DIALOGUE 59

Talking About Music

1--Do you want black or white coffee?
2--White, please.
1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.
   Do you want to go?
2--I don't like folk music very much.
1--What kind of music do you like?
2--I like classical music. Do you?
1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.
2--I don't believe you.
1--It's true.
2--You are funny!
1--So are you! How about another coffee?

注解：

1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的称作white
coffee.什么也不加的称作black coffee.
2）folk concert：民间音乐会。folk作“民间的”、
“具有民族传说的”解。如folk dance，folk music,
folk songs, folk tale等。
3）classical：经典的。如classical music, classical
literature等。
4）How about...?（你以为）...怎么样？征询对方的意见时
常用的句型。如，征询关于时间安排的意见时，可以说How
about tomorrow？征询活动内容时可以说How about playing
tennis now?征询人选意见可以说How about Jane?等

译文

1--你的咖啡要不要加糖或牛奶？
2--请加些牛奶。
1--我说，明天晚上有场民间音乐会，你想去吗？
2--我不太喜欢民间音乐。
1--那你喜欢什么音乐？
2--我喜欢古典音乐，你喜欢吗？
1--不太喜欢。一听古典音乐我就发困。
2--我不信
1--是真的。
2--你可真的有意思！
1--你也一样。要不要再来一杯咖啡？