地道英语对话：Asking about the Neighborhood(3)

A: May I ask you a couple of questions?
B: What are these questions pertaining¹ to?
A: Just a few questions about the neighborhood.
B: Okay. Ask away.
A: Tell me about the neighborhood.
B: The neighborhood does have its problems.
A: How is that?
B: What I mean is that the streets aren’t all that clean.
A: Are there any other problems?
B: Other than it not being so clean, it's actually a nice neighborhood.
A: I’m sure that the problem will eventually be fixed².
B: I hope that you’re right.

 

1 pertaining   

与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)

参考例句：

• Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. 生活条件与他们祖国大不相同。
• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school. 视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。

2 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。