John:Would you like to go directly to the hotel, Mr. Matthews, or is there anywhere you'd like to stop along the way? (約翰:馬修士先生,您想直接到飯店,還是沿途有什麼地方您想去?)
Terry:Straight to the hotel if you don't mind—I'm really beat. (泰瑞:直接去飯店,如果你不介意的話—我實在累慘了。)
John:No problem—we should be at the hotel in about 20 minutes. The traffic shouldn't be heavy at this time of night.So, is this your first time in Beijing? (約翰:沒問題—再20分鐘左右我們應該就會到飯店,晚上這個時間應該不會塞車。 那,這是您第一次來北京嗎?)
Terry:Yep, first time. (泰瑞:是的,第一次來。)
John:As you can see, Beijing is a huge city. The total area is more than 16,800 square kilometers, including the suburbs. (約翰:如您所見,北京是個大都市。包括郊區在內,總面積超過一萬六千八百平方公里)
Terry:Wow! That's unbelievable. (泰瑞:哇!難以置信。)
John:To our right you can see some of the construction that's going on to prepare for the 2008 Olympics. (約翰:在我們右邊,您可以看到有一些工程正在進行,這是為了準備2008年的奧運。)
Terry:Very impressive! I guess the next four years will see a lot of changes. The eyes of the world are going to be on Beijing. (泰瑞:非常令人印象深刻!我想未來四年內會看到很多變化,北京將會是全世界矚目 的焦點。)
John:Definitely. It's an exciting time for the city. Here we are,Mr. Matthews, the Lotus Hotel. (約翰:肯定是。對這個城市來說,這是令人興奮的時刻。我們到了, 馬修士先生,這裡就是蓮花酒店。)
必通句型
.Would you like to go directly to the..., or is there anywhere you'd like to stop along the way? 您直接到......,還是沿途有什麼地方您想去? .We should be at the... in about... minutes. 再......分鐘左右我們應該就會到......。 .The traffic (shouldn't be/is bound to be) heavy at this time of (day/night). 白天/晚上)這個時間(應該不會/一定會)塞車。 .Is this your first time in...? 這是您第一次來......? .As you can see,... is a(n) (adj.) city. 如您所見,......是個(形容詞)的城市。 .To our (right/left) you can see.... 在我們的(右邊/左邊),您可以看到......。 .We're coming up on.... 我們即將來到.....。 .Here we are, (name of guest), (name of place). 我們到了,(客人的名字),這裡是(地名)。
ex:What we don't want to do is to offend our customers. (我們要避免的是冒犯客戶。)
ex:Let me stress that we must develop better strategies to compensate our workers. (讓我強調,我們必須發展更好的策略來補償員工。)
ex:There's no choice but to concentrate on training our workforce. (除了專注於教育我們的員工之外別無選擇。
ex:What I'm suggesting is that we can't afford to take any risks. (我要建議的是,我們無法承擔任何風險。)
ex:My point is we'd better choose one of the smaller companies. (我的重點是,我們最好選擇一家較小的公司。)
重點提示
.我想指出的是~ I'd like to point out that~在 that 子句中說明所主張的內容。 .讓我強調~Let me emphasize that~ 動詞也可使用 stress,或是用 emphasize 的名詞形,將句子變成 Let me put emphasis on~。 .提議 suggest (n.) 也可搭配疑問詞 what 這麼說:What I'm suggesting is that ~ (我要建議的是~)。