生活实用口语第2课:谈论情人节

部分内容改编自 《日常英语》

Jenny: What are you and Corey doing for Valentine’s Day this Friday?

Lily: Probably nothing.

Jenny: You have to do something romantic.

Lily: Romantic? I can’t remember what that word means.

Jenny: Well, you have three kids, so you knew what it meant once upon a time!

Lily: Ha, ha! Those days are long gone.

are you and Corey doing for Valentine’s Day this Friday?
你和科里这星期五会去做什么？
Valentine’s Day 情人节。此句使用动词的现在分词 be doing表示将要发生的事。
【同义词句】
What will you and Corey do for Valentine’s Day this Friday?
你和科里这星期五会去做什么？

Do you and Corey have any plans for Valentine’s Day this Friday?
这星期五情人节你喝科里有计划吗？

2. You have to do something romantic.
你们应该做些浪漫的事。
当形容词修饰something等不定代词时，要放在其后。
【相关词句】
Why don’t you do something romantic with Corey?
为什么不和科里做些浪漫的事呢？

I suggest you do something romantic and fun on Valentine’s Day?
我建议你们在情人节做些浪漫而有意思的事。

3. once upon a time 很久以前。
【相关词句】表达很久以前，还有以下几种常见用法；
A long time ago, Switzerland was conquered by Austria.
很久以前，瑞士被奥地利侵占。

Long long ago, there was a war between the birds and the beasts.
很久很久以前，鸟类和兽类发生了一场战争。

All that happened many moons ago.
那一切都发生在很久以前。

詹妮：你和科里这星期五会去做什么？

莉莉：可能什么也不做。

詹妮：你们应该做些浪漫的事。

莉莉：浪漫？我都不记得浪漫是什么意思了。

詹妮：恩，你有3个孩子了，所以在很久以前你是知道的。

莉莉：哈哈！那些日子都过去很久了。