ACT 1-2 去享受一下鳥語花香

【故事梗概】

Sam念完了日程表上的所有安排，但Susan覺得自己好像還計劃了什么其他的事情。Sam看到她工作過于緊張勞累，建議她抽空去享受一下鳥語花香。

Susan: What else? Come on, Sam…

Sam: You work too hard, Susan. When was your last day off?

Susan: Hmm. I can’t remember.

Sam: You really ought to take some time off.

Susan: What for?

Sam: To enjoy the simple things in life…

Susan: I know, Sam. Maybe soon.

Sam: To smell the flowers.

Susan: Oh, wait a minute. What’s today’s date?

Sam: Today is the twelfth. Why?

Susan: It seems to me I scheduled something else.

Sam: There’s nothing else in the appointment book.

Susan: I’m sure I did. Oh, well, I’ll probably remember it later.

Sam: I hope it isn’t important.

Susan: Hmm. It’s probably nothing. OK, let’s get started. Would you call Priscilla Smith at FAO Schwarz, please?

Sam: Right.

Later that morning…

Sam: These are the models from the Japanese film maker.

Susan: Thank you. Just put them on my desk.

Sam: And the new drawings for the toy spaceship.

Susan: Wonderful. That was fast.

Sam: We have a new artist. She’s very talented．

【語言點精講】

1. You really ought to take some time off.

你真的應該休息一下。

ought to do sth.: 應該做某事。ought to的口語說法的發音為awta。

take some time off: 抽出時間（休息一下，放松一下）。

2. What for?

為什么？在這里相當于“Why? ”

3. To enjoy the simple things in life…

享受一下人生的小小樂趣……

the simple things in life: 人生的小樂趣。這里simple things指的是輕松愉快的談話，欣賞美麗的天空，或是散步之類的簡單但是令人感到放松和快樂的事。

4. To smell the flowers.

去享受一下鳥語花香。 這個短語場用來指“輕松一下，放松一下，休息一會兒”。

5. What’s today’s date? Today is the twelfth.

用“What’s today’s date?”提問時，問的是日期，“今天是（幾月）幾號？”

用“What day is it today?” 提問時，問的則是“今天是星期幾？”

the twelfth: 這里表示日期，指12號。在表示日期時，使用序數詞。

6. It seems to me I scheduled something else.

我好像還安排了一項別的日程。

It seems to…: 好像是…

schedule在這里用作動詞，“將…列入計劃，排入日程”。

7. It’s probably nothing.

大概不是什么重要事。類似含義的說法還有“It’s probably no big deal. ”以及“It’s probably no big thing.”