商务英语会话 话题是
口语学习的提高就是坚持每天多说英语 ABC天丅英语中心还挺.好.的,我在里面学习了一段时间 里面的老师要求比较严,教学方法独特,在口语口译方面可以得到突飞猛进的效果...Larry和李华刚刚忙完手头的工作。Larry要请李华吃冰激凌。
。LL: Well, Li Hua,
。you just finished a big paper, and I just finished an important project at work.
。Let's go for ice cream and celebrate. It'll be my treat.
。LH: 冰激凌是your treat?
。可我也要吃啊,应该是our treat才对吧。
。
。LL: Well, the ice
。cream will certainly be for both of us - and it will be a treat for both of us,
。but when I said it was my treat I meant that I would pay for the ice
。cream.
。LH:
。哦,原来是你要请客啊!
。LL: That's right,
。to TREAT someone means to pay for someone's food or entertainment as a form of a
。gift.
。LH:
。那太好了。谢谢你请我去吃冰激凌。
。LL: It is my
。pleasure, Li Hua.
。LH:
。为了表示感谢,这个周末我请你去中国餐馆吃饭。My treat.
。LL: That's very
。considerate, Li Hua. But you don't really have to treat me to dinner just
。because I treated you to ice cream.
。LH:
。我可不是因为你请我吃冰激凌才请你去吃饭的,我请你吃饭是因为咱俩是好朋友嘛!
。LL: In that case,
。I'll be happy to go for Cnese food ts weekend - especially if it is your
。treat.
。LH: 我有个问题,Larry,
。在美国,如果有人提出请你吃饭,你还用争着付吗?
。LL: Generally, you
。can try to protest a little, but the most polite tng to do is to let the other
。person treat you and allow m or her to feel generous.
。LH:
。在中国的时候,我有个叔叔,人特别大方,经常请朋友和家里人出去吃饭。
。LL: It is wonderful
。to have generous relatives. When I was growing up, my grandmother would always
。treat us to the circus - or sometimes a movie.
。LH: 看马戏?哎(叹气) --
。小时候真好!我爸爸也经常带我去看木偶剧。
。LL: Yeah. My Dad
。would always treat us to ice cream at a shop just like ts one. , why don't
。you go ahead and order your ice cream, Li Hua.
。LH:
。我要一个力、香草和草莓的冰激凌蛋筒。