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GETTING READY FOR A PICNIC
A: So you are going to have a picnic in the Summer Palace! What time are you leaving?
B: At seven. Five of us are going by bicycle. The rest are going by bus. We'll meet at the entrance.
A: You will go boating, I suppose?
B: Yes, if we can get boats. Then we'll have a picnic on the hillside.
A: The park must be lovely, with all the flowers in bloom. Why don't you take a camera with you and take a few pictures?
B: We'd love to, but none of us has a camera.
A: Why don't you borrow one from Yang Ling? She's got one.
为野餐作准备
A：这么说你们要去颐和园野餐啦！你们什么时候走？
B：7点走。5个人骑自行车去，其他人坐公共汽车去，我们会在公园门口集合。
A：我猜你们要去划船吧？
B：是的，要是我们能租到船的话。然后我们就在山坡上野餐。
A：现在正是开花的好时候，公园里一定很漂亮。你们为么不带个相机照几张照片呢？
B：我们也想照，可是谁也没有相机。
A：为什么不向杨玲借呢？她有一台相机。
NOTES TO THE TEXT
We were discussing where to go for an outing during the spring holidays.
were discussing是过去进行时，这一时态经常用于铺叙某一事情开始时的背景。在discuss这样的动词后面可以跟一个带有疑问词的不定式结构作宾语，比如这句中的where to go。
Why not go back to Anzhuang for a visit?
“Why not + 动词原型”构成的问句通常表示建议，这是一种口语体的用法。例如：
Why not ask him? 干嘛不问问他呢？
Why not try? 干嘛不试试？
At this we all cheered.
介词at在这里表示“作为对……的反应”；this是指去安庄的提议；all在这个句子中作we的同位语。
at表示“作为对……反应”的例句：
She was delighted at the news. 她听到这个消息非常高兴。
At a sign from him, I went over. 在他的示意下，我走了过去。
I was angry at what he said. 对他说的话，我很生气。
The place was dear to us all.
这句中的all是us的同位语，共同作介词to的宾语。
We had gone there the year before to plant trees in the surrounding mountains.
had gone是过去完成时，这一时态说明，“去那儿”这一动作发生在我们对那个地方产生亲切感之前，表达的是一种“过去的过去”这样一种时间概念。
the year before是使就当时来说的前一年，立足点在过去某一时刻，不能用last year或a year ago来替换，因为这两个时间状语的立足点都是现在。
We had formed close ties with the villagers.
form close ties with sb.是一个短语，意思是“和某人建立亲密的感情或密切的联系”。
类似的短语搭配还有：
form a friendship with ... 同某人建立友谊
form an alliance with ... 同……建立联盟
So early next morning we were off to Anzhuang on the 7:30 train.
这一句用了连词so开头，使句子有了承上启下的自然过渡。
were off to 意思是“出发去……地方”，介词on在这里是“搭乘”的意思。注意，the 7:30 train这样的说法，类似的有：
the 8:45 flight 八点四十五分的航班
the 6:30 performance 六点三十分的演出
the 1992 Olympic Games 1992年的奥运会
