外研社《英语初级听力》第12课课文翻译

Lesson Twelve

Section one:

A）Dialogues

Dialogue 1:

--Do you think you could stop whistling? 你觉得你能停止吹口哨吗？

I’m trying to write an essay.我正想写一篇文章。

--Oh,I’m sorry. I thought you were in the other room.哦，我很抱歉，我以为你在另一个房间里。

Dialogue 2：

--Is it alright if I leave my rucksack on the back seat? 我把背包放在后座上行吗?

--Yes of course. Go ahead. 是的，当然可以。放吧。

--And would you mind if I took off my shoes? 你介意我脱下我的鞋子吗?

My feet are killing me.我的两只脚真要我的命。

--Well, I’d rather you didn’t. 额，我希望你不要做。

It’s rather a hot day. 这是相当热的一天。

Dialogue 3:

--Hello,Charles, I haven’t seen you all day. 你好,查尔斯,我一整天都没见到你。What have you been doing? 你在做什么?

--Actually I’ve been working on my first novel. 其实，我一直在写我的第一部小说。--Oh,yes. How far have you got with it?哦，好吧。你小说进展如何?

--Well, I thought of a good title, 嗯,我想到了一个好题目,

and I made a list of characters,我做了一个角色列表，

and I’ve designed the front cover.并且我已经设计好了封面。

--Have you started writing it yet?你已经开始写了吗？

--Oh, I’ve written two pages already.哦，我已经写了两页了。

--Only two? 只有两页？

--Well, yes. I haven’t quite decided yet what happens next.-嗯，是的，我还没有决定下一步会发生什么。

Dialogue 4：

--I saw an accident yesterday. 昨天我看见一场事故。

--What were you doing at the time? 当时你在干什么?

--I was queuing for the cinema. 我在电影院排队。

--And what did you do when you saw the accident?当你看到这一事故时，你做了什么？

--I rushed forward to see if I could help.我冲上前去看我能否帮忙。

Dialogue 5:

--Hmm.You are a good squash player. 嗯，你是一个很好的板球选手。

How long have you been playing?你玩了多久了？

--I have been playing since the beginning of the last term. 从上学期开始我一直在玩。

What about you?你呢？

--Me?Oh,I’ve been playing about two years now.我？哦，我已经玩了两年了

—But I’m still not very good.但我玩的还是不太好。

Dialogue 6:

--I’ve got a watch with a silver strap.我有一个手表,银色的表带。

--That’s nothing. 那有什么。

I’ve got one with a gold strap.我有一个金表带。

--I’ve got a watch that tells you the date.我有一块手表，能显示日期。

--That’s nothing. 那有什么。

I’ve got one that tells you the date and the day. 我有一个手表，告诉你日期和星天。

B)Restaurant English

Dialogue 1:

Woman:Look at these glasses, this one’s even got lipstick on it 女人：.看这些杯子，这有一个上面甚至有口红。

Waiter:I’m very sorry, madam. 服务员：很抱歉，女士。

I’ll bring you clean ones right away.我马上给你换一个干净的。Dialogue 2:

Man:Head waiter,I want to have a word with you. 男：领班，我想和你说一句话。Head Waiter:Yes,sir.Is there something wrong, sir?领班服务员：是的，先生，有什么事，先生？

Man:Something wrong?I should think there is something wrong. 男人：有什么事，我认为有一些问题。

My wife and I have been kept here waiting nearly an hour for our meal!我和我的妻子一直在这儿等着吃饭，等了差不多一个小时！

Head Waiter:I’m terribly sorry about that, sir.服务员：我很抱歉，先生。

Our staff has been kept unusually busy this evening. 今天晚上我们的工作人员一直非常忙。

I’ll see to it personally myself.我亲自来处理吧。

Now,if you wouldn’t mind just telling me what you ordered. 现在,如果你不介意，请告诉我你要点的菜。

Dialogue 3: