社交英语对话-Greeting a Visitor(3)

A: Come right on in, Ron, and welcome to our home!
B: It's so nice to see you, Malia. What a wonderful home!
A: We really like living¹ in this neighborhood².
B: How long have you had³ this house?
A: We just moved here last year.
B: It's a beautiful home. You've done a great job decorating⁴ it.
A: I've got⁵ some drinks for us in the kitchen.
B: That would⁶ be wonderful. It was⁷ really hot driving over here.
A: I can offer⁸ you lemonade, iced tea, or mango juice.
B: Iced tea sounds really good right now!

1 living   

adj.活的，活着的，现存的；逼真的，一模一样的；生活的，维持生活的；n.生活，生计

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• I'll never forget that as long as I am living.这事我至死也不会忘记。

2 neighborhood   

n.附近；邻近地区

参考例句：

• I love the neighborhood here.我喜欢这儿的周围邻里。
• He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.他住在火车站附近的某个地方。

3 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

4 decorating   

装饰( decorate的现在分词 )； 点缀； 粉刷； 授予（某人）勋章

参考例句：

• They've really gone to town on decorating their new home. 他们真的花了许多钱来装饰他们的新家。
• He displayed a great deal of artifice in decorating his new house. 他在布置新房子中表现出富有的技巧。

5 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

6 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？

7 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

8 offer   

n.出价，提议；vt.提供，出价；贡献，奉献；vi.提议；出现；求婚

参考例句：

• She chose to accept his offer.她决定接受他的提议。
• It was friendly of him to offer his help.他提供帮助真是太好了。