华尔街英语-Waystage

华尔街英语（waystage）

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1. Well, here we are, back in Bighton, standing in front of our hotel.

2. Today, we‘re visiting new English friends of mine, who live here in Brighton.

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4. Y es, today, honey, so –where was I? Right, they‘re friends of mine.

5. Their names are Peter and Rosie. Now, Peter‘s a salesman.

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7. And Rosie works at the American Embassy in London.

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9. So they are very busy people, and it‘s real sweet of them to make time to see us.

10. We are very lucky.

11. Can I say something?

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13. I want to go play golf today, Deborah.

14. Y ou know what the weather is like in England. Today it‘s sunny, there is no rain.

15. Ok, it‘s damn cold, but still, it‘s a great day for golf. So that‘s what I want to do today.

16. Sure honey, but we‘r e seeing Peter and Rosie today. Y ou can play golf tomorrow.

17. I can‘t play golf tomorrow. The weather won‘t be like this tomorrow. It would probably rain.

18. Well, it is winter. Honey. Even in the States it rains a lot in the winter.

19. Y eah, well, in England it rains a lot in the spring, the summer, the fall and the winter.

20. But it‘s not raining today, so let‘s go play golf, ok? Hey, I‘ll tell you what.

21. We can go play golf this afternoon, and we can still go see your friends in the evening.

22. No, that won‘t work, I‘m afraid.

23. Why the hell not.

24. Because I‘m cooking dinner for us all.

25. They‘re inviting us to dinner and you‘re cooking it? It‘s crazy.

26. We‘re cooking it, honey, just because I‘m a woman.

27. That doesn‘t mean I must do al l the cooking, now does it? Hey, will you look at us?

28. Here we are, just standing in front of the hotel, talking.

29. Let‘s get going: we have a lot of shopping to do!

30. There‘s a really good supermarket down this road, we can get everything we need t here.

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33. Well, my idea is to do something really typically American.

34. So I think I‘ll make some Jambalaya.

35. Jambalaya? But that‘s southern food. It‘s from Pittsburgh, not New Orleans!

36. So what‘s typical Pittsburgh food, then? Burger a nd fries?

37. No, Alan, Peter and Rosie are sophisticated people, they travel all around.

38. I want to cook them something real special. Ah, here we are, ―Waithose‖

39. I can‘t see any shopping carts.

40. Over there. Honey, where it says ―trolleys‖

41. ―Trolleys‖? is that what they call shopping carts here? I‘ll go and get one.

42. Geez, this shopping cart is so small! What with this country.

43. It‘ll be big enough for it, Alan. We are only cooking one dinner.