英語(yǔ)對(duì)話：見(jiàn)家人

——Background(背景)：Anne作為Richard的女伴來(lái)到了他姐姐Julie的生日晚宴。

Julie: “Guess what? Richard is bringing a girl.”

(你猜怎么著?理查德會(huì)帶一個(gè)女孩來(lái)。)

Miles: “Miracles do happen. Does the girl have a name?”

(奇跡真的會(huì)發(fā)生。這個(gè)女孩叫什么名字?)

Julie: “Don’t know. Wouldn’t say.”

(我不知道，他沒(méi)告訴我)

They hear a strange sound coming from the kitchen.

(他們聽(tīng)見(jiàn)一個(gè)奇怪的聲音從廚房傳來(lái))

Julie: “Oh, goodness, Miles! What is going on in the kitchen?”

(哦，天哪，Miles!廚房里發(fā)生了什么事?)

Miles: “Oh, God!”

(哦，天!)

Richard: “Hi. Come on in. A little food crisis. The guinea-fowl is proving more complicated than expected.”

(你好，請(qǐng)進(jìn)。發(fā)生了一場(chǎng)小小的食物危機(jī)，這道珍珠雞做起來(lái)比想象的復(fù)雜。)

Miles: “He’s cooking guinea-fowl?”

(他在做珍珠雞?)

Julie: “Don’t even ask.”

(別問(wèn)了)

Anne: “Hello.”

(你好)

Richard: “Julie, this is Anne.”

(Julie，這位是Anne)

Julie: “Right, crisis over.”

(好，危機(jī)解決了)

Richard: “Miles, this is Anne.”

(Miles，這位是安妮)

Miles: “Hello, Anne, some wine?”

(你好，安妮，要不要喝點(diǎn)酒?)

Anne: “Yes please, oh yes, happy birthday Julie.”

(好的，謝謝。哦對(duì)了，生日快樂(lè)，Julie)

Later on, in the kitchen…

(稍后，在廚房)

Julie: “Anne is the spitting image of his ex… don’t you think?”

(安妮長(zhǎng)得真像他的前妻……你覺(jué)得呢?)

Miles: “A little bit, I guess Richard has his type…”

(有一點(diǎn)，我猜Richard就喜歡這種類(lèi)型……)