Unit 11 入境询问
X: How long are you staying?
Y: Four weeks.
X: May I ask what brought you here?
Y: I'm here on business.
X: What line of business are you in?
Y: I import canned food.
X: 你将停留多久呢？
Y: 四个星期。
X: 请问你何以来此呢？
Y: 我是出公差而来。
X: 你从事什么行业呢？
Y: 我进口罐头食物。
字词词组精解
1.stay [ ste ] vi. 停留, 逗留
例: How long will you stay here?
不及物动词
(你要在这儿停留多久？)
注意:
stay亦可作名词, 有下列重要用法:
例: A: Is this your first time in Taiwan?
B: Yes, it is.
A: Well, have a nice stay here.
名词
B: Thank you.
(甲: 这是你第一次来台湾吗？)
(乙: 是的，第一次来。)
(甲: 哦，祝你在此玩的愉快。)
(乙: 谢谢。)
2.be on business 出公差 (business )
例: Peter is on business in Tainan.
(彼得正在台南出公差。)
其它类例:
be on duty 正在值班之中
be on guard 正在当班之中
be on vacation 正在度假之中
be on leave 正在休假之中
be on sick leave 正请病假之中
例: Bill isn't in today; he is on sick leave.
(比尔今天没来，他请病假。)
Policemen can't drink on duty.
(警员在值班时不可喝酒。)
I was on vacation in Kenting last week.
(上星期我到垦丁去度假。)
My boss is in Hong Kong on business.
(我老板出差到香港去。)
3.import vt. 输入; 进口 & n. 进口
例: The company imports cars from America.
(那家公司从美国进口车子。)
The import of wine from abroad is very large in Taiwan.
(台湾从海外输入酒的数量很大。)
4.canned food 罐装食品
canned [ k�熡d ] a. 罐装的
例: I don't like canned food.
(我不喜吃罐头食品。)
注意:
canned源自名词can (罐头)。can亦可作动词, 表『用罐头装』, 有下列重要用法:
Can it! 得了吧！少盖了！
例: Tom: My girlfriend was a beauty queen.
Bob: Can it! I don't buy your story.
(汤姆: 我女友曾是选美会的后冠者。)
(鲍伯: 得了吧！我不相信你的话。)
这句"Can it!"就犹如咱们中文说的,『把它罐装起来吧！』, 言下之意, 即是『你得了吧！』, 鬼才相信你的话呢！
句型运用
1.May I ask what brought you here?
请问你何以来此呢？
这句话, "May I...?"是一种委婉客气的问语, 意即『我可以……吗？』, 句中的brought 是bring的过去式动词, 表『带来』或『使来』之意。
What brought you here? 什么风把你吹过来？
例: Paul: May I ask what brought you here?
Peter: To see my girlfriend Lucy.
(保罗: 请问你何以来这儿呢？)
(彼得: 来看我的女友露西。)
2.What line of business are you in?
=What is your occupation?
=What do you do?
你是干哪一行的？
＊occupation n. 职业
注：以上内容来自赖世雄英语学习网。
点击进入：赖世雄英语－爱词霸学习专栏文本、音频下载专题页面
