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第一单元 Hello, America and American!
第三部分 Dialogue Practice
Part A
Directions: Try to put yourself in a real situation and figure out the best choice to keep the conversation going appropriately. Then work with your partner to put more taste into the conversation. Be as real as possible.
A：
a) Tickets for three, please.
b) I think it’s up to you.
c) Haven’t seen you for a long time!
d) Gee, it costs so much!
B: Yeah! So what have you been up to lately?
A: Just the usual thing. Work, family, kids, that kind of stuff.
B: It seems that you’ve got something on your mind.
A: Well, I don’t know. Maybe I’ve just been busy and kind of tired.
B: You’re gonna get over it anyway.
解析：
a) 请给我三张票。（买票）
b) 你说的算吧！
c) 好久不见！（正确答案，寒暄用语）
d) 天啊，好贵啊！（买东西）
Part B
Directions: Work with your partner to approach all the Chinese expressions in a pure American English way. Never make breaks in your dialogue and try to talk as if you were exactly the two roles with an exact sense of talking. Remember to keep your thinking and speaking way really American. You may omit, change or add something if necessary to adapt your ideas to the way Americans talk and think.
Sue: 你好，John.
John: Hi, Sue 好久不见。These days 你在忙什么呢？
Sue: I just 换了新工作。你能来真太好了（nice of you）。I wasn’t sure 你能来。
John: 多谢你邀请，but I’m afraid 我不能待太久（stay long）。
Sue: 怎么，any problem?
John: Well, 其实也没什么。只是待会 I’ve got someone to meet（It’s just that， later on）
Sue: 不管怎么样，也要 come in and have a drink.
John: 你工作进展如何（things go with you at work）？
Sue: 还可以。You know, 一年里面这个时间最忙的（what it’s like, this time of the year）。你那里呢？
John: 还是老样子（as usual）。办公室里面的杂活儿（odd），整天和各种人打交道，不如你那么轻松。
Sue: So 下次你见到 Peter，帮我问个好。Last summer 他来这里度假，我们玩得真开心。
Just wondering 他最近在做什么。
解析：
Sue: 你好，John.
l Hi
John: Hi, Sue 好久不见。These days 你在忙什么呢？
l 好久不见：
Long time no see you.(符合中国语法的美语)
Ain’t see you for ages/a long time.
l 你在忙什么呢：
What are you busy on these day?
These day what are you working around the clock?
Sue: I just 换了新工作。你能来真太好了（nice of you）。I wasn’t sure 你能来。
l I just got a new job. It’s really nice of you to come. I wasn’t sure you’d make it.
l 能来，如果都有you come, 会觉得很奇怪。 美国人说话，不太会在上下文或者同一句话中重复的使用同一个表达方式。所以换成you’d make it(你能行)。
John: 多谢你邀请，but I’m afraid 我不能待太久（stay long）。
l Thank you for your invitation, but I’m afraid I can’t stay long.
l …but…:表示不能做或拒绝的典型用法
l 不去不去，最近太忙了,直译：no no no, I’m too busy，美国人会很受打击。
l I wish I could. 虚拟语气表达委婉拒绝
l 在拒绝别人的时候不要太直接。
