DIALOGUE 101: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?

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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

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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(fā)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？