【双语对话】

Melanie: Hey Coco which Spanish class did you end up choosing? The group class or the individual class?

可可，你最终选择了哪个西班牙语课？小组班还是个人班？

Coco: I was just gonna talk to you about it, mom. I found another language school that is currently testing out a new type of class. They call it the duo class. So basically, there will be one teacher and two students, and the price for each student is lower. Would you like to take Spanish with me?

我正想和你聊这个，妈妈。我找到了另一所正在测试一种新型课程的语言学校。他们称之为二人组。所以基本上是一个老师两个学生，每个学生的价格都比较低。你愿意和我一起学西班牙语吗？

Melanie: Oh I don’t know baby. I honestly don’t need the language for work or anything. I am happy with the level I am at right now. I just crack a couple jokes with my Spanish-speaking colleagues, but other than that, I can’t think of other occasion where I would need Spanish.

哦，我不知道啊宝贝。老实说，我工作或者做别的并不需要这门语言。我对我现在的水平挺满意。我就和说西班牙语的同事用西语开开玩笑，但除此之外，我想不出其他需要西班牙语的场合。

Coco: Are you sure you don’t want to take it to the next level? We haven’t traveled anywhere this year and I am thinking that either at the end of this year or next year, we can go to South America as a family, and that’s when you can use the language. Wouldn’t it be cool to talk with the locals?

你确定不想更上一层楼吗？今年我们没有去任何地方。我在想今年年底或明年，我们可以全家一起去南美，那时你可以使用这种语言。和当地人交谈不是很酷吗？

Melanie: It would be very cool but thanks for inviting me baby. I don’t have the time and probably wouldn’t be able to keep up with the class.

那确实很酷，但谢谢你邀请我，宝贝。我没有时间，可能也无法跟上课堂进度。

Coco: Okay mom, let me know if you change your mind, okay? I would love to learn with you.

好的妈妈，如果你改变主意了告诉我好吗？我很想和你一起学习。

【重点笔记】

1.end up doing…最后做了…

例: She ended up quitting her job and moved to another city.

她最后辞职了并搬到了另一座城市。

2.test out 测试, 试探

例: I can feel it that she is testing me out.

我能感觉出来她在试探我。

I tested out of beginner Chinese, so I will be taking intermediate this semester.

我过了初级中文的测试，所以这个学期我会上中级课。

3.I am happy with … 我对…挺满意

例: I am happy with my life right now. I am not praying to be ultra-rich.

我对自己现在的生活挺满意。我并不奢求自己大富大贵。

4.crack jokes 看玩笑

例: The office relies on him to crack some jokes when the meetings get tense.

办公室的人都依赖着他的笑话，当开会开得气氛紧张时。

5.occasion n.场合

例: Before you buy something extravagant, picture it in your head, on what occasions will you use it or need it?

在你购买浮夸的东西前，先在脑海中想象一下，你会在什么场合使用它或需要它？

6.take it to the next level 更上一层楼

例: Why don’t you take your business to the next level and expand overseas?

你为什么不将你的业务提升到一个新的水平，扩展到海外市场呢？

7.local adj.本地的 n.本地人

例: The locals hate it when tourists come in and disturb their peace.

本地人很讨厌游客来打破他们的平静。