迷你對話學地道口語第416期:照例
特別聲明
該文章中的迷你對話選自口語書籍，對話精講爲可可編輯編寫。
迷你對話
A: Hello, Jack! Fancy meeting you here!
你好，傑克，沒想到在這裏遇到你。
B: Yeas, it’s really a surprise. How are you?
是啊，真是讓人不敢相信。你好嗎？
A: Fine. How is Jim?
還好，吉姆怎麼樣了？
B: Oh, he is all right. But busy as usual. Well, why don’t we have a good chat at a bar? It’s been long time since we met each other last time.
他好着了，不過還是像以前一樣忙。我們最好在酒吧做下聊聊吧。自從上次後，我們很長時間沒有見過了。
A: Good idea!
好的。
對話精講
第一、地道表達
【核心短語】as usual
【解詞釋義】此語的意思是像往常一樣； 照舊； 如故； 仍然等。
【支持範例1】As usual, the cops get the baddies in the end.
跟平常一樣，警察最後把壞人都抓起來了。
【支持範例2】In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual.
在旅館裏，這些老人和往常一樣喝個不停。
【支持範例3】Please carry on as usual while I am away.
我不在時，請照常幹活。
【典型範例4】I found him in the garden, dreaming away as usual.
我發現他像平日一樣在花園裏做着好夢。
第二、詞海拾貝
have a chat：聊一聊，聊天
【典型例句1】Would you care to come and have a chat with me?
如果你不介意的話，過來和我聊聊天好嗎？
【典型例句2】She said she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me.
她說她要路過巴黎，想跟我聊一聊。
【典型例句3】Squatting down, the two of them started to have a chat.
兩人蹲下就聊起來了。
【典型例句4】Shall we have a chat in the sitting room over the tea for a while?
我們在客廳呆一會兒，喝茶聊天好嗎?
each other：相互
【典型例句1】I've never seen two people so attached to each other.
我從未見過兩個人如此形影不離。
【典型例句2】Sue and Tony had a bust-up and aren't speaking to each other.
休和託尼大吵了一架，現在誰也不理誰。
last time：最後一次，上次
【典型例句1】My failure last time has not damped my interest.
上一次的失敗沒有使我的興趣減弱。
【典型例句2】I'm getting on with what we talked about last time.
上次我們談的那件事已經有點眉目了。
