Conversation A
对话A
Linda: Did you see all the kids going to school this morning?
琳达:你今天早上看到所有孩子们都去上学了吗?
Susie: I did. The traffic was terrible.
苏西:我看到了。交通太拥堵了。
Linda: Well, many parents drive their kids to school.
琳达:恩,许多父母开车送他们的孩子去的学校。
Susie: I had to walk to school every day rain or shine.
苏西:我以前不管是下雨还是晴天,每天都走着去上学。
Linda: No one drove me to school, either.
琳达:也没有人开车送我去上学。
Susie: Some kids rode the school bus.
苏西:有些孩子会搭乘校车。
Linda: Yes. But they lived far from school.
琳达:是的。但是他们都住得离学校很远。
Conversation B
对话B
Linda: Alex, what was your favorite subject in school?
琳达:阿莱克斯,你在学校最喜欢的学科是什么?
Alex: That's easy -- recess!
阿莱克斯:很简单,课间休息!
Linda: No, really. What class did you like?
琳达:别开玩笑。你最喜欢的课程是什么?
Alex: I really liked choir in high school. I love music.
阿莱克斯:我在高中时候很喜欢合唱。我喜欢音乐。
Linda: Me, too. I played the flute in the band.
琳达:我也是。我在乐队当中吹笛子。
Alex: Did your band perform a lot?
阿莱克斯:你们的乐队经常演出吗?
Linda: Yes, we did. And once we traveled to Canada to play.
琳达:是的。我们曾经去加拿大演奏过。
Alex: And you had a great time!
阿莱克斯:你们一定玩儿得很开心!
Conversation C
对话C
Ben: Linda! Linda? Linda!
本:琳达!琳达?琳达!
Linda: What? Sorry, I was thinking about my school days.
琳达:怎么了?抱歉,我刚才在想我的学生时代。
Ben: Do you miss school?
本:你怀念学校吗?
Linda: Not really. But I liked it. All my teachers were wonderful.
琳达:并不是。但是我很喜欢学校。我的所有老师都很好。
Ben: All of them?
本:所有人吗?
Linda: Well, most of them. My chemistry teacher was hard. I didn't get a good grade in his class.
琳达:额,大多数吧。我的化学老师很严厉。我在他的课上的成绩不太好。
Ben: But did you learn a lot?
本:但是你学多了很多东西吗?
Linda: I did. But I didn't like the class!
琳达:有。但是我并不喜欢这门课!