社交生活篇：给搬家公司打电话(1)

A: How are you doing?

B: I’m fine, thank you.

A: Did¹ you need our help with a move?

B: Yes, I do need your help with a move.

A: What can we move for you?

B: I need all my furniture² moved.

A: Will we be picking³ the furniture up from an apartment⁴ or a house?

B: You’ll be taking it from my old apartment.

A: Are we moving the furniture to a house or an apartment?

B: To my new house.

A: We can do the move for you, but first I’m going⁵ to need some more information⁶.

B: Thanks a lot. I’ll give you all the information you need.

1 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

2 furniture   

n.家具(总称)

参考例句：

• This set of the furniture is very good.这套家具非常好。
• The room was full of wooden furniture.房间里摆满了木制家具。

3 picking   

v.采摘；采( pick的现在分词 )；摘；啄；叼n.采摘；掘，撬开；采得物，赃物

参考例句：

• He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth. 他坐在那儿沉思，轻轻地抚弄着桌布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The artist is picking in shadows in the picture. 这位画家正在画面上画阴影。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 apartment   

n.（美）公寓住宅，公寓房间；单元房间

参考例句：

• How big is the apartment?这公寓有多大？
• Remember to clean your apartment.记得打扫你的公寓。

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 information   

n.起诉；信息，消息；知识；报告，通知，情报

参考例句：

• I hope the information I gave you was helpful.我希望我给你的消息对你有所帮助。
• We must get further information.我们必须获得更多的消息。