高频英语口语对话 第366期:与家人通信

 unit 396

与家人通信

dialogue¹

英语情景对话

A:How long have you been living² in New York?

A:你在纽约住多久了？

B:Oh, about two years now.

B:哦，到现在差不多两年了。

A:Where do your parents live?

A:你父母住在哪儿？

B:They still live in Shanghai where I was³ born⁴.

B:他们仍住在上海，我出生的地方。

A:Do you write or call them very much?

A:你常给他们写信或打电话吗？

B:Yes, I try to keep in touch with them.

B:是的，我尽量和他们保持联系。

1 dialogue   

n.对话；vi.对话；vt.用对话表达

参考例句：

• Practise the dialogue in pairs.两人一组练习对话。
• The dialogue went on until nine o'clock.谈话一直到九点。

2 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

3 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

4 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。