I've been trying to figure out when we should have the New Year's party.

我一直在想，我们应该在什么时候开一个新年聚会。

Alice:Hello, Miss Zhang. I've been trying to figure out when we should have the New Year's party. Could you give me a suggestion?

艾丽斯:你好,张小姐。我一直在想，我们应该在什么时候开一个新年聚会。你能给我个建议吗?

Miss Zhang:Sure. On the twenty-ninth I'll be out of the school all day at a seminar. Either the twenty-eighth or the thirtieth is fine.

张小姐:当然。29日我要离开学校，参加整天的研讨会。要么28日或30。

Alice:Well, why don't we make it the thirtieth? We can set it up from three to five in the aftermoon. That way, everybody can just go home afterwards.

爱丽丝:嗯,何不就定在30号吧?下午3点至5点。这样,之后每个人就可以回家。

Miss Zhang:Sounds good to me. You make up the invitations.

张小姐:听起来不错。你可以制作邀请函了。

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词语回顾

figure out 想出；弄明白

suggestion n．建议

seminar n．研讨会

either…or… 不是……就是……；……或……

afterwards adv．以后；过后

invitation n．邀请，请帖