社交生活篇：退租（3）

A: Hi, Jim. It's Olivia.

B: Hey, Olivia. What's happening?

A: I'll be moving out in a while, so I wanted you to know.

B: Well, that's not good news. When are you moving?

A: The last day of June.

B: Is something wrong with your apartment?

A: No, not anything new. But I just found out that I've been hired for a new job.

B: Great! What is the new job?

A: I'm going to be an ESL instructor¹ at Pasadena City College.

B: That's great! ESL is some kind of electronics class?

A: ESL is a class for students who are learning English as their second language.

B: I'm glad that your neighbors aren't the reason that you're moving.

A: I won't miss having to listen to their darn TV.

B: I'm giving them one more warning about their TV. Then they're out of there.

A: I appreciate what a good apartment manager you've been these past few years.

B: It's been nice knowing you, too. Good luck teaching LES.

嗨，吉姆。我是奥利维亚。

嘿，奥利维亚。发生了什么事？

我最近就要搬出去了，所以我想让你知道。

那可不是好消息。你什么时候搬家？

六月的最后一天。

你的公寓有什么问题吗？

没有，没有什么新问题。但我刚找到一份新工作。

太好了！新工作是什么？

我打算在帕萨迪纳城市学院做ESL讲师。

太好了！ESL是某种电子课程？

ESL是为把英语作为第二语言学习的学生开设的课程。

我很高兴你搬家的原因不是你的邻居。

我不会错过听他们那该死的电视节目的。

我再给他们一次关于电视的警告。然后他们就出去了。

我很感激你这几年来做了一个多么好的公寓经理。

认识你也很高兴。祝你好运。

1 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。