Key Sentences(重点句子)
886．How are you going to spend your weekend?
你打算怎么过周末呢？
887．I’ll just play it by ear.
我还没有考虑呢。
888．Would you like to play tennis with me before going home?
回家前和我打场网球怎么样？
889． That was a pretty good shot.
这个球打得相当不错。
890． I think that with a little help you can be a good player.
我认为只要稍加指导你就会成为一个不错的网球手。
891．Maybe I can learn to do something.
也许我该学着从事点什么运动。
892．All you need is a little help and a lot of practice.
你所需要的是指导和大量的练习。
893．Do you really think I can be a good player?
你真认为我能成为一名不错的网球手吗？
894． Margaret, are you enjoying yourself?
玛格丽特，你玩得开心吗？
895． I'm having a marvelous time.
我玩得很开心。
896． No matter how I tried to change the subject, he carried on.
无论我怎么努力改变话题，他还是滔滔不绝地说个不停。
897． Just don't take him too seriously and you'll be all right.
只要别把他太当回事，你就会没事的。
898． Can I have this dance, please?
我能请你跳这首曲子吗？
899．I don't care.
我才不在乎呢！
900． I think she's a born secretary.
我认为她天生就是一个作秘书的料。
Dialogue A(Miss Karen, the Personal Assistant to the General Manager; Miss Margaret, a junior secretary in the General Manager's office)(A: Miss Karen; B: Miss Margaret)A: What a week!
B: Really! I've never seen so much work.
A: Right. How are you going to spend your weekend?
B: I don't know. I'll just play it by ear.
A: Would you like to play tennis with me before going home?
B: I'm not good at sports. I have never played tennis, and I know I would be terrible.
A: You should try it. It s a great game. Come on, let me help you. I'm a good player, and a good teacher, too. What do you say?
B: OK, but don't say I didn't warn you.
A: That was a pretty good shot, Margaret.
B: Thanks. This is fun!
A: Let me help you with your serve. I think that with a little help you can be a good player.
B: No one has ever tried to show me how to play a sport before.
Maybe I can learn to do something.
A: Of course, you can. All you need is a little help and a lot of practice.
B: Do you really think I can be a good player?
A: Well, maybe not a Michael Zhang, but better than the average. Would you like to play again Wednesday?
B: Yes. This has been fun.
Dialogue B(W: Mr. Wood; M: Miss Margaret; S: Miss Selma; T: Mr. Ted: V: Mr. Vance)W: Hello, Margaret, are you enjoying yourself?
M: Yes, I'm having a marvelous time. Are the company's parties always as much fun as this?
S: Too much so, sometimes; having to ward off the amorous advances of a tipsy colleague takes a lot of tact.
T: And trying to remember the next day what you said when you had too many drinks can be very embarrassing.
V: You should have heard Ted last year telling the general manager how to run the company, and no matter how I tried to change the subject, he carried on!
S: In fact, everyone makes allowances on these occasions. It's the only time when we all get together and let our hair down.
M: Selma, who's that gentleman in a white suit? I have never seen him before.
S: He's a playing boy in our office. He's just come back from a training program in Singapore.
M: Why has he got that nickname?
S: He fancies himself as the answer to every maiden's prayer. Whenever a pretty new girl comes, he will try to please her Well, just don't take him too seriously and you'll be all right…(after a while) Look, Margaret! Mr. Parker himself is coming straight towards you. Perhaps he's going to ask you to dance.
P: Hello, Margaret. Can I have this dance, please?
M: Yes, I'd be delighted, Mr. Parker.
T: You must be upset, Wood.
W: I don't care. I'm going to ask Miss Lee for the pleasure of this dance!
V: Margaret seems to have settled in very well.
T: Yes. She's bright girl, and I specially like her cheerfulness and good humor. I think she's a born secretary.
W: That's enough praise for her! Come and dance. |