【大家说英语】 第231期:高中同学会

 Lesson 10 Small Talk 第十课 闲聊

August 24 8月24日

High School Reunions 高中同学会

Read it! 读读看！

Taylor is planning¹ her high school class reunion. 泰乐正在筹办她高中班级的同学会，

She's working hard! 她很努力认真！

She is inviting² everyone from her class. 她要邀请班上的每个人，

And she is renting⁴ a big hotel! 还要在大饭店租一间宴会厅！

She is very excited⁵! 她非常兴奋！

Taylor and her old friends can catch up. 泰乐和她的老朋友可以聊聊彼此的近况。

Maybe they changed a lot. 也许他们改变了很多，

Or maybe they are still the same. 或者一点都没变，

They probably⁶ wonder⁷ about her, too! 他们说不定也纳闷着她的近况！

Conversation⁸ A 会话A

Hi, Taylor! What are those? 嗨，泰乐！那些是什么？

Hi, Alex. These are invitations⁹ for my high school class reunion. 嗨，亚力克斯，这些是我高中班级同学会的邀请函。

Why do you have them? 妳为什么会有这些邀请函？

Well, I'm planning the reunion. 这个嘛，我在筹办同学会。

Cool. Then your high school friends can be together. 酷。这样你的高中朋友就可以聚一聚，

That's nice! 这样很不错！

Yes. I'm excited! 是啊，我很兴奋！

Are you inviting everyone to the event¹⁰? 妳要邀请所有人参加吗？

Yes. That's my job! 没错，这是我的工作！

Conversation B 会话B

Planning a class reunion is hard work. 筹办班级同学会是很辛苦的工作。

I know. Taylor called a big hotel today! 是啊。泰乐今天打电话联络了一家大饭店！

She did¹¹? For what? 真的吗？为什么？

So her classmates can rent³ a room for their party. 为她的同班同学订一间宴会厅，举办他们的派对。

High school reunions can be fun. 高中同学会很好玩。

Does your class have reunions? 妳的班级有办同学会吗？

Yes. I don't go to my high school reunions. 有。我没有参加高中同学会，

But I do go to my college¹² reunions. 可是我参加大学同学会。

Conversation C 会话C

I like class reunions. 我喜欢同学会，

You and your old friends can catch up! 可以和老朋友聊聊近况！

Sometimes you can see a big change in people! 有时候可以在别人身上看到很大的改变！

And sometimes they are the same! 有些人则是一点都没变！

I always wonder about my high school classmates. 我总是不禁会纳闷高中同班同学的近况，

Are they doing well? 不知他们过得好不好？

And they probably wonder about you, too. 他们大概也会想知道妳的近况。

You're right. Maybe I can go to my next high school class reunion! 妳说得对， 也许我可以参加我们下一次的高中同学会！

1 planning   

n.规划，设计，策划

参考例句：

• A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications. 有一个特别小组委员会裁决规划申请项目。
• the local family planning clinic 当地的计划生育诊所

2 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

3 rent   

n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用

参考例句：

• I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
• He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。

4 renting   

n.租用v.租用( rent的现在分词 )；出租（房屋等）；租借（房屋、土地、机器等）；醒来，唤醒( rouse的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I'm thinking of renting out my house while I'm away. 我正在考虑在我离家期间把房子赁出去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She's renting in some grey suburb of Birmingham. 她租住在伯明翰某处阴沉沉的郊区。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 excited   

adj.激动的；兴奋的

参考例句：

• He was so excited that he could not speak.他太兴奋，连话都说不出来了。
• The excited children forgot to take the presents to the party.孩子们兴奋得忘了把礼物带到聚会上了。

6 probably   

adv.大概，或许，很可能

参考例句：

• Next year I shall probably be looking for a job. 明年我很可能找份工作。
• We're going on holiday soon,probably next month.我们很快要去度假了，可能是下个月。

7 wonder   

v.惊奇；惊讶；(对...)感到怀疑

参考例句：

• I wonder why he is late.我想知道他为什么迟到。
• No wonder it's a wonder.怪不得这是一个奇迹。

8 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

9 invitations   

n.（口头或书面的）邀请( invitation的名词复数 )；请柬；鼓励；（尤指）怂恿

参考例句：

• Don't miss out your brothers when you send round the invitations. 发请帖时不要把你兄弟们给漏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All the invitations for the party have now gone out. 宴会的请帖现在已全部发出去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 event   

n.事变，大事件

参考例句：

• I'm surprised that you didn't know of such an important event.这么大的事你竟会不知道？
• He is the center of this event.他是这次事件的核心人物。

11 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

12 college   

n.学院；高等专科学校

参考例句：

• The college drama society is going to put on a play.大学戏剧协会正准备上演一个剧目。
• I was hot on playing basketball when I was in college.我上大学时热衷于打篮球。