情景对话

Adrienne: So, Trina, Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited?
埃德里安娜：特瑞娜，周一是情人节，你兴奋吗？
Trina: No!
特纳娜：不兴奋！
Adrienne: That was a pretty direct answer. Why are you not excited? It's a holiday.
埃德里安娜：这还真是个直接的回答#-d8v%Gh]Gb@4。你为什么不兴奋呢？这是节日啊xlhs(uWWlJ。
Trina: It's a holiday for people that have other people.
特纳娜：这是有他人陪伴的人们的节日UWhZFrxL,fHJ5ft。
Adrienne: So, you're not happy because you don't have other people?
埃德里安娜：那你不开心的原因是你没有人陪伴？
Trina: I have other people. I have my sister and my mom and my dad and my friends, but Valentine's day is more of a holiday for people that have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, or a wife, or a husband, or children as opposed to being a single person with nobody to share it with.
特纳娜：我有人陪伴LJiahEUMf%j-。我有妹妹、妈妈、爸爸，还有朋友们，但是情人节是那些有男朋友、女朋友或是有妻子、丈夫、孩子的人过的节日，而不是单身一人，没有人共度时光的人们过的节日,Vr@MRWvALjsslMn|。
Adrienne: But could you share it with your sister, or your mother, or your father?
埃德里安娜：但是你不能和你妹妹、妈妈或是爸爸一起过吗？
Trina: I could. I could, and we do. We send each other gifts. We, well this year, I won't be with anybody, but I get to celebrate it with my sister this weekend.
特纳娜：我可以，可以，我们就是这么做的W1J;a0doF,4LRyVaJ9。我们会互相送礼物zQCX&+[sEgUQC_o^。但是今年，没有人和我一起过，不过这周末我会和我妹妹一起庆祝一下%R*0jfI@;)Wc。
Adrienne: Well, that sounds fun.
埃德里安娜：嗯，听起来很有趣jayd5N03Mw#)52。
Trina: It is.
特纳娜：的确是UbMBXz,2rw!。
Adrienne: So what kinds of things have you done on Valentines day in the past?
埃德里安娜：那过去你在情人节都做什么呢？
Trina: Ah, gone out to dinner, gone to a movie, had dinner at my parents house, had dinner at my grandparent's house.
特纳娜：出去吃晚饭，看电影，在父母家吃晚饭，或是在祖父母家吃晚饭YVu4q=k[Y4JmmRkf。
Adrienne: That's interesting. Why your grandparent's house?
埃德里安娜：那真有意思*,DeuPXgX5#QqZrPf3|。为什么在祖父母家吃晚饭？
Trina: It was their wedding anniversary.
特纳娜：因为那天是他们的结婚纪念日aBFL356Nuf5。
Adrienne: Wow! That's a great day to have a wedding anniversary.
埃德里安娜：哇！结婚纪念日在情人节真是太棒了huc%|hwtxLgl。
Trina: It is and it was a lot of fun. I got to spend some of their last few years together having dinner with them.
特纳娜：没错，有很多乐趣4E5o7=|*%tVlSdok2gW。这几年我们都是和他们一起吃的晚餐aQn6ek888^NdVakP|.4。
Adrienne: That sounds lovely. So are you looking forward to maybe having a Valentine next year?
埃德里安娜：听起来真不错_-[P+a]]9*1ue。那你期待明年过情人节吗？
Trina: Maybe! We'll, see.
特纳娜：也许吧M;)B5|efsrtQfA。到时候看看吧|5;*aVTyzga。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. as opposed to
而不是；
eg. We ate in the restaurant, as opposed to the bistro.
我们是在餐厅吃的饭，而不是在小饭馆PDWEV;bdQX+zX。
eg. I am here on business as opposed to a holiday.
我在这里是办公事而不是度假@c)TT4P]mnjDO#。
2. in the past
过去；以往；
eg. I've been there many times in the past.
我从前去过那儿很多次r)4JnR8&1fE#rFG。
eg. In the past this district was very hard to get to.
以前这一带交通闭塞a4Z4j[kUZ-y,tqTIRj。
3. look forward to sth./doing sth.
期待；盼望；
eg. After a day of hard work, we look forward to good relaxation.
辛辛苦苦工作一天之后，大家都想好好放松一下6vP1+E)@r__7。
eg. We look forward to reactivating our business relationshellop.
我们盼愿我们的业务关系能够重新活跃起来=!s#ippZ8%=Bkq!^。