生日聚會準備了些什么？應該如何紀念大學成立一百周年

今天的這段對話，在討論聚會，

生日聚會準備了些什么？應該如何紀念大學成立一百周年

來聽今天的講解:

Beginner

A: is everything ready for Billy’s birthday party?

比利的生日聚會準備好了嗎？

B: yes. I’ve finished making the birthday cake and I’ve put all the things on the table. Did you find the party hats?

是的。我已經(jīng)做好了生日蛋糕，把所有的東西都放在桌子上了。你找到派對帽了嗎？

A: yes, I did. I’ve put one on the table for each child. I put up the big “happy birthday” sign too.

是的，我做到了。我給每個孩子都放了一個。我還掛了一個大大的“生日快樂”的牌子。

B: thanks. Do you think we have enough for the kids to eat and drink?

謝謝。你覺得我們有足夠的食物給孩子們吃和喝嗎？

A: I’m sure of that. There’s enough food here to feed an army!

我確信。這里有足夠的食物養(yǎng)活一支軍隊！

B: that birthday cake looks wonderful, but you haven’t put any candles on it yes.

那個生日蛋糕看起來很棒，但你沒有在上面放蠟燭。

A: thanks for reminding me. I’ve prepared some party games for the children too.

謝謝你提醒我。我也為孩子們準備了一些派對游戲。

B: I’ve brought a tape with lots of children’s songs on it.

我?guī)砹艘槐P磁帶，上面有很多兒童歌曲。

A: hopefully, that will keep everyone happy.

希望這能讓每個人都開心。

Intermediate

A: how should we commemorate the centenary of the founding of the university? We have been given quite a large budget to pay for some events.

我們應該如何紀念大學成立一百周年？我們得到了相當大的預算來支付一些活動的費用。

B: we should certainly hold a big party for the professors and students. We could have a firework display.

我們當然應該為教授和學生們舉辦一個盛大的聚會。我們可以放煙花。

A: do you think that we should invite alumni and former professors?

你認為我們應該邀請校友和前教授嗎？

B: if we do, too many people might attend. Perhaps we should invited all of them, but make a small charge to attend.

如果我們這樣做，可能會有太多人參加。也許我們應該邀請他們所有人，但要收取少量費用。

A: good idea. We should also hold a series of presentations. We could have presentations on the history of the university, the course we offer, and our links with other universities.

好主意。我們還應該舉行一系列的演講。我們可以就大學的歷史、我們提供的課程以及我們與其他大學的聯(lián)系進行演講。

B: good idea! I think we could also have presentations by former students on how their experience here helped them in their lives.

好主意！我想我們也可以讓以前的學生介紹他們在這里的經(jīng)歷如何幫助他們的生活。

A: we could have another on the successes of graduates from here.

我們可以再談一談這里畢業(yè)生的成功。

B: I think that we could also produce some merchandise for the centenary-you know, T-shirts, mugs, plates, pens, and things like that.

我想我們也可以為百年慶典生產(chǎn)一些商品，T恤、馬克杯、盤子、鋼筆等等。

A: that’s an excellent idea. Hopefully, we would be able to make a profit! A few professors and students are writing a book on the history of the university.

這是個好主意。希望我們能盈利！一些教授和學生正在寫一本關于大學歷史的書。

B: I’m looking forward to reading that. We could have book signings by famous professors an alumni.

我很期待看到這本書。我們可以邀請著名教授和校友簽名售書。

A: a group of students from the art and music faculty are producing a short film.

一群來自藝術和音樂學院的學生正在制作一部短片。

B: I’m sure that will be very popular.. OK, let’s think about how we can put these ideas into practice.

我相信那會很受歡迎...好的，讓我們思考一下如何將這些想法付諸實踐。