Richard: Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm a photographer. May I take a picture of you and your little boy?

　　Mrs.Vann: What's it for?

　　Richard: It's for a book.

　　Mrs.Vann: You're writing a book?

　　Richard: It's a book of pictures. I call it Family Album, U.S.A.

　　Mrs.Vann: Oh, that's a nice idea. Well, it's fine if you take our picture. I'm Martha Vann.

　　Richard: Thank you. I appreciate your help. I'm Richard. What's your name?

　　Gerald: Gerald.

　　Richard: How old are you, Gerald?

　　Gerald: Five.

　　Richard: And where do you live?

　　Mrs.Vann: We live in California.

　　Richard: Well, welcome to New York. OK, just a second. I'm almost ready here.

　　【語言點精講】

　　1. Excuse me. My name is Richard Stewart. I'm a photographer.

　　這是Richard在與陌生人搭訕并介紹自己。

　　Excuse me 這個短語用來引起對方的注意。相當于漢語的“對不起，勞駕”。

　　自我介紹時可以先介紹自己的名字，再說明自己的職業。

　　介紹自己的名字時，可以像Richard一樣，說My name is Richard Stewart.

　　也可以像Mrs. Vann那樣，說I'm Martha Vann.

　　2. May I take a picture of you and your little boy?

　　May I...是一種很禮貌的征求別人的同意的說法，相當于“我可以...嗎?”。

　　Richard 想要為Mrs. Vann 母子拍照片，他首先要征得當事人的同意，否則鬧出肖像權的問題可不是好玩滴~~

　　3. I appreciate your help.

　　這是在受別人幫助或聽了別人的忠告之后的感謝語。在Richard向Mrs. Vann說明了照片的用途后，Mrs. Vann欣然接受拍照的請求，之后Richard立即向對方表達了感謝。這里也可以說I really appreciate it.

　　4. Welcome to New York.

　　Welcome to… 是迎接客人的客套語。Richard與Mrs. Vann母子攀談幾句后得知母子二人來自于California，于是Richard對他們說，歡迎到紐約來。

　　又例如：Welcome to HJ English.