A：心涛，生日快乐。 B：谢谢，玩得开心吗? A：很开心，你的生日会办得真热闹，谢谢你的盛情款待。 B：你能来，我这儿也是蓬荜生辉啊。 A：刚才一边弹钢琴一边唱歌的女孩是你的女朋友？ B：对啊。 A：真是百闻不如一见呐，早就听说你有一个沉鱼落雁、闭月羞花的女朋友了。 B：过奖啦。 A：你是不是应该介绍介绍？ B：没问题啊，等会儿就介绍给你认识。 A：多嘴问一下，你们交往多长时间了？ B：三年多了。 A：咱们大学毕业分开也有三年多了吧？ B：是啊，我和她是咱们大学毕业以后认识的。 A：打算什么时候结婚啊？ B：快了，我们打算今年下半年选个好日子办喜事。 A：好啊，到时候别忘了给我喜帖。 B：你是我大学里最好的哥们儿，怎么能少得了你呢。 A：说起来，自从我去外地工作以后，咱们都没怎么见过面。 B：还说呢，你小子，要不是这次我过生日正好赶上你休年假，我请都请不到你。 A：是，这个我必须检讨，以后有空咱们要多聚一聚。
B: Thanks, did you enjoy yourself?
A: Absolutely. Your birthday bash was really fun. Thank you for your hospitality, you have been a wonderful host.
B: Your gracious presence has brightened up my humble home.
A: Just now that gal who was singing and playing the piano at the same time, is she your girlfriend?
B: Yep.
A: Some time back, I have already heard that your girlfriend is a real beauty.* How true it is, "one look is worth a thousand words" [lit. hearing something a hundred times (i.e. many times) cannot compare with seeing it for oneself even just once.]
B: You really flatter.
A: Perhaps you could introduce her?
B: No problem, I'll introduce her to you in a moment.
A: By the way [lit. I'm talkative/ I speak out of turn,] I'd like to ask, how long have you been dating each other?
B: More than three years now.
A: It has also been more than three years since we graduated from university, right?
B: Yes, I met her [shortly] after we graduated from university.
A: When are you planning to get married?
B: Soon. We're planning to pick an auspicious date sometime during the second half of this year to hold our wedding ceremony.
A: That's great, don't forget to let me have your weddinginvitation when the time comes.
B: You have been my best friend since our university days, how can I leave you out?
A: Come to think of it, we haven't met much ever since I started working out-of-town.
B: No kidding! If my birthday didn't coincide [lit. chanced upon] with your annual leave, you wouldn't have turned up even if I invited you.
A: Yes, I must examine myself regarding this fault. In the future, we ought to meet up more often when we're free.
* Please see lesson #1325 for more on this idiom
Lesson Summary:
Lesson Content: A: Xin Tao, Happy Birthday.B: Thanks, did you enjoy yourself?
A: Absolutely. Your birthday bash was really fun. Thank you for your hospitality, you have been a wonderful host.
B: Your gracious presence has brightened up my humble home.
A: Just now that gal who was singing and playing the piano at the same time, is she your girlfriend?
B: Yep.
A: Some time back, I have already heard that your girlfriend is a real beauty.* How true it is, "one look is worth a thousand words" [lit. hearing something a hundred times (i.e. many times) cannot compare with seeing it for oneself even just once.]
B: You really flatter.
A: Perhaps you could introduce her?
B: No problem, I'll introduce her to you in a moment.
A: By the way [lit. I'm talkative/ I speak out of turn,] I'd like to ask, how long have you been dating each other?
B: More than three years now.
A: It has also been more than three years since we graduated from university, right?
B: Yes, I met her [shortly] after we graduated from university.
A: When are you planning to get married?
B: Soon. We're planning to pick an auspicious date sometime during the second half of this year to hold our wedding ceremony.
A: That's great, don't forget to let me have your weddinginvitation when the time comes.
B: You have been my best friend since our university days, how can I leave you out?
A: Come to think of it, we haven't met much ever since I started working out-of-town.
B: No kidding! If my birthday didn't coincide [lit. chanced upon] with your annual leave, you wouldn't have turned up even if I invited you.
A: Yes, I must examine myself regarding this fault. In the future, we ought to meet up more often when we're free.
* Please see lesson #1325 for more on this idiom
- absolutely [´æbsəlu:tli]
ad.绝对地；确实 (初中英语单词) - gracious [´greiʃəs] a.和蔼可亲的；任慈的 (初中英语单词)
- humble [´hʌmbəl] a.谦卑的 vt.贬抑 (初中英语单词)
- sometime [´sʌmtaim] ad.曾经 a.从前的 (初中英语单词)
- wedding [´wediŋ] n.婚礼，结婚 (初中英语单词)
- invitation [,invi´teiʃən] n.邀请；请帖；吸引 (初中英语单词)
- working [´wə:kiŋ] a.工人的；劳动的 (初中英语单词)
- annual [´ænjuəl] a.每年的 n.年刊 (初中英语单词)
- hospitality [,hɔspi´tæliti] n.好客，殷勤 (高中英语单词)
- hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)
- seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)
- coincide [,kəuin´said] vi.一致；重合 (高中英语单词)
- regarding [ri´gɑ:diŋ] prep.关于 (高中英语单词)
- summary [´sʌməri] a.&n.摘要(的) (英语四级单词)
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