M = Mary A = Alex
M: Are we going to have gym class tomorrow?
瑪 麗:我們明天要上體育課嗎?
A: Are you crazy? Tomorrow's Saturday.
亞力士:你瘋了? 明天是禮拜六。
M: Sometimes I forget that we don't have school on Saturdays.
瑪 麗:有時候我會忘記星期六我們不用上課。
A: Americans also don't go to work on Saturdays.
亞力士:美國人禮拜六也不用工作。
M: So there are only five working days in a week?
瑪 麗:那么一個星期就只有五個工作天了啰?
A: Right. What are you going to do tonight?
亞力士:沒錯。今天晚上你要干嘛?
M: I'm going to study.
瑪 麗:我要念書。
A: On a Friday night?
亞力士:星期五的晚上呢?
M: Well, I need to polish up my English.
瑪 麗:嗯,我需要加強我的英文。
注釋:
polish up:改善;潤色;使完美;
例句:So polish up your writing and public speaking skills. Sooner or later you will need them.
所以提高你的寫作技巧和公共演說技巧,你遲早會發(fā)現(xiàn)你需要這些技巧。