Track 009
Lucy: Did you just move here?
Peter: Yes, I moved in about two weeks ago.
Lucy: Do you have a lot of kids?
Peter: I have two children.
Lucy: How old are they?
Peter: My daughter is seven, while my son is five.
Lucy: Wow, that's great. I only have one child.
Peter: What's your child's age?
Lucy: She is only four years old.
Peter: So you have a daughter. She must be very cute.
Lucy: Thank you.
露西: 你刚刚搬到这儿吗?
彼得: 是的,我大概两周前搬到这儿的。
露西: 你有很多孩子吗?
彼得: 我有两个孩子。
露西: 他们多大了?
彼得: 我女儿7岁了,我儿子5岁了。
露西: 哇,太棒了。我只有一个孩子。
彼得: 你的孩子多大了?
露西: 她只有4岁。
彼得: 所以你有一个女儿。她肯定非常可爱。
露西: 谢谢。
Track 010
Jim: Hello! Nice to meet you.
Kate: Nice to meet you, too.
Jim: When did you moved in?
Kate: Just this week.
Jim: I didn't even know the house sold out.
Kate: How many years have you been living in this block?
Jim: I've been living here for over 10 years.
Kate: Ten years? That is a very long time.
Jim: Yes, and I hope we can be neighbors for a while longer.
Kate: We will. I love this house very much.
吉姆: 你好!很高兴见到你。
凯特: 我也很高兴见到你。
吉姆: 你什么时候搬进来的?
凯特: 这周刚刚搬进来。
吉姆: 我甚至都不知道这所房子卖出去了。
凯特: 你在这个街区住了多少年了?
吉姆: 我在这里住了超过十年了。
凯特: 十年?很长的时间啊。
吉姆: 是的,我希望我们能够长久的做邻居。
凯特: 我们会的。我非常喜欢这所房子。
Track 011
■ How nice to meet you.
认识你真好。
■ It's my pleasure to meet you.
我很高兴认识你。
■ Hi! My name is Jack. I just moved in next door.
你好!我叫杰克。我刚搬到隔壁。
■ I'm John. We are neighborhood.
我是约翰。我们是邻居。
■ What do you do?
你从事什么工作?
■ What's your job?
你的工作是什么?
■ How long have you lived here?
你在这里住多久了?
■ Have you lived here for a long time?
你在这里住很久了吗?
Track 012
■ move /mu:v/
v. 搬家,搬迁
■ know /nəʊ/
v. 熟悉,了解;知道
■ sell out
卖完,售罄
■ block /blɒk/
n. 街区;块
■ neighbor /ˈneɪbə/
n. 邻居;邻国
■ pleasure /ˈpleʒə/
n . 有幸(做),荣幸;愉快;令人高兴的事
■ neighborhood /ˈneɪbəhʊd/
n. 四邻,街坊;社区,住宅小区
美国初期人口稀少,因此美国人热情好客,没有筑墙之城。与中国人不同,美国人不喜欢独处。邻居在美国人眼中是十分重要的,他们与邻居的院子连在一起,有时不经过邀请,也不提前打个电话就会互相拜访。部分美国家庭甚至会有玻璃墙或无门房间,可见他们渴望坦然相处的愿望。