Dialogue 1

Mark: Jingjing, I need your advice about something.
馬克：京晶，我需要你的一些建議。
Jingjing: Try me. What's up?
京晶：讓我試試看吧，怎么了？
Mark: Well, a friend of mine is visiting Beijing. He wants to go see the Great Wall. I'm wondering which site to suggest.
馬克：是這樣的，我的一個朋友來北京了。他想去看長城，我不知道應(yīng)該建議他去看哪一段？
Jingjing: Is he Chinese, or is he a foreigner?
京晶：是中國人還是老外呢？
Mark: He's a foreigner. Why would that matter?
馬克：是個外國人，這很重要嗎？
Jingjing: Well, there seem to be different preferences.
京晶：那就有不同的選擇（喜好）了。
Mark: What do you mean?
馬克：你的意思是？
Jingjing: Chinese people like 八達(dá)嶺 (Bādálĭng). It's strong, and winds its way up a mountain.
京晶：中國人喜歡八達(dá)嶺長城。它十分雄偉，蜿蜒至群山之上。
Mark: When I went there, it was pretty crowded too.
馬克：我去那兒的時候，也非常擁擠。
Jingjing: Some foreigners like to see unrestored parts of the wall.
京晶：有些外國人喜歡去看尚未復(fù)原的那部分城墻。
Mark: You mean the wild wall?
馬克：你是說野長城？
Jingjing: That's what it's sometimes called.
京晶：有時候就這么叫
Mark: I'm afraid he'll get lost if I recommend a place that doesn't sell tickets.
馬克：我擔(dān)心他會迷路如果我推薦給他一些不賣票就能去的地段。
Jingjing: Then your best bet is either 慕田峪 (Mùtiányù) or 金山嶺(Jīnshānlĭng).
京晶：那你最好的選擇就是慕田峪或者金山嶺了。
Mark: I was going to recommend 慕田峪 (Mùtiányù). What can you tell me about 金山嶺 (Jīnshānlĭng), though?
馬克：我本來打算推薦慕田峪的，那金山嶺你能給我介紹一下嗎？
Jingjing: I've got to go to a meeting now. If you can wait for me, I'll tell you in half an hour or so.
京晶：我得去開個會。如果你能等我一會兒。大約半小時左右吧，我再給你說說.
Mark: OK. I'll be here.
馬克：行。我在。

New words:習(xí)語短語

Try me. 試著問我問題，看我能如何回答。(Ask me something, and see how well I can answer.)
Why would that matter? 這有什么要緊的？(It shouldn't make a difference, should it?)
winds its way up 蜿蜒直上(curves and climbs, over hills)
unrestored 沒有修復(fù)的，沒有保存的(not repaired or maintained)
wild wall 野長城 (overgrown, totally natural)

Dialogue 2

Jingjing is back from her meeting.
京晶開完會回來了
Jingjing: You're still here!
京晶：你還在呢！
Mark: Of course. I wanted to hear what you had to say about the 金山嶺 (Jīnshānlĭng) section of the Great Wall.
馬克：必須呀。我還想聽你說一說金山嶺長城呢。
Jingjing: Well, for starters, it's a 5km section between two sites.
京晶：首先，這是一段兩點(diǎn)之間的5公里的距離。
Mark: The whole section is called 金山嶺 (Jīnshānlĭng)?
馬克：整段都叫金山嶺嗎？
Jingjing: No, that's just one end of it. The other end is called 司馬臺 (Sīmătái).
京晶：不，只是其中一頭。另一頭叫司馬臺。
Mark: Which end is a good starting point?
馬克：從哪一頭開始爬比較好呢？
Jingjing: I'd recommend starting at 司馬臺 (Sīmătái). It's easier to get back to Beijing from 金山嶺 (Jīnshānlĭng).
京晶：我會建議從司馬臺開始。從金山嶺那邊回北京更容易一些。
Mark: That's reason enough. Can the hike be done in a day?
馬克：這理由已經(jīng)很好了。一天能爬完嗎？
Jingjing: Sure, it only takes 3-4 hours. But your friend could go there the afternoon before and spend the night.
京晶：當(dāng)然了，也就花3-4小時。但你朋友可以提前一天下午去，然后住一晚。
Mark: Where should I recommend him to stay?
馬克：那我應(yīng)該推薦它住哪里呢？
Jingjing: There's 古北 Gŭběi Water Town. I'll bet there are some hotels there.
京晶：那里有古北水鎮(zhèn)，我打賭那兒一定有一些旅館。
Mark: OK. I'll tell him to check it out.
馬克：好的，我會告訴他去查一下信息。
Jingjing: Are you going to go with him?
京晶：你會跟他一起去嗎？
Mark: I wish! But I won't have the day off when he's in Beijing.
馬克：我當(dāng)然希望了！不過當(dāng)他來北京的時候我一天假也沒有。
Jingjing: Too bad! You're going to miss out!
京晶：太糟了。那你就要錯過了！

New words: 習(xí)語短語

what you had to say about (something) 對某事你有什么可說的(your ideas/advice about something)
for starters 用來開始的 (to begin with)
starting point 起點(diǎn)(place to start a hike)
That's reason enough. 這個理由足夠好
have the day off 工休一日(have leave from work for the day, or have a scheduled day away from work in a regular week)
miss out 錯過(lose the opportunity to do something)