Having Bad Credit 信用不佳 Alisha: This is the second time Ive been turned down for a credit card in a month. I dont know what Im doing wrong. 這是我一個月之內第二次信用卡被拒了。我不知道自己做錯了什么。 James: Have...
Being Tidy and Messy 整潔和邋遢 A：It is beyond me how you and Oscar can be roommates. Youre very tidy and hes, well, a slob. 我真不明白你和Oscar怎么能成為室友的。你如此整潔，而他那么邋遢。 B：Its not always easy,...
Household Chores 家務瑣事 A: Kevin, what is this mess? It looks like a pigsty in here! Clean this up! 凱文，這里怎么這么亂？看起來像個豬圈！整理一下！ B: Ok dad, I will do it in a minute, let me just finish this level of t...
A: Can you help me write a newspaper ad? 你能幫我寫一個報紙廣告嗎？ B: Sure, what are you looking to buy or sell? 當然，我想買什么或者賣什么嗎？ A: Actually, I want to hire someone to help me around the house. 當然了，我...
Living With Your Parents 和父母住在一起 A : Why did your girlfriend break up with you? 為什么你女友和你分開了？ B : I don't know, she said she was tired of me not manning up and being more independent, which I think is all a bunch...
What Mood Are You In? 你現在感覺如何？ A : Are you ok? You seem a bit anxious. 你現在好嗎？你看上去有點緊張。 B : Yeah, I'm OK, I have been having a lot of mood swings lately. I think it has to do with the pills my doctor presc...
A : I'm hungry, let's order up something to eat. 我餓了，我們點點東西吃吧。 B : Ok, maybe we can order a soup and a salad from the restaurant down the street. 好的，也許我們去街邊的飯店點些湯和色拉。 A : I was thinkin...
Urban Legends 都市傳奇 A : Have you read all these crazy things that are going on around the world? 你讀了所有遍布全世界瘋狂的事了嗎？ B : What do you mean? 你是什么意思？ A : I was reading about how some people get tricke...
E-mail Scam 電郵欺詐 A : I got an urgent email from Tom! He says he is in London and got robbed and needs us to wire him some money for his hotel. 我收到湯姆發來的緊急郵件！他說他在倫敦遭搶了，需要我給他在的賓館電匯...
A : Why didn't you text me last night? 昨晚你為什么不給我發信息？ B : What? I sent you three or four messages! 什么？我給你發了三四條短信！ A : I didn't get any of them. I was waiting for you to text me the address of where...
Making A Dinner Reservation 晚餐預定 A : Bruno Bistro, how may I help you? 布魯諾的小酒館，我能為您做點什么？ B : Yes, hello, I would like to make a reservation please. 是的，你好，我想預定晚餐。 A : Certainly sir, F...
A : Help me organize these coins. 幫我理一下那些硬幣。 B : That's a lot of money! What did you do? Break the piggy bank? 這么多錢！你做什么了？把存錢罐打碎了嗎？ A : Yeah, I'm gonna go to the bank and change it for bills...
A: Can I borrow five bucks? 能借給我5美元嗎？ B: No! 不行！ A: Come on! I'll pay you back on Tuesday. 拜托！我周三就會還給你。 B: Last time I lent you money, you never paid me back. 上次你借我錢，到現在還沒有還。...
A : I think we should home school our children when we decide to have kids. 我認為當我們決定有孩子的時候應該在家教育他們。 B : What? Why? 什么？為什么？ A : Well, our public schools here are not very good and private sch...
A : Hey, Jordan, is that you? Long time no see! 嘿，喬丹，是你嗎？好久不見！ B : Oh, hey, no kidding! I haven't seen you since orientation three months ago! So how've you been? Settling into college life OK? 哦，嘿，真的是這樣啊...
