新英語900句視頻版 第38課:你被邀請參加聚會(huì) 文本如下:
LESSON 1
第1課
ALI: Mommy. I'm going to be seven soon, right?
媽媽,我快到七歲了,對嗎?
MRS. NIKZAD: Yes, July 17.
對,7月17日。
ALI: What day is that?
是星期幾呀?
MRS. NIKZAD: It's a Monday.
星期一。
ALI: May I have a birthday party?
我可以開個(gè)生日晚會(huì)嗎?
MRS. NIKZAD: I'm sure you can. However, we'll have to talk to your father.
我想可以。不過,我們要告訴你爸爸一聲。
ALI: I'll be good. I promise. I'll do whatever he says. I'll be so good that he won't know I'm here. Can we call him?
那好,我答應(yīng)您。爸爸說什么我都要開。我一聲不響,爸爸不會(huì)知道我在家。我們給他打電話吧!
MRS. NIKZAD: No. He'll be home any minute, Ali. It can wait till then, I'm sure. We've never had a big party in this apartment. I wonder ...
不用,埃利。他一會(huì)兒就回來。我保證,到時(shí)候跟他說。在這所公寓里我們從來沒舉辦過大的晚會(huì)??峙隆?
ALI: Oh, I don't want the party here!
噢,我不是想在這兒搞晚會(huì)。
MRS NIKZAD: No? Where do you want it?
不在這兒?那你想在哪兒?
ALI: At the Ice Cream Parlor. You know, the one that has 101 flavors.
在冷飲店。你知道,就是那家有101種風(fēng)味的冷飲店。
MRS. NIKZAD: The Ice Cream Parlor?Do you mean the one which is near your father's bank at the Fair ?
冷飲店?你說的是不是你爸爸工作的那個(gè)世界博覽會(huì)銀行附近的那家?
ALI: Yes, that's the one. Jimmy's birthday party was there, and the party that he had was great.
對,就是那家。吉米的生日宴會(huì)就是在那兒開的。而且那次宴會(huì)開得特別好。
第2課
[MRS.NIkzad enters.]
[尼克撒德先生進(jìn)來]
MRS. NIKZAD: Hello, dear. How was your day?
親愛的,你好,今天過的怎么樣?
MR.NIKZAD:: Hello, Zahra. Hi, Son. I'm such a good mood that I feel like celebrating. Let's go out to dinner tonight.
你好,贊哈拉。嘿,兒子,我今天特別高興(情緒很好)。我想慶祝一下,我們?nèi)ネ膺叧酝盹埌伞?
ALI: whoopee !
噢……
MRS.NIKZAD: Ali has something to ask you.
埃利有事要問你。
MR.NIKZAD:What is it, Ali?
什么事,埃利?
ALI: Father, may I please have a birthday party?
爸爸,給我開個(gè)生日宴會(huì)好嗎?
MR. NIKZAD:Of course, Ali. Why not?
當(dāng)然可以,埃利,這有什么不行呢?
ALI: Thanks, Daddy. [Ali hugs his father.]
謝謝爸爸。[埃利摟住爸爸]
MR. NIKZAD: What kind of party do you want, Ali?
埃利,你想開個(gè)什么樣的宴會(huì)呢?
ALI: An ice cream party!
冰激凌宴會(huì)。
MR.NIKZAD:IS that what you want?Wouldn't you like to go to a baseball game instead?
就想開個(gè)這樣的宴會(huì)?你不想去看場棒球比賽?
ALI: Daddy, this is much better/ You eat lots and lots of ice cream. They put it in a big bowl. And then, when you've eaten so much ice cream that you can't eat any more, you eat some more anyway.
爸爸,就這個(gè)宴會(huì)最好啦!你可以吃好多好多冰激凌。他們把冰激凌放在大碗里,這樣,當(dāng)你吃得一點(diǎn)也不想再吃時(shí),也只得強(qiáng)迫自己再多吃點(diǎn)。
MR.NIKZAD:It sounds terrible.
聽起來真可怕。
MRS.NIKZAD: I guess it sounds wonderful to kids. What do you think, dear?
我看這對孩子來說倒不錯(cuò),你說呢?親愛的?
MR.NIKZAD: Okay, Ali. It's a deal.
好吧,埃利,就這樣定了。
ALI: Oh, boy!
噢,真的!