大忙人学社交口语 第32期:讨论计划

 1.Well, I'm getting really hungry.

唉，我真的好饿。

I think we should take a break and come back to this item after lunch.

我想我们应该先休息一下，等吃完午饭再回来做。

Shall we go get something to eat?

我们要不要去吃点东西?

Sure. Why not? Do you know somewhere cheap and quick?

当然好啊。你知道有什么又便宜又快的地方吗?

2.It's getting rather late. Can I suggest that we stop at this point and perhaps regroup tomorrow?

时间很晚了，我想我们能不能到此为止，要不明天再碰头?

I think we could all do with some rest.

我觉得我们可能都需要休息一下。

Mr. Wang, we'd like to invite you to dinner.

王先生，我想请你吃个晚饭。

That would be lovely, but unfortunately I need to get back to my hotel as I'm expecting a call from my wife.

您真热心，只可惜我要回饭店等我老婆的电话。

Perhaps we could meet for breakfast?

也许我们可以一起吃早餐?

3.My God! Will you look at the time! It's after 2:00! My wife will kill me.

天啊!你看时间，已经过两点了! 我老婆会杀了我。

Joyce, are you hungry? Do you want something to eat before you go back to your hotel?

Joyce，你饿不饿?想不想在回饭店前吃点东西?

Could we do it another time? I'm exhausted¹ after my flight.

改天好吗?这趟飞机让我累坏了。

4.Well, that was a very impressive presentation, Ms. Hsu.

徐小姐，这场报告真精彩。

We'd like to thank you for coming all this way to explain the new concepts to us.

我们要感谢你远道而来为我们解释新概念。

To show our appreciation², we'd like to invite you to have dinner with us.

为了表达谢意，我们想请您共进晚餐。

That's very kind of you. Thank you.

你们真体贴，谢谢。

1 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

2 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。