迷你对话学地道口语第904期:顺道拜访

 　　A: Would¹ you mail² a letter for me? My hands are full.

　　你替我发封信好吗？我现在很忙。

　　B: Oh, I am soryy. I’m afraid I can’t do it now. I have to meet my supervisor⁴ in a few⁵ senconds. But I could⁶ mail it after that.

　　哦，对不起，现在恐怕不行，过一会儿我必须见我的导师，但是过后，我可以替你发。

　　A: That’s fine. We’er going⁷ to drop in and see Jimmy tinight. Don’t forget it.

　　那也行，今天我们顺便去拜访一下Jimmy，别忘了。

　　B: I won’t.

　　忘不了。

　　A: Thanks. See you.

　　谢谢！回见。

　　B: Don’t mention⁸ it. See you.

　　别客气，回头见。

　　drop in

　　1. 解词释义

　　Drop in 是指“顺便拜访”“顺道拜访”“突然拜访”。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e³.g. She spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh.

　　她一天的大部分时间都用来拜访在爱丁堡的朋友了。

　　e.g. Oh! I just drop in on him for a chat⁹.

　　哦，我只是顺便来和他聊聊天。

　　e.g. Please drop in to tea.

　　请随便来我家喝茶。

　　e.g. They would just drop in on us for a chat at any moment.

　　他们随时都会来我们这儿聊天。

　　mail a letter：发一封邮件

　　e.g. How much does it cost¹⁰ to mail a registered¹¹ letter to China?

　　寄往中国的挂号信要多少钱？

　　e.g. They asked her to mail him a letter.

　　他们要她给他寄封信。

　　e.g. He went to the post office to mail a letter.

　　他到邮局寄信去了

　　1. 我现在很忙。

　　翻译：My hands are full.

　　2. 不客气。

　　翻译：Don’t mention it.

1 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

2 mail   

n.邮件；v.邮寄

参考例句：

• He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.他每天有大量的信件要回复。
• Please forward my mail to me.请把我的邮件转寄给我。

3 e   

n.英语字母表的第5个字母；C大调音阶中的第三音

参考例句：

• The "e" in " time" is a silent letter. time中的e不发音。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• You've made a mistake -- you've left out the letter e. 你出了一个错，把字母e 落了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

5 few   

adj.很少的，不多的，少数的；int.少数的

参考例句：

• There are few woods in that area.那个地区几乎没有森林。
• I have a few questions.我有些问题要问你。

6 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

7 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

8 mention   

n.提及，说起；v.提到，谈到；vt.说起，提到

参考例句：

• Don't mention this problem this evening.今晚别提这个问题。
• You didn't mention to me when you are leaving.你没有告诉我何时动身。

9 chat   

n.闲谈；vi.闲谈，聊天

参考例句：

• They like to chat over tea.他们喜欢一边喝茶一边聊天。
• They're having a chat.他们在聊天。

10 cost   

n.价钱，费用，成本；损失，牺牲

参考例句：

• What does the book cost?这本书值多少？
• He saved his daughter at the cost of his life.他以牺牲自己的生命挽救了女儿。

11 registered   

adj.登记的，注册的

参考例句：

• Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation. 船只在外国注册以逃避有关雇佣和安全的规定。
• In former times, only property owners could be registered as voters. 从前，只有有财产的人才能登记作选民。