情景英语对话：Enrolling Your Child in a New School(2)

A: Are you new in town?
B: I’ve only been in town for about a month.
A: How many kids¹ do you have?
B: Right now I just have one.
A: How old?
B: She is seven.
A: She should be in the second grade.
B: Exactly².
A: We have enough room for her.
B: I’m glad to hear that.
A: Let’s begin filling³ out the paperwork⁴.
B: That would⁵ be great.
 

1 kids   

n.小孩( kid的名词复数 )；年轻人；小山羊；小山羊皮

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。

2 exactly   

adv.准确地；严格地

参考例句：

• What I want is exactly this one.我要的就是这一个。
• I beg your pardon,what you say is not exactly correct.对不起，你说的话并不完全对。

3 filling   

n.装满，填满；填充物；（糕点内的）馅；（织品的）纬纱v.填满(fill的ing形式)

参考例句：

• She wrote away all day, filling page after page. 她写了一页又一页，整整写了一天。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Following the heavy rain, the storage tanks were filling up again. 那场暴雨过后，储水池又满了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 paperwork   

n.日常文书工作

参考例句：

• She is the best girl for the paperwork.她是最适合做这项文书工作的女孩。
• Burn them.We will spare ourselves the paperwork.烧了它，可以节省我们一些文书工作。

5 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？