Ⅰ.核心学习：Weekend away with Colleagues 与同事周末去玩

Steve: I am so tired of the city life.

史蒂夫：我很厌倦城市生活。

Mike: Do you mean all the long hours at work as well as the noise and bustle of the big smoke?

迈克： 你是指工作时间很长以及嘈杂的声音和飞驰的浓烟？

Steve: Got it in one my friend.

史蒂夫：没错，我的朋友。

Mike: How about we suggest that we all go away for a company outing to somewhere rural?

迈克： 我们建议公司里所有的人去乡下某个地方玩玩，怎么样？

Steve: That sounds like an interesting idea. Where could we go?

史蒂夫：这想法听起来很有意思。我们可以去哪？

Mike: Well we live in this huge city, so how about we go somewhere that is the complete opposite?

迈克：嗯，我们住在大城市里，因此我们要去一个截然不同的地方，怎么样？

Steve: Do you mean somewhere in the countryside?

史蒂夫：你是指农村？

Mike: Yep - let's find a small village and spend the weekend away.

迈克：没错―我们去找一个小村子，然后在那里度周末。

Steve: Cool! And it will be even better if we can convince the taskmaster to pay the bill!

史蒂夫：酷！如果我们能说服头儿掏钱，那就更好了！