今天的这段对话，在讨论聚会，
生日聚会准备了些什么？应该如何纪念大学成立一百周年
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: is everything ready for Billy’s birthday party?
比利的生日聚会准备好了吗？
B: yes. I’ve finished making the birthday cake and I’ve put all the things on the table. Did you find the party hats?
是的。我已经做好了生日蛋糕，把所有的东西都放在桌子上了。你找到派对帽了吗？
A: yes, I did. I’ve put one on the table for each child. I put up the big “happy birthday” sign too.
是的，我做到了。我给每个孩子都放了一个。我还挂了一个大大的“生日快乐”的牌子。
B: thanks. Do you think we have enough for the kids to eat and drink?
谢谢。你觉得我们有足够的食物给孩子们吃和喝吗？
A: I’m sure of that. There’s enough food here to feed an army!
我确信。这里有足够的食物养活一支军队！
B: that birthday cake looks wonderful, but you haven’t put any candles on it yes.
那个生日蛋糕看起来很棒，但你没有在上面放蜡烛。
A: thanks for reminding me. I’ve prepared some party games for the children too.
谢谢你提醒我。我也为孩子们准备了一些派对游戏。
B: I’ve brought a tape with lots of children’s songs on it.
我带来了一盘磁带，上面有很多儿童歌曲。
A: hopefully, that will keep everyone happy.
希望这能让每个人都开心。
Intermediate
A: how should we commemorate the centenary of the founding of the university? We have been given quite a large budget to pay for some events.
我们应该如何纪念大学成立一百周年？我们得到了相当大的预算来支付一些活动的费用。
B: we should certainly hold a big party for the professors and students. We could have a firework display.
我们当然应该为教授和学生们举办一个盛大的聚会。我们可以放烟花。
A: do you think that we should invite alumni and former professors?
你认为我们应该邀请校友和前教授吗？
B: if we do, too many people might attend. Perhaps we should invited all of them, but make a small charge to attend.
如果我们这样做，可能会有太多人参加。也许我们应该邀请他们所有人，但要收取少量费用。
A: good idea. We should also hold a series of presentations. We could have presentations on the history of the university, the course we offer, and our links with other universities.
好主意。我们还应该举行一系列的演讲。我们可以就大学的历史、我们提供的课程以及我们与其他大学的联系进行演讲。
B: good idea! I think we could also have presentations by former students on how their experience here helped them in their lives.
好主意！我想我们也可以让以前的学生介绍他们在这里的经历如何帮助他们的生活。
A: we could have another on the successes of graduates from here.
我们可以再谈一谈这里毕业生的成功。
B: I think that we could also produce some merchandise for the centenary-you know, T-shirts, mugs, plates, pens, and things like that.
我想我们也可以为百年庆典生产一些商品，T恤、马克杯、盘子、钢笔等等。
A: that’s an excellent idea. Hopefully, we would be able to make a profit! A few professors and students are writing a book on the history of the university.
这是个好主意。希望我们能盈利！一些教授和学生正在写一本关于大学历史的书。
B: I’m looking forward to reading that. We could have book signings by famous professors an alumni.
我很期待看到这本书。我们可以邀请著名教授和校友签名售书。
A: a group of students from the art and music faculty are producing a short film.
一群来自艺术和音乐学院的学生正在制作一部短片。
B: I’m sure that will be very popular.. OK, let’s think about how we can put these ideas into practice.
我相信那会很受欢迎...好的，让我们思考一下如何将这些想法付诸实践。
