大家说英语 第493期:买泰勒·斯威夫特的票(2)

Conversation¹ A

对话A

Taylor: Taylor Swift's concert² is sold³ out.

泰勒：泰勒·斯威夫特演唱会的票已经售罄了。

James: I know. I waited in line for six hours at the box office. But the tickets were sold out.

詹姆斯：我知道。我在售票处派对等了六个小时。但是票早就卖光了。

Taylor: My friend Jeff knows the guitar player⁴ in Taylor's band⁵. He tried to get tickets from him.

泰勒：我的朋友杰夫认识泰勒乐队的吉他手。他曾经试着给杰夫一些票。

James: But he couldn't?

詹姆斯：但是没做到？

Taylor: No. So we can't go to the concert.

泰勒：是啊。所以我们不能去演唱会了。

James: Too bad. I was⁶ looking forward⁷ to it.

詹姆斯：太糟了。我本来很期待的。

Conversation B

对话B

Susie: Hi, Linda, do you still want to go to Taylor Swift's concert?

苏西：嗨，琳达，你还想去泰勒·斯威夫特的演唱会吗？

Linda: Of course⁸. But there aren't any tickets.

琳达：当然了。但是没有票了。

Susie: Yes, there are. I have two right here!

苏西：有票啊。我这里有两张。

Linda: Susie! Where did⁹ you get those tickets?

琳达：苏西！你从哪儿得到的这些票？

Susie: From the radio station. They had¹⁰ a contest¹¹, and I won¹² them.

苏西：从广播电台。他们有竞猜活动，我赢了。

Linda: Wow! So you can go to the concert now.

琳达：哇！这样你就可以去看演唱会了。

Susie: And so can you!

苏西：你也可以啊！

1 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

2 concert   

n.音乐会；一致，和谐；vt.制定计划，通过协商达成一致；vi.合作

参考例句：

• She forgot about the concert.她把音乐会给忘了。
• Who will direct at the concert?音乐会谁来指挥？

3 sold   

v.动词sell的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• John's house was sold to a Frenchman.约翰的房子卖给了一个法国人。
• This kind of books is sold by all booksellers.所有的书商都出售这种书。

4 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

5 band   

n.带子，队，乐队；v.联合，结合

参考例句：

• Jack drums for the school band.杰克为学校乐队打鼓。
• The band is playing.乐队正在演奏。

6 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

7 forward   

adj.向前的，早的，迅速的，前锋；v.转交，促进，运送；adv.向前地

参考例句：

• Please move your car forward.请你把汽车住前开。
• Please forward my mail to me.请把我的邮件转寄给我。

8 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

9 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

10 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

11 contest   

n.竞争；竞赛，比赛；vt.竞赛，争取，争辩；vi.争夺

参考例句：

• Are you going to enter yourself for the contest? 你打算报名参加比赛吗？
• This is man's contest with nature.这是人与大自然的搏斗。

12 won   

vt.赢得(为win的过去式)

参考例句：

• We won the game in the end.我们最终赢得了比赛。
• We won the football game.我们赢得了足球赛的胜利。