华尔街高级英语Lesson 19

29.Would you like wine in a bottle, David?
30. No thanks, I’m not hungry. So, how much longer will you be staying in Washdon?
31. Just two more days, that’s all. Then we go to Copenhagen for one day, Manila for one day,
32.and Johannesburg for a day and a half. And then back to Tokyo.
33.It sounds exhausting! How many people are there on the tour?
34. Fifty-five.
35.None of whom speak English, I imagine?
36. Hardly any of them.
37.I'd go crazy. I suppose all the guys keep trying to flirt¹ with you as well.
38.Oh no they're very respectable gentlemen!
39.They're all senior executive from the Japanese National Motor Vehicle Insurance Corporation.
40 Oh, Geez! Travelling around the world from airport to hotel with fifty-five middle-aged² insurance executives!
41 Oh well, I suppose you're well covered, if one of them goes crazy and burns the hotel down,
42. or takes off his clothes in the middle of Kennedy Plaza³.
43. Sorry David, I don't understand.
44. I mean you must be covered by insurance, if anything goes wrong. Just a joke, that's all.
45.Oh yes, I have to be insured against accident, both to me and to the clients. That's the law in Japan.
46.I see. Anyway, I'm sure you can't wait to escape from your clients and live dangerously from time to time.
47. Oh, David no, I enjoy my job very much. But I was going to ask you to join me this evening for a drink.
48 Hey, thanks. Where do you have in mind?
49I'm not sure. Can you think of any really typical Washdon bars we could go to?
50 Well yes, I know one or two bars. Let me think. I've got it: "Romeo's” in Jefferson Avenue.
51, That's got a nice intimate atmosphere.
52. What do you mean intimate?
53. I mean you know, ideal for a quiet drink. Getting to know each other-that sort of thing.
54. I see. So how do you get to this bar?
55. Well, as I said, it's in Jefferson Avenue, near Brookless Bridge.
56. Just tell your driver to take a right before the bridge, and park anywhere along Jefferson Avenue.
57.You're very knowledgeable⁴.
58.It's all part of the service, as you said earlier.
59.Well, I must go now, David. We're invited to tea with some representatives of the Britican Insurance Association.
60.You could come to if you like. It should be very interesting.
61.Hey, it's real nice of you, but, uh...I've got something else on, as it happens.
62. OK. Well see you this evening, then. About 8:30 at "Romeo’s”.
63. See you later, Aiko.

1 flirt   

v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者

参考例句：

• He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
• He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。

2 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

3 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

4 knowledgeable   

adj.知识渊博的；有见识的

参考例句：

• He's quite knowledgeable about the theatre.他对戏剧很有心得。
• He made some knowledgeable remarks at the meeting.他在会上的发言颇有见地。