世博会英语口语情景对话(2):见面迟到、寒暄、喝

    世博会英语口语情景对话(2):见面迟到、寒暄、喝点东西等
A、晚上好，李，对不起，我来迟了。
    Good evening, Lee. Sorry for my being¹ late.
    B、晚上好，约翰先生，没有关系，在交通高峰时开车真费事，是不是？请坐。
    Good evening, Mr. John. That's all right. It's quite a job driving at such an hour, isn't it? Please be seated?
    A、谢谢。让我真正上火的是赶上了交通堵塞几乎让我多耽搁了一小时。
    Thank you. What made me really mad is I was held up in a traffic jam for almost one hour.
    B、真糟糕。你一定很累了，喝点东西吧。
    That's too bad. You must be very tired. Have some drink.
    A、谢谢。
    Thanks.
    B、喝咖啡还是茶?
    Would you like coffee or tea?
    A、一杯绿茶吧，也许它会给我提提神。
    A cup of green tea, which perhaps will refresh² me.
    B、行。干吗不把上衣脱掉呢？随便一点好了，让我替你把上衣挂起来。
    Ok. Why not take off your coat. Just make yourself at home. let me hang it for you.
    A、谢谢你，你真的把我当贵宾了。
    Thank you. You've been treating me as if I were a guest of honour³.
    B、你就是贵宾么。喏，这是你的绿茶。
    Yes, you are. Here you are, your green tea.
    A、谢谢你，现在咱们来谈正经事吧！
    Thank you. Now let's get down to our business.
    B、好，谈吧！
    Yes. Let's.

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 refresh   

v.使...生气蓬勃，提起精神，恢复精神

参考例句：

• I looked at the map to refresh my memory of the road.我看看地图以唤起对这条路的回忆。
• I think I'll just refresh myself with a cup of tea before I go to meet the children.我想在见孩子们之前先喝杯茶来恢复一下精神。

3 honour   

n.(BrE)荣誉，头衔；信用，尊敬，名誉；阁下；勋章；vt.尊敬，授予荣誉；承兑，实践

参考例句：

• Children should be taught to show honour to their elders.应该教育孩子尊敬长者。
• She stands first on the honour list.她在光荣榜上名列第一。