突破口语之情景对话(2):What's new with you

突破口语之情景对话(2):What's new with you

2. What's new with you?
有什么新情况吗？

A: Hi. What's up?
B: Nothing much. What's new with you?
A: Not too much. I've been pretty busy.
B: Me too. Seems¹ like all I do is eat and sleep.
A: Gotta go. Call me tonight.
B: Okay³. Check you later⁴.

译文：
A: 你好啊！有什么新鲜事儿吗？
B: 没什么。你有什么新鲜事吗？
A:  也没啥。我近来一直很忙。
B: 我也是，好象成天就是吃和睡。
A:  我得走了，今晚给我打电话。
B: 好吧。回头给你打电话。

注解 :
1) pretty (adj):  rather⁵ 非常
2) gotta:＝ I've got² to
3) Check you later. ＝ I'll call you later.

1 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

2 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

3 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

4 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。

5 rather   

adv.宁愿，宁可；相当

参考例句：

• I would rather go out tonight,if you don't mind. 如果你不介意的话，我宁愿今晚出去。
• This book is rather too easy for this boy.这本书对于这个孩子来说太简单。