美语情景对话 第348期:Valentine's Day 情人节

Adrienne: So, Trina, Monday is Valentine's day. Are you excited?

埃德里安娜：特瑞娜，周一是情人节，你兴奋吗？

Trina: No!

特纳娜：不兴奋！

Adrienne: That was a pretty direct answer. Why are you not excited? It's a holiday.

埃德里安娜：这还真是个直接的回答。你为什么不兴奋呢？这是节日啊。

Trina: It's a holiday for people that have other people.

特纳娜：这是有他人陪伴的人们的节日。

Adrienne: So, you're not happy because you don't have other people?

埃德里安娜：那你不开心的原因是你没有人陪伴？

Trina: I have other people. I have my sister and my mom and my dad and my friends, but Valentine's day is more of a holiday for people that have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, or a wife, or a husband, or children as opposed to being a single person with nobody to share it with.

特纳娜：我有人陪伴。我有妹妹、妈妈、爸爸，还有朋友们，但是情人节是那些有男朋友、女朋友或是有妻子、丈夫、孩子的人过的节日，而不是单身一人，没有人共度时光的人们过的节日。

Adrienne: But could you share it with your sister, or your mother, or your father?

埃德里安娜：但是你不能和你妹妹、妈妈或是爸爸一起过吗？

Trina: I could. I could, and we do. We send each other gifts. We, well this year, I won't be with anybody, but I get to celebrate it with my sister this weekend.

特纳娜：我可以，可以，我们就是这么做的。我们会互相送礼物。但是今年，没有人和我一起过，不过这周末我会和我妹妹一起庆祝一下。

Adrienne: Well, that sounds fun.

埃德里安娜：嗯，听起来很有趣。

Trina: It is.

特纳娜：的确是。

Adrienne: So what kinds of things have you done on Valentines day in the past?

埃德里安娜：那过去你在情人节都做什么呢？

Trina: Ah, gone out to dinner, gone to a movie, had dinner at my parents house, had dinner at my grandparent's house.

特纳娜：出去吃晚饭，看电影，在父母家吃晚饭，或是在祖父母家吃晚饭。

Adrienne: That's interesting. Why your grandparent's house?

埃德里安娜：那真有意思。为什么在祖父母家吃晚饭？

Trina: It was their wedding anniversary.

特纳娜：因为那天是他们的结婚纪念日。

Adrienne: Wow! That's a great day to have a wedding anniversary.

埃德里安娜：哇！结婚纪念日在情人节真是太棒了。

Trina: It is and it was a lot of fun. I got to spend some of their last few years together having dinner with them.

特纳娜：没错，有很多乐趣。这几年我们都是和他们一起吃的晚餐。

Adrienne: That sounds lovely. So are you looking forward to maybe having a Valentine next year?

埃德里安娜：听起来真不错。那你期待明年过情人节吗？

Trina: Maybe! We'll, see.

特纳娜：也许吧。到时候看看吧。

重点讲解：
1. as opposed to
而不是；
eg. We ate in the restaurant, as opposed to the bistro.
我们是在餐厅吃的饭，而不是在小饭馆。
eg. I am here on business as opposed to a holiday.
我在这里是办公事而不是度假。
2. in the past
过去；以往；
eg. I've been there many times in the past.
我从前去过那儿很多次。
eg. In the past this district was very hard to get to.
以前这一带交通闭塞。
3. look forward to sth./doing sth.
期待；盼望；
eg. After a day of hard work, we look forward to good relaxation.
辛辛苦苦工作一天之后，大家都想好好放松一下。
eg. We look forward to reactivating our business relationshellop.
我们盼愿我们的业务关系能够重新活跃起来。