今天的这段对话，在讨论聚会，

参加生日聚会准备什么礼物好？聚会后怎么处理垃圾

来听今天的讲解:

Beginner

A: are you going to helen’s birthday party on Friday evening?

你星期五晚上要去参加海伦的生日聚会吗？

B: I wouldn’t miss it for the world! It’s sure to be fun. She’s invited a lot of people. Do you thind everyone will be able to get into her house?

我不会错过的！这肯定很有趣。她邀请了很多人。你认为每个人都能进她家吗？

A: if everyone turned up, it would be a squeeze, but a feww people said that they couldn’t go, so I think it should be ok?

如果每个人都来了，那会很拥挤，但有几个人说他们不能去，所以我认为应该没事吧？

B: are you taking anything?

你拿什么了吗？

A: I’ve got her a birthday present and I’ll take a bottle fo wine too.

我给她送了一份生日礼物，还带了一瓶葡萄酒。

B: that’s a good idea. She told she had bought plenty of food and snacks. I think it’s going to be a noisy party. I hope her neihbours don’t mind too much.

这是个好主意。她说她买了很多食物和零食。我想这将是一个喧闹的聚会。我希望她的邻居不要太介意。

A: helen gets on very well with her neighours. I wouldn’t be surprised if they went to the party too.

海伦和邻居们相处得很好。如果他们也去参加聚会，我也不会感到惊讶。

B: I’m ready looking forward to it. This party is going to be a blast!

我已经做好了期待的准备。这次聚会一定会很精彩！

A: well, don’t be late. I’ll see you on Friday at helen’s.

好吧，不要迟到。我星期五在海伦家见。

Intermediate

A: that was a great party. Thanks for saying behind to help me clear up.

那是一个很棒的聚会。谢谢你在后面帮我清理。

B: it certainly was a great party. It’s a pity that a glass and a plate got broken and someone spilled a drink over there.

那确实是一个很棒的聚会。很遗憾，一个玻璃杯和一个盘子被打碎了，有人把饮料洒在了那里。

A: I expected that something might get broken. That doesn’t bother me. That spilled drink won’t leave a stain ,will it?

我原以为会有什么东西坏了。这并不困扰我。洒出来的饮料不会留下污渍，是吗？

B: I doubt it, I ‘ll deal with it right away. Luckily it wasn’t a glass of red wine, I’ll just get a bowl of water and a cloth.

我怀疑，我会马上处理的。幸运的是，那不是一杯红酒，我只需要一碗水和一块布。

A: I’m going to put all the rubbish into this big plastic bag.

我要把所有的垃圾都装进这个大塑料袋里。

B: afterwards, we can do the washing up together. Everything will be finished within an hour. Your friend keith is really funny. I liked his magic tricks.

之后，我们可以一起洗碗。一切都会在一个小时内完成。你的朋友基斯真的很有趣。我喜欢他的魔术。

A: yes, he’s very good.. isn’t he? He told some funny stories too.

是的，他很好。。他不是吗？他也讲了一些有趣的故事。

B: amanda told some very funny jokes. At the beginning of the party, she was being ver serious.

阿曼达讲了一些非常有趣的笑话。聚会开始时，她非常严肃。

A: I think that she had a litter too much of the punch.

我认为她受到的打击太大了。

B: what did you put in that punch? It tasted great, but was quite strong.

你打了什么拳？味道很好，但很浓。

A: that’s my little secret. Did you lke the snacks and I prepared?

这是我的小秘密。你喜欢我准备的零食吗？

B: very much. The birthday cake was delicious, wasn’t it? Emily told me that she and karen made it themselves.

非常好。生日蛋糕很好吃，不是吗？艾米莉告诉我是她和凯伦自己做的。

A: that cake tasted so good! It disappeared within minutes, so I think everyone liked it a lot. How’s that stain?

那蛋糕味道好极了！它几分钟内就消失了，所以我想每个人都很喜欢它。那污渍怎么样？

B: all cleaned up. Are you ready to start on the washing up.

都打扫干净了。你准备好开始洗碗了吗。