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突破对话2b 4. It Doesn’t Make Sense 没道理 BACKGROUND 背景 An old friend goes to visit her college roommate in her new house. 一个老朋友去她的大学同宿舍好友的新居拜访。 A: Linda, it’s so great to see you again! 琳达，再次见到你真是太高兴了！ B: Well, thanks for inviting me to lunch. I never seem to leave my house these days! 谢谢你邀我吃午饭。我这些天几乎没有出过门！ A: Come in, please. Make yourself at home. 请进。随便点，别客气。 B: Thanks. You have a beautiful place. 谢谢，你这地方真漂亮。 A: I’m glad you like it. The furniture’s in pretty bad condition, though. We should get rid of it. It really looks bad in this new house. 很高兴你喜欢，尽管家具很糟糕。我们应该丢掉它，新房子里放旧家具实在有些难看。 B: Don’t do that. It’s very comfortable. You have children, don’t you? 别丢。家具挺舒适的。你有孩子吧？ A: Yes, we do. Two boys and a girl. Not to mention two dogs and a cat. So we have to make this furniture do. As long as the children are small, anyway. It doesn’t make sense to replace it. 是啊。两个男孩和一个女孩。而且还有两只狗和一只猫。就是因为孩子们太小了，所以我们不得不留着这些家具。丢掉了没有多大意义。 B: I know what you mean. Our children are hard on furniture, too. They are always jumping up and down on the sofa or spilling food on my chairs. 我懂你的意思。我家孩子也是不爱惜家具。他们总是在沙发上蹦来蹦去，要不就把饭撒在椅子上。 A: They sound just like my children. 他们跟我的孩子们差不了多少。 B: Maybe we should get them all together to play with each other some afternoon. 也许我们该找一个下午让他们聚在一起玩一玩。 A: That’s a great idea! 这个主意可真好！ 5. Let’s Make the Most of Our Weekend 周末狂想曲 BACKGROUND 背景 Two friends decide to go to New York for a weekend of fun. 两个朋友决定到纽约去过周末。 A: Hi, Kim. I can’t believe that the summer is almost over. 嗨，金姆。我真不能相信这个夏天就要过去了。 B: I know. Time flies! 是啊。光阴似箭。 A: Friday is a holiday. Let’s take advantage of the long weekend. Do you want to go to New York? We could leave Thursday night and spend the whole weekend in the city. 星期五放假。让我们好好利用一下这个长周末。想不想去纽约？我们可以星期四晚上走，整个周末都呆在那里。 B: Okay. But I’d rather go on Friday. I have to get my car fixed on Thursday. 好啊，不过我想星期五走，我星期四要把车修好。 A: All right. We can take turns driving. 好吧，我们可以轮流开车。 B: Fine. We won’t get so tired that wa