纯正地道美语(外教讲解)333：Talking About Relatives
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：纯正地道美语
A: What are you doing this weekend?
这周末你做什么？
B: My brother-in-law is having a small get-together 1 at his house and he invited 2 me.
我姐夫要在他家开个聚会，并且他邀请了我。
A: Is it a family thing or just friends?
那是你家庭的还是朋友间的聚会？
B: A bit 3 of both. Some cousins, aunts and uncles will be there, but also some friends from the neighborhood 4.
都有吧。一些表兄妹，姨妈和舅舅会来，但是还有邻居的朋友。
A: Is your great uncle Rick going 5 to be there? He is really funny.
你的了不起的瑞克叔祖父会去那儿吗？他很幽默。
B: Yeah he is going to be there with his step-son and his ex-wife.
是的，他会和他的养子和他的前妻去。
A: You mean your sister?
你是说你的表妹吗？
B: No, Rick is actually 6 my great uncle, so he is my grandmother's brother.
不，事实上瑞克不是我的叔祖父，他是我外婆的弟弟。
A: You lost me.
你把我弄糊涂了。
B: I'll explain 7 later 8, let's go.
等会再解释给你听，我们走吧。
- 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？
- He hoped they would not feel affronted if they were not invited . 他希望如果他们没有获得邀请也不要感到受辱。
- They only invited Jack and Sarah as an afterthought . 他们邀请杰克和萨拉不过是事后想起的补救办法。
- I'm just going out for a bit.我正打算出去一会儿。
- When did you change the bit?什么时候换的钻头？
- I love the neighborhood here.我喜欢这儿的周围邻里。
- He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.他住在火车站附近的某个地方。
- We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
- He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。
- he looks young, but she's actually 50.她看上去年轻，可是实际上已五十岁了。
- Actually,that's not quite right.实际上，那不完全对。