高频英语口语对话 第46期:共进午餐

 　　unit 46

　　邀请共进午餐

　　dialogue

　　英语情景对话

　　A:Bill, do you know if the cafeteria around the corner's open today?

　　A:比尔，你知道街角的自助餐厅今天开业吗？

　　B:Yes. They were open this moming when I came to work. They must've finished remodeling. Why'd you want toknow?

　　B:知道啊，今天早上我来上班时看到它开了。他们一定已经装修好了。为什么你想知道？

　　A:Well, I thought that maybe we could go there for lunch today. That is, if you haven't promised to go with someone else.

　　A:嗯，我想也许我们今天可以去那儿吃午饭。就是说，如果你没答应别人去的话。

　　B:That'd be wonderful, Peter. But I hope you're in a better mood than you were this moming.

　　B:那太好了，彼得。不过我希望你现在的情绪比早上要好一些。

　　A:l'm sorry I was such a grouch¹. It must've been the weather. When it rains I get depressed².

　　A:很抱欺，我的脾气这么不好。一定是天气的缘故。每当下雨我就很沮丧。

　　B:Forget it. I'll see you at 11:30 am.

　　B:忘掉这事吧。那11点半见。

1 grouch   

n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨

参考例句：

• He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
• One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。