Dialogue 1

Mark: Hey, Jingjing, about time you showed up! I was waiting for over an hour. Is everything okay?
馬克：嘿，京晶，你終于出現了！我等了你一個多小時了。沒出什么事吧？
Jingjing: Yeah, I'm fine. I'm really sorry I'm late. Traffic is really sluggish today! I should have given you a heads up.
京晶：沒有，我很好。真的很抱歉我遲到了。今天交通實在是太糟糕了！我應該告訴你一聲的。
Mark: Yeah, yeah. Shoulda coulda woulda.
馬克：是啊……應該……知道還不告訴我一聲。
Jingjing: Hey! I said I was sorry. Besides, weren't you late last week when we went to see a movie?
京晶：嘿！我說了我很抱歉。況且，我們上周末去看電影你不也遲到了么？
Mark: Hey, I'm just playing with you! Anyways, I think I know why traffic was so bad today.
馬克：哈，我只是逗你玩呢！而且，我想我知道為什么今天的交通如此糟糕。
Jingjing: Oh, yeah? Why's that?
京晶：哦，是嗎？為什么？
Mark: Because school is just starting back up! All the students are busy moving back into their dormitories.
馬克：因為學校都陸續開學了！所有的學生都在忙著搬回到他們的宿舍去。
Jingjing: Oh, that's true. Hey, sometimes I miss the old days of being in school. Work can be more stressful than school sometimes.
京晶：哦，確實是這樣。哎，有時候我很懷念學生時代。有時工作比學習緊張多了。
Mark: I know what you mean. I miss being a student too. But at least now we can live our own lives independently and make a little moola.
馬克：是啊。我也很懷念學生時代。但現在的好處是，至少我們可以獨立生活并且賺錢啦。
Jingjing: Word. Hey, let's use some of that moola right now and go eat lunch. I'm starving!
京晶：沒錯。嘿，讓我們花點兒票子，去吃午飯吧。我餓死了！
Mark: Good idea, let's go.
馬克：好主意，我們走吧。

習語短語

(It's) about time...=終于……
例如：It's about time you've finished your schoolwork. 你終于完成你的功課了！
sluggish=某事物移動或流動得很緩慢，常指交通
give someone a heads up=提前通知某人某事
Shoulda coulda woulda.=指現在說也晚了，當對方說“我本應該做……”卻沒有做的時候用 （故意為難對方）。
play with someone=和某人開玩笑
the old days=[俚語]指過去
moola=[俗語]金錢
word=[年輕人的流行語]這里是類似于“我明白”，如果發音為升調，它的功能等同于“真的嗎？”

Dialogue 2

Jingjing and Mark are sitting down at a restaurant having a conversation.
京晶和馬克在餐廳交談。
Jingjing: So, what do you miss most about being in school, Mark?
京晶：馬克，學校最讓你懷念的是什么？
Mark: I miss the sense of accomplishment after doing well on my tests and homework.
馬克：我最懷念考試考好和完成家庭作業之后的成就感。
Jingjing: Really? So you mean you miss your teachers and parents hailing you for doing a good job?
京晶：真的嗎？所以，你的意思是你懷念老師和家長稱贊你學習好嗎？
Mark: Yeah, basically.
馬克：是的，基本上是這樣。
Jingjing: So in other words, you were a teacher's pet?
京晶：所以，換句話說，你原來是老師的寵兒嘍？
Mark: I'll admit, I was! I always liked making my teachers happy. What about you?
馬克：我承認，確實是！我總是喜歡讓我的老師高興。你呢？
Jingjing: I can't say I was a teacher's pet. Don't get me wrong, I was still a good student and got good grades, but I was never after the approval of my teachers.
京晶：我不能說我是老師的寵兒。但不要誤會我的意思，我還是個好學生，并取得了很好的成績，但我從來沒有在意過老師的表揚。
Mark: Oh, I see. Cool. Well, what subject did you like best?
馬克：哦，我明白了。酷，那你最喜歡什么科目呢？
Jingjing: Math was always my favorite. I'm a natural number cruncher.
京晶：數學一直是我的最愛。我天生就會和數字打交道。
Mark: You liked Math? Cool! You'd probably make a good bean counter if you wanted to.
馬克：你喜歡數學？厲害！如果你愿意的話，你可以成為一個優秀的會計師。
Jingjing: Thanks, but I think I'll stick with being a radio host. That's my passion in life. What's yours?
京晶：謝謝，但我想我還是會堅持做一名電臺主持人。這才是我生命中的熱情所在。你呢？
Mark: I like teaching English, and of course, helping others.
馬克：我喜歡教英語，當然，還有幫助他人。
Jingjing: Oh, really? Well, you could help me foot the bill?
京晶：哦，真的嗎？太好了，那你能不能幫我買單？
Mark: I suppose I could do that... Waiter! Check please!
馬克：我想我能做到這一點……服務員！買單！

習語短語

hail=[動詞]贊美，致敬
teacher's pet=老師的寵兒
Don't get me wrong.=不要誤會我的意思，不瞞你說。
number cruncher=擅長與數字打交道的人
bean counter=[俚語]會計師
stick with (something)=堅持做某事，不會改變
my passion in life=我生活中最大的熱情，我最喜歡的東西（如嗜好）
foot the bill=買單