Lesson 2

    Text A But the Chinese Did！

    One day Tom said to one of his friends：“I'm going to have a holiday
in Peking ， but I don't speak Chinese， so I'll go to evening classes
and have Chinese lessons for a month before I go. ”

    一天，Tom 跟他的一個朋友說：“我將去北京度假，但我不會講中文，所以
我去之前要去夜校上一個月的中文課。”

    He studied very hard for a month， and then his holidays began and
he went to China. 他很努力地學習了一個月后，他的北京之旅開始了。

    When he came back a few weeks later ， his friend said to him ：“
Did you have any trouble with your Chinese when you were in Peking， Tom？”

    當他回來幾周后，他的朋友跟他說：“Tom ，你去北京時有什么因為中文而
帶來的麻煩嗎？”

    “No， I didn't have any trouble with it，” answered Tom ，“But
the Chinese did ！”

    “沒有，我沒有任何因為中文帶來的麻煩，”Tom 回答，“但中國人有（遇
到了麻煩）！”

    嘿，試過用中文跟外國友人交流么？那種經歷也很特別哦，咱們英語學了那
么些年總得找機會會會foreigner 吧，不但用英文也用用中文。記得某位英語達
人說過：“學英語就是為了把中文推廣給世界！”是否有上述Tom 那種經歷呢，
可以說出來跟大家分享下哈！

    Text B at the Birthday Party

    Mrs. Ross ： Welcome， Peter. Give me your coat and hat. Mrs.Ross
：歡迎你，Peter.把你的外套和帽子給我。

    Peter ： Thank you， Mrs. Ross. Peter ：謝謝你，Mrs.Ross.

    Mrs. Ross ： The boys and girls are in the living room. Wait， I'll
call John. Mrs.Ross ：男孩和女孩們正在客廳。等一下，我叫下John.

    * * *

    John： Hi ， Peter. Why are you late？

    John：嗨。Peter.你怎么這么晚來？

    Peter ： My mother made me dress up. Peter：我媽媽讓我穿正式些。

    John： That's good. Alice has some pretty friends. John ：好極了。
Alice 有些漂亮的朋友。

    Peter ： You know I don't like girls. Peter ：你知道我不喜歡女孩。

    * * *

    Peter ： Happy birthday ， Alice. Many happy returns of the day. Here's
a present for you. Peter：生日快樂，Alice.祝你長命百歲，這是給你的禮物。

    Alice ： Thank you， Peter. Come into the dining room. I'm going to
cut the cake soon. Alice：謝謝你，Peter.來餐廳吧，我馬上就切蛋糕了。

    John： Have some sandwiches ， Peter. John：來嘗點三明治，Peter.

    Peter ： Thanks. John. Who's that girl？

    Peter ：謝謝，John，那個女孩是誰？

    John： That's Joan. She's pretty， isn't she？ She likes to dance.
Ask her to dance. John：那是Joan. 她很漂亮，是吧？她喜歡跳舞，你去邀請
她跳舞吧。

    Peter ： Well ， I don't know. Peter：嗯，我不知道。

    John： Don't be afraid. She isn't going to bite you. John ：別害怕，
她不會咬你的。

    Peter ： Who's afraid ？ I'm not afraid. Peter：誰怕了？我沒害怕。

    * * *

    Peter ： Would you like to dance， Joan ？

    Peter ：你愿意跳一支舞嗎，Joan？

    Joan： Yes， Thank you. I'd like to dance very much. Joan ：我愿意，
謝謝。我很喜歡跳舞。

    ？ Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while
reading and retell the story to your partner. 試著復述出來，你也可以簡
單歸納下與大家分享哦！

    Self-service

    If you are in a hurry and you want to have a quick meal there is no
better place than a self-service restaurant. You go into the restaurant，
pick up a tray， knife， fork ， and spoon and queue at a counter where
the food is on display. You pick out what you want and put it on your
tray， which you have to push along a special rack till you reach the
cashier. The cashier will give you your bill. After paying， you take
your tray to any table you like. You can sit alone or with another customer.
You can have a good meal in ten minutes. And-as there is no waiter you
don't have to give a tip.

    常用口語：

    1. Many happy returns of the day！

    這是生日時的祝福語，可以表達“祝你青春永駐！”、“祝你年年有今日、
歲歲有今朝”或者“祝你壽比南山！”等意思，當你的朋友、同事、同學們生日
時，不妨送出這句生日祝語哦！

    2. Would you like to dance？

    在生日party 上，想邀請心儀的女孩子跳舞時，可別害羞，大大方方說出這
句話吧。當然，“Would you like to do something" 也可以邀請別人去打球啦、
去跑步啦等等都可以，看你想找人一起干嘛咯。