地道美语听力播客:A Family Party
时间：2019-01-28 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
I visit my hometown about once a year. This year, I was in town for about five days and there was a family get-together 1. It wasn't a family reunion since it was just my immediate 2 family, but still, there were a total of about 45 people who showed up .
Our family parties are always held at the home of one of my brothers or sisters. It is always a potluck. We never have formal dinner parties and so we never need catering 3. At the potluck this past weekend, some people brought casseroles , some brought chips and dip, and some brought cookies and cakes for dessert. I usually don't have to bring anything since I'm the guest of honor.
There is always a lot of talking and laughing at our family parties. Someone always brings up old childhood memories or a funny anecdote 4 from the old days. A family get-together as big as ours can be overwhelming for some people. When they ask me what it's like to be part of such a big family I always tell them one thing: It's noisy!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- Well,Miss Huang,we are planning to have a casual get-together.嗯，黄小姐，我们打算大家小聚一番。
- Will you help me prepare for the get- together of the old classmates?你能否帮我为这次老同学聚会做好准备工作？
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
- Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？