2013-05-11《第二十一课情景对话》

Dialogue 1

A:what do you think of the new boss?

你觉得这个新老板怎么样？

B:  Do you mean Mr.Li?

你是李先生吗？

A:yes,that's right.

是的，你说的对。

B:I think he's a pretty good guy,and that’s his problem.

我想他人挺好的，而那正是他的问题所在。

A:What do you mean?

你的意思是…..

B:I mean that he's too nice.He tries to be everyone's friend.

我的意思是他太好了。他想成为每个人的好朋友。

A:What's wrong with that?

那有什么问题吗？

B:Nothing,except some people don't listen to him.

没什么，只是有些人不会听他的。

A:I don't think I understand.

我不是很明白

B:He's too soft on people.That encourages some people to not do their share of the work.

和对人太和蔼了，那会引起一些人偷懒的

A:Really ?I never thought of that.

真的吗？我倒从没有想过。

B:  Don't get me wrong,I think he's a great guy.

别误会，我以为他是个好人。

A:He's just not cut out to be a boss.

他只是不适合当老板

B:Exactly.

正是

 

Dialogue 2

A:Hey,where are you going?

嗨，你要去哪？

B:I borrowed this CD from David.I'm going to return it.

我向大卫借了这张CD，我正要去还给他。

A:He's got a lot of CDs,doesn't he?

他有很多CD，不是吗？

B:Yes,and he's generous with them.

是的，而且他很乐意出借。

A:I've heard about him.He seems like a pretty nice guy.

我也听说他是那样的，他似乎人挺好的。

B:I think it's just his nature.

我想他的性格就是那样。

A:Actually,I've also heard he has a bad temper.

事实上 我也听说他的脾气挺坏的。

B:Really?I hadn't heard that.

真的吗？我从没听说过。

A:Apparently,someone returned one of his CDs scratched.and he was really mad.

很明显，是有人借了他的CD，还的时候却弄花了。他便气得不得了。

B:That seems reasonable.I would be mad too.

那似乎挺合理的呀？我也会生气的不得了

A:Yeah,I guess I would ,too.He just seems so nice.it's hard to imagine him being angry.

是的，我想我也会 的，他看起来是那么好，真的很难想象他生气。

B:I'd better get going.I've still got to return this to him.

我最好还是走了。我还要把这个还给他。

A:Are you going to borrow another CD?

你打算还借一张CD吗？

B:Maybe I will ,I'll see you later.

也许会的，回头见