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怀孕

A：She wants to start a family.
她想要个孩子。

B：She is pregnant. /She is expecting.
她怀孕了。

A：Really?
真的吗?

B：What did she have? /What is she expecting?
怀的是男孩还是女孩?

A：She told me that she decided not to have it tested. Only God knows.
她告诉我她决定不去做检验。所以这大概只有天知道吧！

起床

A：It’s time to get up!
该起床了！

told的近义词

B：I just went to bed!
我刚刚睡下。

A：You shouldn’t have stayed up so late watching TV. I told you we had to get an early start.
你不该夜里看电视看得那么晚。我告诉过你我们得清早动身。

B：I know, but that movie was just too good to leave. I guess I’ll just have to pay the price and be sleepy.
我知道。但那个影片太吸引人了，不能不看。我想我只得认了，就困倦些吧。

A：Do you want to eat breakfast here?
你还想在家里吃早饭吗？

B：No. Why don’t we just grab a bite at the coffee shop next door?
不了，我们干嘛不在隔壁的咖啡馆里吃点东西呢。

A：Okay by me.
我没意见。

Psychological Counseling-(心理咨询)

A：One of my students told me she was very depressed today.
我的一个学生告诉我她今天心情很坏。

B：Why?
怎么了？

A：Her father is dying.
她的爸爸快死了。

B：Oh, that’s very sad.
哦，真令人难过。

told的翻译

A：Yeah, she’s broken up about it, poor kid.
是呀，她无法承受这件事，真可怜。

told

B：What did you do?
你怎么做的？

A：I talked to her for a while, but she’s really depressed. So, I made an appointment with the school counselor for her.
我跟她谈了一会儿，但是她还很沮丧。所以，我便为她约了学校的咨询顾问。

B：That’s a good idea. The counselor is a psychologist. He’s better trained to handle these sorts of things.
这个办法不错。顾问是心理学家。对于处理这些事情他受过良好的培训。

A：Yeah, that’s what I told her. I’m glad she’s reaching out for help, instead of trying to deal with this on her own.
是，我也是这样和她说的。我很高兴她可以求援而不是自己一个人承担了。

B：Yeah, me too.
是的，我也有同感。