DIALOGUE 72:Meeting and Greeting

1--Perofessor Archer! How nice to see you.

2--It's nice to see you again, too.

1--I don't think you've met my assistant before.This

is Mr Carvalho.

2--How do you do!

3--How do you do! Have you visited our country before?

2--Yes, I was here three years ago.

1--Would you like tea or coffee?

2--Tea, please. With milk.

1--I'm afraid we haven't got any milk. I'm very

sorry.

2--It doesn't matter. I often drink tea without milk.

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注解：

1）How nice to see you. 是省略感嘆句。全句是How nice

it is to see you. 口語中多用省略句，有時也說Nice to see you.

2）assistant：助手，助理人員。

3）It doesn't matter:沒關系。

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譯文：

1--阿切爾教授，見到你很高興。

2--又見到你我也很高興。

1--我想你還不認識我的助手吧。這位是卡瓦爾豪先生。

2--你好！

3--你好！你過去來訪問過我國嗎？

2--來過，三年前來過。

1--你喝茶還是喝咖啡？

2--喝茶，請加點牛奶。

1--恐怕我們這兒沒有牛奶。真抱歉。

2--沒什么。我經常喝不放奶的茶。