48期 [2007年04月號]

精彩摘要

用美語搬家去

Finding a Pad
如何當個暢談無礙的
美語好房東？

House Shopping
別把狗窩變金窩
勿將沼澤當泳池

Moving with Movers
搬家估價真方便！
一通電話算到好！

Student Driver
打方向燈、變換車道、
超速、超車、追撞前車..
英文要怎麼說？

Meet the Neighbors 鄰居相見歡-1


[Mary goes over to meet her new neighbors, Tim and Sally Jameson.]
Mary: Hi, I'm Mary Jeffries. I live next door. Welcome to the neighborhood!
Tim: Oh, thank you, Mary. I'm Tim Jameson. Please come in!
[Tim calls for his wife to join them.]
Mary: So where have you moved from?
Tim: Waterton. It's not 1)far from here, just two 2)exits down the 3)Interstate.
[Sally enters.] Hi, I'm Sally Jameson.
Mary: Hi, Mary Jeffries. Here's some banana bread Imade for you.
Tim: Thank you, Mary. Thar's so nice of you. Would you like some tea or coffee or anything?
Mary: No, thanks. I can't stay long. I need to 4)pick my kids up at school.

瑪莉去拜訪新鄰居提姆和莎莉傑米森。
瑪莉：你好，我是瑪莉傑福瑞斯。我就住隔壁，歡迎來跟我們做鄰居！
提姆：噢，謝謝妳，瑪莉。我叫提姆傑米森，請進！(提姆叫妻子出來和他們見面。)
瑪莉：所以你們是從哪裡搬過來的啊？
提姆：華特頓。離這兒不遠，就在州際公路的下兩個出口。
莎莉：(走進客廳)嗨，我叫莎莉傑米森。
瑪莉：嗨，我叫瑪莉傑福瑞斯，這是我為你們做的香蕉麵包。
提姆：謝謝你，瑪莉，你太客氣了，你要來杯茶、咖啡或其他東西嗎？
瑪莉：不用了，謝謝。我不能待太久。我得開車去接我小孩下課。