在地铁站
A:Well, it’s not as crowded as we expected, isn’t it?
哦,没有我们想的那么拥挤,对吧?
B:No, but it will be soon. Look, there’re two empty seats over there. Let’s get them before somebody else does.
是,但很快就会拥挤。看,那边有两个位子,我们坐去吧。
A:Yes, let’s!
好的!
B:Now let’s make ourselves comfortable since we’ve got quite a long way to go.
走了这么多路,让我们舒服一下。
ourselves在线翻译
A:That’s a good idea.
好主意。
The First Class-(第一堂课)
A:Today I had my first English class.
今天我上了第一堂英语课。
B:How was it?
课上得怎样?
A:It was interesting.The teacher gave us three ways to help ourselves learn the language. First, stop talking anything except English. Then learn many complete sentences by heart.Finally, have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with, and always imitate them.
很有意思。老师告诉我们有三种方法可帮助我们学习语言。首先,除英语外不要用其他语言谈话。其次。背下大量完整的句子。最后请美国朋友告诉我们,我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子,他们是怎样表达的,并且要一直模仿他们。
购物
A:Bob, do you want to go grocery shopping with me?
鲍伯,你想和我一起去杂货店买些东西吗?
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B:Where are you going—to the corner shop down the road or to the new supermarket downtown?
你是去路那边的街角小店还是去市里的新超市?
A:I thought we could go to the new supermarket to check it out. Maybe they’ll have some of those olives that you like so much.
我想我们还是去那个新的超市看看吧。可能那儿有你非常喜欢的橄榄。
ourselves
B:Alright. Have you made your shopping list?
好吧。你列购物清单了没有啊?
A:No, I thought we’d just have a look.
没有,我想我们只是看一看。
B:You know what they say. You should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry.
你知道大家怎么说的:当你饿的时候,绝不要去买东西。
ourselves
A:Why not?
为什么不呢?
B:Because you’ll end up buying a lot more food than you normally would. Maybe we should at least give ourselves a budget to work with.
因为你通常会买比原本打算要买的多很多。或许我们至少应该定一个预算。
A:Fine. We won’t spend any more than $50.
好,我们不要超过50 美元。
B:Ok. Let’s go!
好,走吧。