身临其境练一练

本段对话选自Friends,《老友记》

Morning Pheebs. Well, my movie has been officially canceled.

早啊，菲比。我的电影正式取消了。

Oh, Joey, I'm so sorry. You want some of my breakfast?

哦，乔伊，我很抱歉。你要吃些我的早餐吗？

Nah, I'm too depressed to eat.

不了，我太沮丧了，吃不下去。

I'll probably eat in like 5 minutes.

我大概得5分钟后才吃得下。

So I guess I'll just fly home with you guys. What time's your flight?

我想我能你们一起飞回去了，你的航班是几点？

What about my cab?

我的出租车怎么办？

I don't need that anymore.

我不需要了。

No, Joey! You borrowed my cab, you have to drive it back.

不行，乔伊！你借了我的车，就得把它开回去。

I don't want to drive all the way back by myself.

我可不想自己开车回去，

I get so lonely. Oh~ooh! How about you come with me?

会很孤单的。哦！你跟我一起怎么样？

I don't know. It's such a long trip.

我不知，路可够远的。

It'll be great! We could talk, and play games!

会很棒的！我们可以聊天，玩游戏！

Huh? This could be our chance to like renew our friendship.

这可是咱俩加深友情的好机会。

Are you asking me to have a f-renaissance?

你想让我来一次友谊复兴？

Sure?

是吧？

All right. Although I don't think we need one, I never stopped loving you.

好吧。尽管我不认为这有必要，但是我一直都很爱你。

职场美语

My car is broken. Obviously, I can't pick you guys up tonight.

我的车坏了。很显然，我今晚不能去接你们了。

Okay, that's all right. We'll cab down there together.

好的，没关系。我们一起打车过去。

I'm still in the office. I have to finish something. I'll be there soon.

我还在办公室，得把这些完成。我很快就到。

Everybody's waiting. Go downstairs now. We'll cab down there together.

所有人都在等着呢，现东下楼，我们一起打车过去。

重点讲解

We'll ask for a taxi to get there together.

We'll cab down there together.

cab可以作名词指“由租车”，也可以作不及物动词，表示“乘出租车”。例如:We'll cab down there together.打车老外还常用:get a taxi或take a cab,比如:I'm gonna take a cab home.