DIALOGUE 59:Talking About Music

1--Do you want black or white coffee?

2--White, please.

1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.

Do you want to go?

2--I don't like folk music very much.

1--What kind of music do you like?

2--I like classical music. Do you?

1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.

2--I don't believe you.

1--It's true.

2--You are funny!

1--So are you! How about another coffee?

注解：

1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的稱作white

coffee.什么也不加的稱作black coffee.

2）folk concert：民間音樂會。folk作“民間的”、

“具有民族傳說的”解。如folk dance，folk music,

folk songs, folk tale等。

3）classical：經典的。如classical music, classical

literature等。

4）How about...?（你以為）...怎么樣？征詢對方的意見時

常用的句型。如，征詢關于時間安排的意見時，可以說How

about tomorrow？征詢活動內容時可以說How about playing

tennis now?征詢人選意見可以說How about Jane?等

譯文:

1--你的咖啡要不要加糖或牛奶？

2--請加些牛奶。

1--我說，明天晚上有場民間音樂會，你想去嗎？

2--我不太喜歡民間音樂。

1--那你喜歡什么音樂？

2--我喜歡古典音樂，你喜歡嗎？

1--不太喜歡。一聽古典音樂我就發困。

2--我不信

1--是真的。

2--你可真的有意思！

1--你也一樣。要不要再來一杯咖啡？