dialogue 1
M: hey, George. How’s everything going?
嗨,喬治,最近過得怎么樣啊?
G: not bad. And you?
不錯.你呢?
M: not bad, but busy as usual.
還行,就是忙.
G: what are you up to?
忙什么呢?
M: it’s a long story. What’s your plan for the National Day Holiday?
說來話長.你國慶節有什么打算啊?
G: I’m going back to Shanxi. Do you think I can get a train ticket tonight, 9 days in advance ?
我回山西.你覺得我提前九天的話今晚能買到票嗎?
M: sure you can. You can book the ticket up to 10 days in advance.
當然可以了.你可以提前十天訂票.
G: you know. It’s hard to get a train ticket during the long holiday.
長假期間很難買票啊.
M: dead right ! I saw a long line of people waiting to buy tickets at the ticket office the other day.
是啊!我那天看見售票點排了很長的隊.
G: tell me about it ! I can’t help worrying what I’ll do if I can’t get a ticket.
你算說對了!我真擔心到時買不到票.
M: it’s always a headache buying tickes during the Golden Week.
黃金周期間不好買票.
G: but my cousin is getting married, so I’ll have to just get through it.
但是我表姐要結婚,我一定要買到.
M: you’ll probably have to wait at least two hours.
那你可能要排至少兩個小時的隊.
G: I’m afraid you’re right. I should go. See you around.
有可能.我要走了,回見!
M: bye. Good luck.
再見!祝你好運啊!
dialogue 2
0: Hey, there!
嗨，你好!
M: Hey, George. You look great! What’s the occasion?
你好，喬治。你看上去心情很好啊，有什么好消息嗎?
G: Yes. Ijust got my ticket to go home.
是啊，我剛剛買到了回家的火車票.
M: Oh, really. That’s wonderful.
是嗎?那太好
G: I tried the tickct office but they were sold out. I ended up getting it from a scalper.
我去售票處問了一F，說票已經賣完了’最后我在一個票販子那里買的。
M: How much was it?
多少錢啊?
G: Not too bad. Just 20 yuan more than the regular price.
還行，多付了20塊錢。
M: Good for you.
太幸運了.
G: Are you gonna take a trip during the GoIden Week?
你黃金周出去玩嗎?
M: I wanted to, but l’m afraid most placcs will be overcrowded.
想去，但是擔心到處都是人.
G: That’s right. You’II find crowds of people on the train, at the shopping malls or even in the
是啊。哪兒都是人，火車上、商場里，就連大街上也擠滿了人.
M: So I’Il just relax and maybe do some sbopping.
所以我打算休息—下，可晚會逛逛街吧.
G: Look! Hualian Store is cclcbrating the National Day holiday. Everything is on salc.
看，華聯商場迎國慶打折呢l
M: Yeah. Look! It reads "80 0ff any purchase of 200 .
是啊，看呀!買200減80啊!
G: They always havc grcat lsales during the holiday. Why don’t we go to take a look?
假期華聯經常打折。我們進去看看吧!
M: Good idea!
M:好主意
