Robbie出門去為Philip買做蘋果派所需的桂皮粉。在他出門的期間，Alexandra
打來了電話。

    Robbie： Good morning. Ellen： Oh ， hi ， Robbie. Good morning. Philip
： Good morning ， Robbie. Can you do me a favor？

    Robbie： Sure ， Dad. What？

    Philip： Remember my apple pie on Thanksgiving？ What do you love
about it？

    Robbie： The apples ？

    Philip： No. The sssss…

    Robbie： Cinnamon ！

    Philip： Right. We don't have any cinnamon. Robbie： I'll go down
to Henry's grocery. He's alway open. I'll get some for you. Philip： That's
my boy！

    Ellen ： Oh ， put your heavy jacket on ， Robbie. it's cold outside.
Robbie： Alexandra might call. Tell her I'll call her right back. Ellen
： OK. Philip ： Thanks ， Son. Ellen ： Uh ， why does he always have
to slam the door？

    Ellen ： Hello…Hello ， Alexandra. How are you ？…Fine. Robbie just
went to the store. He'll be back soon. He said he call you. … Well ，
do you have the phone number there？… Please ， I know he wants to talk
to you. …Thank you ， and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family，
too. Try to come by later for dessert.…Bye.

    「語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. Can you do me a favor？

    你能幫我個(gè)忙嗎？請(qǐng)別人幫忙時(shí)常用這句話。

    還有一些類似的表達(dá)方法，如"Can you lend me a hand ？" 以及"Can you
do something for me ？ ".

    2. Remember my apple pie on Thanksgiving？

    還記得感恩節(jié)我做的蘋果派嗎？

    "Remember …？" （還記得…嗎？）。引出新話題時(shí)常用的開場(chǎng)白。

    3. We don't have any cinnamon.我們沒有桂皮粉了。

    "We don't have any…" 等同于"We have no …" （我們沒有…）。否定句
加any 與肯定句加no表示同樣的意思。

    4. That's my boy！

    真是我的好兒子！這是一句很典型的父親用來表?xiàng)钭约旱膬鹤拥脑挕?/p>

    5. Uh ， why does he always have to slam the door ？

    唉，他為什么老要把門碰得山響？

    "slam the door "，“砰”的一聲關(guān)上門。

    6. I see. 我知道了，明白。

    7. Try to come by later for dessert.你爭(zhēng)取飯后來我們這兒吃甜點(diǎn)吧。

    "come by" ，順路拜訪，串門。