dialogue 1
Amanda: You'rc about to be late' Gena. The teacher's coming.
你快迟到了,老师马上就要进教室了.
Gona: I know. I have to prepare supper for my child befer I leave.
我知道,来之前我得给孩子做好晚饭.
A: My husband has bccn doing the cooking since I began attcnding this cvening class.
我来这上夜校之后,家里做饭的事就都归我丈夫了.
G: That's nice. My husband's on a business trip, so I have to do everything all by myself
那挺好的.不过我丈夫出差了,所以一切家务都得我自己打理.
A: Then you must bc quite busy.
那你肯定特别忙.
G: Absolutely, I have to vvork in the day time. study at night, and do housework during my spare time. I really need a hclping hand.
是啊,白天上班,晚上上课,还得抽空做家务,真希望能有人帮忙.
A: Me too.somctimes Ijust want to give up. I can't handjc so many things at the same time.
我也是,有时候我真想放弃,我没法同时处理好所有的事.
Ci: When's your Adult College Entrance Exam?
你的成人高考是什么时候?
A: Next Sunday. That's only ten more days.
下周日,不到十天了.
G: Oh. my exam is also around then. I'm not sure whcthcr I can pass it
我的考试也快到了,还不知道能不能过呢.
A: I'm surc you will. You study so hard ewryday.
你每天都那么用功,肯定能过.
G: Thankyou.
谢谢.
A: Do you find the evcning classes useful for your exam?
你觉得上夜校对考试有帮助吗?
G: Yeah. with the teachers ' help, I can leam much faster.
恩,有老师的帮助,我学起来快多了.
A: Well, all ourtimc and effort spent here will finally pay off-.
对啊,咱们在这里花的时间和精力不会白费的.
dialogue 2
A: Can we have dinner togethet?
-起吃晚饭可以吗?
G: Sorry, I'II have to rush to my English class after work.
对不起，下班了我得赶紧去
A: Ok, then how about tomorrow?
好吧，那明天怎么样?
G: I'm terribly sorry that my classes are scheduled from Monday to Saturday.
实在是对不起，我的课从周一一直排到周五。
A: That's all right. We can do it Sunday. But why do you study English so hard? You must be tird aner a whole day's work. Why not simply take a break instead?
没关系，可以等周日嘛。你学英语怎么这么用功啊?上了，一天的班，肯定挺累的，为什么不回家休息呢?
G: Well, my work demands prompt me to learn English. Our company is planning to start abranch in Australia. I must p他pareper in advancc since one day I may have to use English in my daily work.
是这样的，我的工作要求我去学英语，公司正计划在澳!大利亚开一家分公司.我必须提前准备，因为我面能会在日常工作中用到英语.
A: Oh, I see. You take the initiativc to improve your English competency, and you have to pay the check. right?
哦，我明白了.你自己主动去学英语，提高英语水平，然后自己买单，是这样吗?
G: Absolutely. I havc to do this, or someday I may losc the chapce to earn my basic salary.Nowadays, when our company is佗cruiting new employccs, thejr English lcvcI is listed asan important criterion.
没错，我必须这样做，不然有一天我可能连基本工资都拿不到了.现在公司招人的时候把英语水平作为一个很重要的录用标准.
A:Yeah, many companies are doin8 the samc thing.Thcy bclicve the lack of English-speaking pcrsonnel may hold back their plans of going global.
是啊，很多公司都是这样的.他们认为如果少了英语人才，可能会阻碍公司国际化的进程
