♦A: 嗨，凯特。你什么时候回来的？ Hāi, kǎitè. Nǐ shénme shíhou huílái de? Hi, Kate. When did you get back? ♦B: 回来有一个小时了。怎 么样？我不在的时候有没有人打电话找我？ Huílái yǒu yīgè xiǎoshíliǎo. Zěnme yàng? Wǒ bùzài de shíhou yǒu méiyǒu rén dǎ diànhuà zhǎo wǒ? About an hour ago. What’s new? Did anyone call for me while I was out? ♦A: 有一个叫宋奎的下午打电话过来。他要你给他回电话。他住在假日酒店。你可以打那里的电话联 系到他。 Yǒu yīgè jiào sòng kuí de xiàwǔ dǎ diànhuà guòlái. Tā yào nǐ gěi tā huí diànhuà. Tā zhù zài jiàrì jiǔdiàn. Nǐ kěyǐ dǎ nàlǐ de diànhuà liánxì dào tā. Yeah, someone named Song Kui called this afternoon. He left word for you to call him. He’s at the Holiday Inn Hotel. You can get in touch with him there. ♦B: 哦，那是我的大学同窗好友。我知道他要过来。不过没想到是今天。我一定是把日子搞混了 。真是个天大的惊喜！ Ó, nà shì wǒ de dàxué tóngchuāng hǎo you. Wǒ zhīdào tā yào guòlái. Bùguò méi xiǎngdào shì jīntiān. Wǒ yīdìng shì bǎ rìzi gǎo hùnle. Zhēnshi gè tiān dà de jīngxǐ! Oh,that’s my old friend from college. I knew he was coming to town. I didn’t expect him today, though. I must have got mixed up on the dates. What a great surprise! ♦A: 我们要不要请他来参加 今晚的聚会？ Wǒmen yào bùyào qǐng tā lái cānjiā jīn wǎn de jùhuì? Should we ask him to our party tonight? ♦B: 我是这么想。但是我们 已经邀请了二十个人，房子又很小。 Wǒ shì zhème xiǎng. Dànshì wǒmen yǐjīng yāoqǐngle èr shí gèrén, fángzi yòu hěn xiǎo I’d like to. But we’ve already invited twenty people. And the apartment is pretty small. ♦A: 别担心。多一个还是不成问题的。人越多越开心嘛。 Bié dānxīn. Duō yīgè háishì bùchéng wèntí de. Rén yuè duō yuè kāixīn ma. Don’t worry. We can always make room for one more. The more the merrier you know. ♦B: 没错。其他客人们也会喜欢宋奎的。他很友善，而且总是逗大家笑。 Méi cuò. Qítā kèrénmen yě huì xǐhuan sòng kuí de. Tā hěn yǒushàn, érqiě zǒng shì dòu dàjiā xiào. That’s true. And the other guests will like Song Kui. He’s very friendly, and he always has funny stories and jokes to tell. ♦A: 告诉他不要穿得太隆重 。你知道这是个非正式的聚会。 Gàosu tā bùyào chuān de tài lóngzhòng. Nǐ zhīdào zhè shìgè fēi zhèngshì de jùhuì. Be sure to tell him not to dress up. It’s a casual party, you know. ♦B: 好的。我开车去接他。他不熟悉这个城市，一 个人来可能会迷路的。 Hǎo de. Wǒ kāichē qù jiē tā. Tā bù shúxī zhège chéngshì, yīgè rén lái kěnéng huì mílù de. |Okay. I’ll go pick Song up. He doesn’t know this city. He might lose his way coming alone. ♦A: 好吧，我留在这里准备聚会的事。 Hǎo ba, wǒ liú zài zhèlǐ zhǔnbèi jùhuì de shì. Okay, I’ll stay here and finish getting things ready for the party. ♦B: 这样不错。一会见。 Zhèyàng bùcuò. Yī huǐ jiàn. Sounds great. I’ll see you later then. ♦A: 好，再见！ Hǎo, zàijiàn! Okay. Bye!
