赖世雄旅游观光英语通 第4期:等不及要出发了! Can't Wait to Go!

 　　Can't Wait to Go!

　　等不及要出发了！

　　Kathy excitedly calls Evan the next day.

　　凯西第二天兴奋地打电话给艾凡。

　　Evan:Hello? Whiting residence.

　　艾凡:喂？这里是怀汀家。

　　Kathy:Evan? This is Kathy. Guess what?

　　凯西:艾凡？我是凯西。猜猜看怎么样了？

　　Evan:Calm down! Is everything OK?

　　艾凡:冷静一下！事情都还好吧？

　　Kathy:Yes, fine. Listen, first, my parents think it's a great idea that we go to Europe for a couple of months. Dad called our relatives in Sweden, and though they can't put us up, they would love to see us.

　　凯西:嗯，很好。听着，首先，我父母认为我们到欧洲去几个月这个主意不错。我爸打电话给我们在瑞典的亲戚，他们不能招待我们吃住，但是他们很乐意看到我们。

　　Evan:So far, so good. Go on.

　　艾凡:到目前为止一切还算不错。继续说下去。

　　Kathy:And, second, my parents are going to give me a thousand dollars as a graduation present! That'll help a lot.

　　凯西:第二，我父母将送我一千元（美金）当作毕业礼物！这笔钱会很有帮助。

　　Evan:Congratulations! That's great. Oh, what did the travel agent say?

　　艾凡:恭喜！那太棒了。哦，旅行社怎么说呢？

　　Kathy:Well, Rick wasn't in, but another agent told me to go in tomorrow morning to see him. He's at some conference but will be back tomorrow.

　　凯西:瑞克不在，但另一个职员叫我明天早上到他们办公室去找他。瑞克正出席某个会议，但明天会回来。

　　Evan:Oh, OK. We'll still have to wait for the details.

　　艾凡:哦，没关系。我们有些细节仍有待理清。

　　Kathy:Do you have any news?

　　凯西:那你那边有任何消息吗？

　　Evan:Yeah. My parents think it's a good idea, too.

　　艾凡:有。我父母也认为这个主意不错。

　　1.residence 居所，住所

　　resident居民

　　reside居住

　　例:The residents of our neighborhood are all friendly people.

　　(我们社区的居民都很友善。)

　　I reside in an apartment in a suburb of a big eitv.

　　(我住在大都市郊区的一间公寓里。)

　　2.Calm down!冷静一下!别慌，冷静点!

　　例:Sarah:Barry!Listen!There was this guy-I…

　　Barry:Calm down，Sarah!Tell me slowly what happened. (，

　　(莎拉:巴里!听我说!有这样的一个家伙，我……)

　　(巴里:莎拉,别慌，冷静点!慢慢告诉我发生厂什么事。

　　)

　　3 .put sb up供某人食宿

　　例:Evenvsummer when my gt-andpments visit uswe put them up in ouY truest room

　　(每当夏天我爷爷奶奶来看我们时，我们都让他们住在客房。)

　　4. congratulation 祝贺，祝贺辞

　　congt-atulate 向某人祝贺

　　congt-atulate sb on sth.因某事恭贺某人

　　例:Congratulations!You passed the Joint¹ College Entrance Examination.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。