社交生活篇：拜访邻居（1）

A: I just recently¹ moved into the neighborhood².

B: Is that right? How recently?

A: Just last week.

B: What kinds of things have you been doing out here?

A: I haven’t been doing much.

B: Why not?

A: I don’t know what to do.

B: There’s all sorts³ of things to do.

A: Like what?

B: How about shopping, or seeing a movie, or even⁴ going⁵ to the beach?

A: That’s more than I’ve been doing.

B: There are plenty⁶ of things to do out here.

 

A:我刚搬到附近。

B:是这样吗？最近怎么样？

A:就在上周。

B:你在这里干了什么？

A:我做的不多。

B:为什么不呢？

A:我不知道该怎么办。

B:有各种各样的事情要做。

A:像什么？

B:购物，看电影，甚至去海滩怎么样？

A:这比我做的还多。

B:这里有很多事情要做。

1 recently   

adv.近来，最近

参考例句：

• The book was published as recently as last week.这本书上周刚出版。
• The weather has been very snowy recently.近来天气多雪。

2 neighborhood   

n.附近；邻近地区

参考例句：

• I love the neighborhood here.我喜欢这儿的周围邻里。
• He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.他住在火车站附近的某个地方。

3 sorts   

n.分类( sort的名词复数 )；品质；品级；群v.分类，整理( sort的第三人称单数 )；挑选；[计算机]（根据指令的模式）把…分类；把…归类（常与with, together连用）

参考例句：

• The bank staff got up to all sorts of antics to raise money for charity. 银行职员使出各种可笑的花招为慈善事业筹款。
• He was out of sorts physically, as well as disordered mentally. 他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

5 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。

6 plenty   

adj.充足的，相当多的；n.充足，大量；pron.充分，够多

参考例句：

• We have plenty of time to finish the job.我们有充裕的时间完成这项工作。
• Plenty of people have come.来了很多人。