我没有去深圳。
A How was your trip down south?
A 你去南方的旅程如何?
B It was good. But I was very busy. I visited Guangzhou.
B 很好。但是很忙。我去了广州。
A Did you get a chance to go to Shenzhen? I’ve heard it’s worth seeing.
A 你有机会去深圳吗?我听说那里值得一看。
B No, I didn’t go to Shenzhen. I was too busy.
B 不,我没有去深圳。我太忙了。
A Maybe next time. I wanted to visit Shenzhen when I was down south but I didn’t have time either.
A 也许下次吧。当我在南方时我很想去深圳,但是我也没有时间。
B Yes, next time I go down south, I’ll make sure I have enough time.
B 是的,下次我去南方,我将确保自己有足够的时间。
Notes注释
1 When you want to talk about something in the past in the negative form, you use didn’t / didn’t (short form of did not), e.g. I didn’t go to Shenzhen / I didn’t go to Shenzhen ; I didn’t see the football on TV last night / I didn’t see the football on TV last night; I didn’t have time / I didn’t have time.
当你想用否定的形式谈论过去发生的事情时,用didn’t (是did not缩写形式)。例如I didn’t go to Shenzhen /我没去深圳; I didn’t see the football on TV last night /我昨晚没看电视足球赛; I didn’t have time /我没有时间。
2 Remember enough / enough, e.g. Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time / Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time.
记住enough /足够的。例如Next time, I’ll make sure I have enough time /下次,我要确保自己有足够的时间。
3 Sometimes you can talk about directions, particularly north and south, in the following way: down south / down south; up north / up north, e.g. I’m going on holiday down south / I’m going on holiday down south.
有时你可以用下面的方法谈论方向,尤其是北方和南方: down south /南下; up north /北上。例如:I’m going on holiday down south /我将到南方去度假。
Key phrases and sentences
How was your trip down south?
It was good. But I was very busy.
I visited Guangzhou.
Did you get a chance to go to Shenzhen?
I’ve heard it’s worth seeing.
No, I didn’t go to Shenzhen. I was too busy.
Maybe next time.
I wanted to visit Shenzhen when I
was down south but I didn’t have time either.
Yes, next time I go down south, I’ll
make sure I have enough time. 你去南方的旅程如何?
很好。但是很忙。
我去了广州。
你有机会去深圳吗?
我听说那里值得一看。
不,我没有去深圳。我太忙了。
也许下次吧。
当我在南方时我很想去深圳,但是我也没有时间。
是的,下次我去南方,
我将确保自己有足够的时间。