我想让你见见高太太。
A Hi! Good to see you. I’d like you to meet Mrs Gao. She’s my colleague.
A 嗨!很高兴见到你。我想让你见见高太太。她是我的同事。
B Pleased to meet you. Neil told me about you.
B 很高兴认识你。尼尔跟我说起过你。
C I’m pleased to meet you too. I believe we work in the same area.
C 我也很高兴认识你。我相信我们从事的是同样的领域。
B Yes, so I understand. How did you get into IT?
B 是的,我也这样想。你是怎么进入信息技术业的?
C Oh, I was interested in computers at university I guess.
C 哦,我想从我上大学的时候我就对计算机感兴趣。
B Me too! Anyway, we can talk about it over dinner.
B 我也是!无论怎样,我们在吃饭的时候可以好好谈一谈。
Notes 注释
1 Remember how you talk about what someone else has said, e.g.: Neil told me about you / Neil told me about you ; He said it would be good for us to meet / He said it would be good for us to meet.
记住你怎样谈论别人已经说过的事。例如:Neil told me about you /尼尔跟我说起过你; He said it would be good for us to meet /他说我们两个应该认识一下。
2 You can ask people how they started doing something, e.g. work, or a hobby, by using the question How did you get into . . ? / How did you get into . . . e.g.: How did you get into computers? / How did you get into computers? ; How did you get into painting? / How did you get into painting? It means: What made you start? / What made you start? Or How did you become interested? / How did you become interested?
你可以这样问某人如何开始做某事,例如工作或者业余爱好,How did you get into . . ? /你怎么开始. . .的?例如:How did you get into computers? /你怎样开始从事计算机工作的?;How did you get into painting? /你怎么开始从事绘画的?意思是What made you start? /什么促使你开始的? 或者How did you become interested? /你如何开始对此感兴趣的?
Key phrases and sentences
Hi! Good to see you. I’d like you to meet Mrs Gao. She’s my colleague.
Pleased to meet you.
Neil told me about you.
I’m pleased to meet you too.
I believe we work in the same area.
Yes, so I understand.
How did you get into IT?
Oh, I was interested in computers at university I guess.
Me too! Anyway, we can talk about it over dinner. 嗨!很高兴见到你。
我想让你见见高太太。她是我的同事。
很高兴认识你。
尼尔跟我说起过你。
我也很高兴认识你。
我相信我们从事的是同样的领域。
是的,我也这样想。
你是怎么进入信息技术业的?
哦,我想从我上大学的时候我就对计算机感兴趣。
我也是!
无论怎样,我们在吃饭的时候可以好好谈一谈。