电话英语—转告消息(5-2)

Dialogue¹ A

　

(A：Robert B：Peter C：Mike)

A：Hello．

B：Hello．Is that Mike？

A：No，this is Robert，his brother，speaking．

B：Oh hello，Robert．This is Peter．How are you？

A：Fine，thanks，and you？

B：I'm very well．Is Mike there？

A：Yes．I'll go get him．

C：Hello．Mike speaking．

B：Hello．Mike？This is Peter speaking．I'm so glad I've got² holdof you at last．

C：Were you trying to get in touch with me，Peter？ I'm off³ to-day．

B：That's good to know．Listen，Mike，I've got news⁴ for you．

C：What is it？

B：My sister Jane is coming back from America．

C：That's great．When is she coming back？

B：Next weekend．

C：Next weekend？OK．And I want to know how long she willstay here this time．

B：About a week． Let's get together tonight and plan⁵ a party forher．

C：All right．I'll come to your place at 8 o'clock．

B：Good．I'll be waiting for you．

C：See you later⁶．

B：Good-bye．

1 dialogue   

n.对话；vi.对话；vt.用对话表达

参考例句：

• Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
• The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。

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 off   

adj.远的；休假的，空闲的；adv.走开，出发，隔断；prep.离开，脱落，在...之外

参考例句：

• You'd better cool off first.你最好先冷静下来。
• I need some time off.我需要一些时间休息。

4 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

5 plan   

n.计划，策略，方法；v.计划，设计，意欲

参考例句：

• What do you plan to do during the holidays?你打算在假期里做什么？
• I talked with him about our plan,and he wanted in.我同他谈了我们的计划，他想参加。

6 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。