Saturday

1. We do our shopping on Saturdays.
    我们星期六去采购东西。

B：Want to meet for lunch this Saturday?
      这个星期六一起吃午饭吗？

A：Sorry, I can’t. I’m busy.
      对不起，不行。我很忙。

B：What are you doing?
      你在做什么？

A：I always do volunteer work on the first Saturday of every month.
      我每个月的第一个星期六总是要做义工。

B：What kind of volunteer work?
      是什么性质的义工？

A：I help out at the children’s hospital. I help plan activities.
      在儿童医院帮手。帮忙组织活动。

B：Oh, yeah?
      哦，是吗？

A：Yeah. It’s exciting. This month we’re doing crossword puzzles.
      是呀，很令人兴奋。这个月我们要做字谜游戏。

A：Hi, Bob! We’ve been working hard at our lessons for a fortnight. So why don’t we take it easy his weekend?
      喂，鲍布！这两周来我们一直在忙于学习。这个周末我们放松一下怎么样？

B：Okay! What do you suggest?
      好的，你有什么主意？

A：How about seeing a play? I hear Hamlet is on at the National Theater.
      去看一场戏怎么样？ 我听说国家剧场在上演《哈姆雷特》。

B：Is that so? Why not?
      真的吗？为什么不呢？

A：(Looking at a newspaper.) Oh, dear me! There’s no performance at the National theater this weekend. So we have to go to cinema instead.
      （一边看着报纸）哦，真糟糕！这个周末国家剧场没有演出，因此我们只好看电影了。

B：What’s on?
      放什么电影？

A：Let me see…um, Gone With the Wind. It is on at six cinemas on Saturday night.
      让我看一看……嗯，在放《乱世佳人》。周六晚上有六家电影院在放。

B：That sounds interesting. Which is the nearest?
      很好。最近的是哪一家电影院？

A：Ah, The Royal, I think.
      啊，我想是在皇家电影院。

B：What time does it start?
      什么时间开始？

A：Why don’t we go to the 7:30 show? It is convenient to us, I think.
      我们可以去看7：30 那一场好吗？我想时间很合适。

B：But we won’t have enough time for dinner.
      可我们没有足够的时间吃饭啊。

A：Do you want to go the earlier or the later show?
      那你要看早一点的还是晚一点的？

B：Ah… I fancy going the later show.
      嗯……我想看晚一点的吧。

A：Then, there’s the 9:30 show.
      那就看9：30 那一场吧。

B：That’s Okay, I think.
      我想可以吧。

A：All right.
      好吧。