（常用于让步从句）从来没有这样…; 空前地…; 极其; 无论如何
Pollution-(污染)
B：Man, that sunset is beautiful. I’ve never seen one so red.
瞧，日落真漂亮。我从未见过这么火红的日落。
A：Yeah, it’s pretty nice, but its so red because of air pollution.
对，很漂亮。可是颜色之所以这么红是因为空气污染。
B：Really?
真的吗？
A：Yeah, the smog from all these cars gets into the air and turns the sunlight red.
是的，汽车产出的烟雾进入空气中，日光便显出这种红色。
B：I never knew that.
我可不知道这个。
A：Yeah, more people need to take public transportation or carpool.
是呀，应该有更多的人搭乘公交车或合伙使用小汽车。
B：Well, we’ve already done our part.
噢，我们自己已经尽力了。
A：Yeah, it’s your turn to drive next week. Don’t be late picking me up.
是呀，下个星期轮到你开车了。接我可别迟到了。
B：Don’t worry. I’m getting more sleep these days. The baby’s finally growing up a little more.
不用着急。我近来睡眠时间更充足了。小孩子终于长大了一些了。
A：Well, give me a call if you can’t make it for some reason.
哦，如果因为什么原因你不能来的话给我一个电话。
Talking about Apartment-(谈论公寓)
A：What do you think of? this flat?
你觉得这个公寓怎么样？
B：It’s not really all that good. The bedroom is a little small for us.
并不那么好。对我们来说卧室有点小了。
A：Small but it should be enough for our needs, I think.
是小，不过我想已经足够我们两个人用了。
B：But there’s no hot water after 10 at night. Sometimes I like to have a hot shower? before bed, especially in the winter. It feels good.
但是晚上十点钟以后就没有热水了。有时候我想睡觉前洗个热水澡，尤其是在冬天，感觉很好。
A：That’s true. But I love the living room; it’s huge and filled with sunshine?.
那倒是，但是我喜欢客厅，比较大，而且阳光充足。
B：True, and I like the kitchen. It’s new and well equipped?.
是的，我还喜欢厨房，都是新的，设备也齐全。
A：It has a great balcony with an incredible view of the park.
还有一个很棒的阳台，可以看到公园的美景。
B：You’re right. The view is spectacular. But that bedroom is so small. We’d never be able to fit all of our stuff in there.
是的，风景很优美。但是卧室那么小，放不下我们的东西。
A：Maybe we could get some new furniture. Better stuff.
或许我们应该买些新家具，更好的东西。
B：I haven’t thought of that.
我没有想过。
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