社交英语对话-Making Plans for the Weekend(2)

A: Do you have any plans for the weekend?
B: I haven't given it much thought. What were you thinking¹ of doing?
A: I was planning on taking a trip up the coast² to the beach.
B: What a perfect thing to do on a beautiful weekend!
A: Would you like to come along?
B: I think I would enjoy that a lot. When would we leave?
A: Saturday morning around 8:00.
B: Good. That would get us there with time to look around. There is a music festival in Santa Barbara on the beach that day.
A: Yes, I was hoping to be able to go to the festival.
B: I am so glad we talked. Thank you for inviting³ me to the beach with you.
 

1 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

2 coast   

n.海岸，海滨，滑坡；vt.沿海岸而行；vi.下滑

参考例句：

• They're holidaying on the west coast.他们正在西海岸度假。
• There are thousands of villages on the coast.在沿海有上千座村庄。

3 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。