一片通英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力小短文第三級(jí)3-1:父親的生日-家里-親戚
Father's Birthday-Home-Relatives
父親的生日-家里-親戚
The day after tomorrow is father's seventieth birthday.My sife Jamie had sent invitations to all our relatives.Uncle Jonathan in San Jose will drive up here,but people like Aunty Judy in Seattle or Aunty Jean in Denver are too far from San Francisco and must catch a plane.
后天是父親的七十歲生日。我的妻子素咪已經(jīng)發(fā)了邀請(qǐng)函給所有我們的親戚。在圣荷西的強(qiáng)那生叔叔將開車過(guò)來(lái)，但是像在西雅圖的茱蒂姨媽或是在丹佛的吉恩姨媽這些人，都離舊金山太遠(yuǎn)了，必須搭乘飛機(jī)(過(guò)來(lái))。
One of Father's brothers-in-law,who operates a hotel,said he can give us discounts for using their ballroom,but the details are being managed by Mom.
父親的一個(gè)姐(妹)夫開了一家旅館，他說(shuō)我們(如果)使用他們的(旅館)的宴會(huì)廳時(shí)可以給我們打折，但具體的細(xì)節(jié)則由媽媽去處理。
Besides the relatives,we will also be expecting many family frinds and employees from his company.I am responsible for contacting those who will be attending.It was not as easy as I thought,because there were too many people to call or e-mail.
除了親戚之外，我們還希望許多(家人的)朋友和他的公司的雇員(能來(lái)參加)。我負(fù)責(zé)聯(lián)絡(luò)給那些將會(huì)來(lái)參加的人們。這件事情可不是我想像的那樣簡(jiǎn)單，因?yàn)橛刑嗟娜诵枰o他們打電話或?qū)戨娮余]件。
My daughter said she is going to get all five of her boyfriends to come help us set up.She will see whick one behaves the best,stay with him,and get rid of the rest.
我的女兒說(shuō)她將會(huì)把她的5個(gè)男朋友均叫來(lái)幫忙準(zhǔn)備。她要看看哪一個(gè)表現(xiàn)得最好，就先那個(gè)個(gè)(他)，同時(shí)(并且)入棄其他人。
