Mr. White went into his usual teashop one morning,懷特先生走進他的通常的茶館一天早上,
and sat on one of the seats at the counter.坐在座位的柜臺。
Many other people came in also,其他許多人也進來了,
but none of them stayed long.但是沒有人呆很久。
About fifteen minutes later,大約15分鐘后,
a young man and a young woman came in.一個年輕的男人和一個年輕的女人進來了。
There were only two empty seats at the counter,只有兩個空的座位在柜臺,
one on Mr. White's left,一個在懷特先生的離開,
and the other on his right.和其他在他右邊。
The woman sat on one seat,這個女人坐在一個座位,
and the young man sat on the other,和年輕人坐在其他,
but Mr.White immediately asked to但是懷特先生立即要求
change places with the young man改變地方的年輕人
so that he and the young woman could be together.所以,他和年輕的女人可以在一起。
"Oh, that isn't necessary," the young man said,“哦,那是沒有必要的,”年輕人說,
but Mr.White insisted.但是懷特先生堅持說。
When the young man and the young woman were side by side,當(dāng)這個年輕人和年輕的女人是肩并肩,
he said to her. "Well, this old man is very kind,他對她說。“嗯,這個老人很和藹,
he wanted us to sit together.他想讓我們坐在一起。
May I introduce myself?我可以自我介紹一下嗎?
My name is John. What's your name?"我的名字是約翰。你叫什么名字?”
WORD BANK
immediately adv.
立即,馬上,直接地
insiste v.堅持,強調(diào)
introduce v.介紹