Topic 8: Talking about social situations. 聊聊社交
A: Hey. You made it. I’m glad you’re here.
B: Yeah. Me too. Thank you so much for inviting me.
A: No worries. There’re a few people I’d like you to meet. Come on. You’re not shy, are you?
B: Not at all. I love to mingle with people. I am very social.
A: Good. Hey fellas, may I introduce my best friend to you guys? This is Tom. We grew up together. We go way back. You wanna make a brief introduction ?
B: I would love to. Hey guys. I’m Tom. I’m an Interior designer. I’ve been working for TBS for 5 years. I moved to LA back in 2009. And I’ve been in love with this city ever since.
C: Hey Tom. I’m Peter. Nice to meet you. Actually, I’ve heard so much about you. John is always telling us how funny and cool you are .
B: Oh yeah? Nice to meet you too, my friend. What do you do for a living?
C: I work in an English-training company. Been doing that since 2012.
B: Really? That’s cool. What do you like to do for fun? Do you go out often?
C: Yeah, kind of , but not as much as I used to. You know, we’re all getting old. Can’t party too much any more.
B: Yeah. I’m with you. I miss the days when we were out partying till the sun came up.
关键词:
- meet 遇见;碰面; meet既是陌生人的初次遇见;又可以是朋友间的碰面;例句:(1) We met 3 years ago. 我们是三年前认识的; (2) I have to meet with him tomorrow. 我明天必须得跟他碰个面。
- shy 害羞的;shy经常前面加名词,:pee shy 不好意思让别人知道自己小便:I’m pee shy; camera shy 不大喜欢照相:She’s camera shy.
- Mingle 使…混合;mingle with…与…混合;交谈;例句:I love mingling with people.我喜欢跟别人交谈交朋友。
- Social 社交的;社会的;social status社会地位;social smoker 应酬时才抽烟的人;例句:Tom is a social drinker. 只有应酬或跟朋友一起时,Tom才会喝酒。由名词society社会转变过来;动词为socialize.交际;社会主义化。例句:You have to socialize with people.你得与别人社交啊。
- Fellas,表示‘大家’,常用的还有guys=folks=everyone,都表示‘大家’。
- Introduce 介绍; 短语为introduce A to B..把A介绍给B;名词为introduction.
- Brief 简短的简要的; make a brief introduction即做个简单的自我介绍。
- English-training 英语培训的; the English-training business.英语培训行业。
关键短语:
- made it. 成功了;成功赶过来的;活过来了等等;原形为make it. 例句:(1) I’m sure you will make it.我肯定你会成功的; (2) Sorry, I can’t make it tonight.对不起,我今晚来不了了。
- no worries 不客气,也可以表示没关系。用来回答thanks和sorry,同义短语还有No problem和No sweat.
- Not at all.一点儿也不. 例句: I’m not hungry at all.我一点也不饿;She doesn’t like you at all.她一点也不喜欢你;同义短语为not whatsoever. 例句:I can’t sing whatsoever. 我根本不会唱歌。
- Love to…表示非常喜欢;I love to sing.我非常喜欢唱歌。
- Grew up together 一起长达的;类似短语还有spent our childhood together. 例句:We spent our childhood together.我们从小一起长达的,一起度过童年的。
- Go way back.交情很深,很早就认识。
- Would love to… 非常想要做…; 例句:I would love to be your boyfriend.我很想做你男朋友;She would love to come.她很想来。
- Interior designer 室内设计师;interior是‘室内的,内部的’。Graphic designer是平面设计师。
- Moved to LA 搬到洛杉矶;move表示搬家;例句:I’m moving out soon.我很快就搬出去住了。
- Be in love with..爱上…例句:I’m in love with you.我爱上你了;She’s not in love with you.她才没有爱上你呢。
- Ever since 从那之后,放在完成时句子里。例句:We haven’t talked ever since.从那之后我们再也没有说过话. She has been my bestie ever since.从那之后她就一直是我的闺蜜了。
- For a living 为谋生。例句:I teach English for a living.我以教英语为谋生。
- For fun 为娱乐。 例句:I like to travel for fun. 我喜欢旅行来度过闲暇时间。
- Go out often 经常出去玩儿。
- Not as much as…. 没…多; not as much as you.没你多;例句:I don’t love English as much as you.我没你那么喜欢英语。
- Used to.以前曾经经常;例句:When I was 20, I used to travel a lot.我以前20岁的时候经常旅行的。
- Get old 变老; get adj变得..; 例句:It’s getting cold.慢慢变冷了;He’s getting angry.他发怒了。
关键句型:
- I’m glad… 我很开心…例句:I’m glad you apologized. 你道歉了我很开心。
- I’d like you to…我很想让你….例句:I’d like you to join us. 我很想让你加入我们。
- You’re not shy, are you? 你不害羞,对吧。假装问,其实只是确认。类似的还有:You don’t like her, do you?你不喜欢她对吧;You can’t dance, can you?你不会跳舞对吧。 前否定后肯定,前肯定后否定。You can speak English, can’t you?你会说英语的对吧。You’re not coming, are you?你不来的对吧。注意前句所用的动词是be还是do还是can还是其他。
- May I… 在正式场合非常礼貌时用,表示‘我可以…’,比如:May I have your attention please? 大家能听我说两句吗?
- I’ve heard so much about you. 我已经听过很多关于你的事情,即久仰大名。I’ve done so much 表示‘已经…’.例句:We’ve learned so much from you.我们从你身上学到了很多。
- Be always doing… 总是在… 经常用来表示‘抱怨’的情感。例句:My mom is always working late.我妈妈总是加班。
- What do you do? 你是做什么的?
- Can’t …. Any more. 不能再…;例句:I can’t trust you any more.我再也不能信任你了。
- I’m with you.此处表示‘我和你一样,我赞同你的想法’。
- The days when…. 过去时 表示‘曾经的岁月’,例句:I miss the days when we were just students. 我怀念曾经我们只是学生的日子。The days when we talked about everything are gone.曾经我们无话不说的日子已经结束了。
对话中文参考翻译:
A:你来啦!我很开心你来了。
B:我也很开心。谢谢你邀请我。
A:不客气。有几个人我想让你认识一下。来吧。你不害羞的对吧。
B:一点儿都不。我喜欢社交。我很喜欢跟人交朋友的。
A:很好。各位,我可以把我最好的朋友介绍给你们吗?这是Tom.我们从小一起长大的。交情很深。你要不做个简单的自我介绍?
B:我很想啊。大家好,我叫Tom,我是一个室内设计师,在TBS工作已经五年了。我是2009年搬到洛杉矶的,从此之后就爱上了这座城市。
C:你好Tom,我叫Peter,很高兴认识你,其实,早就久仰大名了。John总是跟我说你有多搞笑多酷。
B:是嘛?我也很高兴认识你,朋友。你是做什么工作的?
C:我在一家英语培训公司工作。从2012年一直到现在都在做这个。
B:真的啊?很棒!你平时业余时间都喜欢干嘛呢?你经常出去喝酒吗?
C:嗯,算是吧!但是没有以前那么多了。我们都变在变老。不能再像以前那样疯狂了。
B:嗯,我赞同。我怀念以前能够玩到天亮的日子啊!