Dario: If I gave you an airplane ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you choose to go?

Brian: That's such a hard question, maybe New York or London.

Dario: I would go straight back home to see my family.

Brian: Well, you are a good son. I want to do some independent travel. I can see my family anytime.

Dario: I think that you have to be very brave to travel overseas alone!

Brian: But it is very rewarding. You can prove to yourself that you can survive using your own skills.

Dario: True. Why don't we travel together so we can practice our English all day?

Brian: We would need to take a laptop computer though.

Dario: Why would we take a notebook computer?

Brian: So that we could check our emails from Xianzai of course!

达里奥：如果我给你张机票，可以去世界任何地方，你会去哪儿?

布莱恩：这可是个很难回答的问题。可能是纽约或伦敦吧。

达里奥：我会直接飞回家看看我的家人。

布莱恩：那你可真是个好儿子。我想自己旅行。我什么时候探家都可以。

达里奥：我想，你独自出国旅行必须得特别勇敢才行。

布莱恩：但这也很值得呀!你可以证明，依靠自己的能力你能够生存下去。

达里奥：对。我们为什么不一起去呢?这样我们就可以整天练习英语了!

布莱恩：那我们应该带部笔记本电脑。

达里奥：为什么要带笔记本电脑呢?

布莱恩：当然了，因为这样我们就可以检查“现在”公司发的email了!

NEW WORDS (生词)

1) Neighbors: the people who live next to you

邻居：挨着你住的人

Our neighbors argue all the time and wake me up early in the morning.

我们的邻居总是吵架，每天很早都把我弄醒。

2) Selfish: only thinking about yourself

自私：只想到你自己

I dumped my last boyfriend because he was so selfish.

我与上一个男朋友分手了，因为他太自私。

3) Air guitar: pretending to play guitar

“空中”吉他：指假装弹吉它，摆造型。

Look at those young guys over in the corner playing their air guitars. Don't they look geeky?

看看在角落假装弹吉它的那帮年轻人，看起来就招人讨厌!

Dialogue(对话)

Jessie: Tina, will you sing a song to help me relax?

Tina: You know that I love to sing.

Jessie: And you have such a nice voice as well.

Tina: You always say nice things about me. What song can I sing for you?

Jessie: I would like a song with a story.

Tina: How about one of the most famous American songs?

Jessie: Sounds great - can I count you in?

Tina: I'm ready when you are!

Jessie: A one, two, a one two, three four...

杰西：蒂娜，你能唱首歌帮我放松一下么?

蒂娜：你知道我爱唱歌的。

杰西：而且你的嗓音也很好。

蒂娜：你总是夸我。我能为你唱什么歌?

杰西：我喜欢听有故事情节的歌。

蒂娜：一首非常著名的美国歌曲怎么样?

杰西：听起来很棒，准备好了吗?

蒂娜：你准备好了我就准备好了。

杰西：一二，一二三四....

NEW WORDS (生词)

1) Break-a-leg: the way that actors say good luck to each other

断一条腿：演员在祝别人好运时喜欢这么说

Actors believe that if they say 'Good Luck' it will actually bring bad luck.

演员们认为，如果他们说“祝幸运”实际上会带来不好的运气。

2) Dunce: idiot, stupid person

呆子，傻帽

In high school, I was always the dunce of the class and had to sit outside.

上中学的时候我一直是班里的呆子，不得不坐在外面。

3) Cab: American for taxi

出租车：北美叫法

Cab drivers always have the best gossip about a city and usually love to talk with their passengers.

出租司机通常对城市有最好的谈论信息并喜欢与乘客交谈。

4) Exotic: mysterious, unusual

奇异的：非凡的，神秘的

My husband says that my new perfume makes me very exotic.

我丈夫说我的新香水使我非常有神秘非凡的情调。

Lesson：课文

There are two reasons to make a trip to an airport. The first is to catch a plane and then second is to meet someone. In both cases, the most important thing is to be on time. It's much better to be early than late.

到飞机场去一般有两个原因。不是去赶飞机就是去接人。这两种情况下，最重要的事都是要准时。早点儿总比晚了要好。

If you are meeting someone you don't know, say if your boss has asked you to meet a customer, take a medium sized white sign, with the guests name written in large letters. Stand near to the exit so that your guest will see your sign quickly.

如果去接的人你不认识，例如你的老板让你去接一个客户，带一个中等尺寸的显示牌，在上面用大号字写上客户的名字。站在出口的旁边使客人能很容易地看到你举的牌子。

If it is someone that you know well, it might be nice to take some flowers to the airport to meet them with.

如果接的人你认识，那去飞机场接他们的时候带束花会比较好。

Offer to carry the bags or push the trolley, but if the person says that they will, don't insist. If they want to carry or push their own bags, let them.

要帮他们提行李或推行李车，但如果那个人要自己来的话你也别勉强。如果他们想自己拿行李，请他们自便。

Remember that most people are not in the best mood after they have gotten off a long flight. Don't ask too many questions straight away. Let the person you are meeting relax a little and ask them if they want to have a cigarette before getting in the car or cab.

要记住：大多数人经过了长时间的飞行后心情都不会太好。别立刻问他们太多问题。让他稍稍放松一下，在上车或出租车之前还可以问问他要不要先来根烟。

Dialogue - Past Tense(过去时对话)

Jeff: How was your trip out to the airport yesterday?

Joan: Cool. I loved it. I sat and imagined all of the exotic places that the planes were taking off to.

Jeff: Did you have to meet someone there?

Joan: I was picking up my sister who has been away for 5 years.

Jeff: You must have been very excited to see her?

Joan: I was but before she even said hello to me, she rushed outside to light a cigarette!

Jeff: Well because you cannot smoke on flights these days, I kinda understand how she must have felt.

Joan: Yeah - I understood too, but she should have said hello to me first.

Jeff: Did you drive out to the airport or catch a taxi?

Joan: I caught a cab. My sister has always hated my driving skills!

Jeff: Better to be safe than sorry, Joan.

杰夫：你昨天去机场那趟怎么样?

琼：酷。我喜欢。我坐在那儿想象那架飞机曾经降落过的所有奇异的地方。

杰夫：你到那儿是不去接人呀?

琼：去接我姐姐，她都离开5年了。

杰夫：一见到她你一定特激动吧?

琼：是，但她还等没跟我打个招呼，就急匆匆地跑到外面点了根烟。

杰夫：那是因为现在不让在飞机上抽烟。我多少能理解她的感受。

琼：对，我也理解，但她至少应该先跟我打个招呼。

杰夫：你是开车还是打车回来的?

琼：打车。我姐姐一直都憎恨我的开车技术。

杰夫：确保安全总比事后后悔强，琼。