

1 get-together   

n.(使)聚集；(使)集合

参考例句：

• Well,Miss Huang,we are planning to have a casual get-together.嗯，黄小姐，我们打算大家小聚一番。
• Will you help me prepare for the get- together of the old classmates?你能否帮我为这次老同学聚会做好准备工作？

2 invited   

v.邀请( invite的过去式和过去分词 )；请求；引诱；招致

参考例句：

• He hoped they would not feel affronted if they were not invited . 他希望如果他们没有获得邀请也不要感到受辱。
• They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought . 他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。

3 bit   

n.一点儿，少量；钻头；马嚼子；辅币，位，比特(二进位制信息单位)；v.控制

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a bit.我正打算出去一会儿。
• When did you change the bit?什么时候换的钻头？

4 neighborhood   

n.附近；邻近地区

参考例句：

• I love the neighborhood here.我喜欢这儿的周围邻里。
• He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.他住在火车站附近的某个地方。

5 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

6 actually   

adv.实际上，事实上，竟然，居然，如今

参考例句：

• he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
• Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。

7 explain   

vt.解释，说明；vi. 解释，说明，辩解

参考例句：

• She knows how to explain it.她知道怎么解释它。
• Could you explain that again?您能再解释一遍吗？

8 later   

adv.过后，后来；adj.以后的，更后的，较晚的

参考例句：

• He didn't turn up until half an hour later.半小时后他才出现。
• This part of the hospital was built on later.医院的这个部分是后来增建的。