老外最想聊的100個(gè)英語口語話題（94)：假日經(jīng)濟(jì)

　　Holiday Budgeting 假日經(jīng)濟(jì)

　　dialogue 1

　　M: hey, George. How's everything going?

　　嗨,喬治,最近過得怎么樣啊?

　　G: not bad. And you?

　　不錯(cuò).你呢?

　　M: not bad, but busy as usual.

　　還行,就是忙.

　　G: what are you up to?

　　忙什么呢?

　　M: it's a long story. What's your plan for the National Day Holiday?

　　說來話長.你國慶節(jié)有什么打算啊?

　　G: I'm going back to Shanxi. Do you think I can get a train ticket tonight, 9 days in advance ?

　　我回山西.你覺得我提前九天的話今晚能買到票嗎?

　　M: sure you can. You can book the ticket up to 10 days in advance.

　　當(dāng)然可以了.你可以提前十天訂票.

　　G: you know. It's hard to get a train ticket during the long holiday.

　　長假期間很難買票啊.

　　M: dead right ! I saw a long line of people waiting to buy tickets at the ticket office the other day.

　　是啊!我那天看見售票點(diǎn)排了很長的隊(duì).

　　G: tell me about it ! I can't help worrying what I'll do if I can't get a ticket.

　　你算說對(duì)了!我真擔(dān)心到時(shí)買不到票.

　　M: it's always a headache buying tickes during the Golden Week.

　　黃金周期間不好買票.

　　G: but my cousin is getting married, so I'll have to just get through it.

　　但是我表姐要結(jié)婚,我一定要買到.

　　M: you'll probably have to wait at least two hours.

　　那你可能要排至少兩個(gè)小時(shí)的隊(duì).

　　G: I'm afraid you're right. I should go. See you around.

　　有可能.我要走了,回見!

　　M: bye. Good luck.

　　再見!祝你好運(yùn)啊!

　　dialogue 2

　　0: Hey, there!

　　嗨，你好!

　　M: Hey, George. You look great! What's the occasion?

　　你好，喬治。你看上去心情很好啊，有什么好消息嗎?

　　G: Yes. Ijust got my ticket to go home.

　　是啊，我剛剛買到了回家的火車票.

　　M: Oh, really. That's wonderful.

　　是嗎?那太好

　　G: I tried the tickct office but they were sold out. I ended up getting it from a scalper.

　　我去售票處問了一F，說票已經(jīng)賣完了'最后我在一個(gè)票販子那里買的。

　　M: How much was it?

　　多少錢啊?

　　G: Not too bad. Just 20 yuan more than the regular price.

　　還行，多付了20塊錢。

　　M: Good for you.

　　太幸運(yùn)了.

　　G: Are you gonna take a trip during the GoIden Week?

　　你黃金周出去玩嗎?

　　M: I wanted to, but l'm afraid most placcs will be overcrowded.

　　想去，但是擔(dān)心到處都是人.

　　G: That's right. You'II find crowds of people on the train, at the shopping malls or even in the

　　是啊。哪兒都是人，火車上、商場里，就連大街上也擠滿了人.

　　M: So I'Il just relax and maybe do some sbopping.

　　所以我打算休息—下，可晚會(huì)逛逛街吧.

　　G: Look! Hualian Store is cclcbrating the National Day holiday. Everything is on salc.

　　看，華聯(lián)商場迎國慶打折呢l

　　M: Yeah. Look! It reads "80 0ff any purchase of 200 .

　　是啊，看呀!買200減80啊!

　　G: They always havc grcat lsales during the holiday. Why don't we go to take a look?

　　假期華聯(lián)經(jīng)常打折。我們進(jìn)去看看吧!

　　M: Good idea!

　　M:好主意