如果你哪天移居国外,就要同外国人做邻居了。起初可能会感到羞涩,不知该如何同他们打交道。其实大多数外国人都是热情友好的,有什么事就尽管开口吧。对话中李先生的儿子想邀请外国小朋友来家做客,看看李先生是如何同邻居沟通的。
A: Hello.
A:你好。
B: Yes, who is it?
B:唉,是谁呀?
A: My name is Li Ming. I’m your neighbor down the street.
A:我叫李明,是你家邻居,住在街道那边。
B: Okay. My name is John.
B:是吗?我叫约翰。
A: Nice to meet you.
A:见到你很快乐。
B: Nice to meet you, too.
B:我也是。
A: My son is your son's friend at school.
A:在学校里我的儿子是你的儿子的朋友。
B: Oh yeah!
B:噢,是吗?
A: My boy would like to invite your son over to our house tonight for a sleepover.
A:我儿子想请你儿子今晚来我家过夜。
B: No problem. What time should he come over?
B:没问题,他什么时分来好呢?
A: How about 7 o’clock?
A:七点可以吗?
B: That’s great. Should he have dinner first?
B:太好了,他要先吃好晚饭再来吗?
A: No, there’s no need. I think the boys want to order pizza.
A:不用,我想孩子们会喜欢订匹萨饼。
B: Then when should I pick my son up?
B:那我什么时分去接我儿子呢?
A: Don’t worry. I’ll bring him home after lunch tomorrow.
A:不用担心,明天午饭后我就把他送过来。
B: Great, thank you.
B:好啊,谢谢了。
A: Oh! I forgot one more thing.
A:噢,我忘了一件事。
B: What’s that?
B:什么事?
A: Are you going to the School Play next week?
A:下礼拜你去看学校的话剧吗?
B: Yes, I am.