邻里关系 Neighborhood
1 抢先学经典句:
1) She is your new neighbor, right? 她是你的新邻居对吧?
2) If you have time, come to my house. 如果你有空,就来我家吧。
3) I just met our new neighbors.我刚刚遇到我们的新邻居了。
4) Our next-door neighbors are very noisy. 我们隔壁的邻居很吵。
2 情景微对话:
1)A: I’ve got your mail again. Here you are. 我又收到你的信了,给你。
B: I’ve got to talk with that mailman. Sorry to bother you. 我一定要和那个邮递员谈谈,抱歉,麻烦你了。
2)A: My name is Frank. I live in this apartment building. Do you live here, too? You must be new here.我叫弗兰克,住在这栋楼。你也住在这儿吗?你一定是刚来这儿吧。
B: Yes. I moved in only yesterday. My name is Alice.对,我昨天刚搬来。我叫爱丽丝。
3)A: Have you met Ivy, my next-door neighbor? 你见过艾薇了吗? 我隔壁的邻居。
B: No we haven’t. 没有,我们没见过。
4)A: Do you happen to have a fruit plate? I’m holding a party tonight.你有水果盘吗?我今晚要举行一个小派对。
B: Yes, come in please. Will this one do? 有,请进。这个可以吗?
5)A: So we’re neighbors. Call me James. I live in 1203. And you? 这么说我们是邻居了。 叫我詹姆斯好了。 我住在1203号,你呢?
B: I live in No. 1204. 我住在1204号。
6)A: Don’t forget that we have a neighborhood committee meeting tonight.别忘了今晚我们居委会要开会。
B: Oh! I totally forgot about that. 哦,我完全忘了这回事了。
7)A: How coincidence! That’s right over us. 真巧!正好在我们楼上。
B: I hope I’ve not been making too much noise. I’ve just arrived from California and have got to move the things about a bit.但愿我没有弄出太大的声音。我刚从加利福尼亚来这儿,我得把屋子里的东西搬动一下。
8)A: I heard that Annie also live in this neighborhood. Do you see her often? 我听说安妮也住在这个社区,你经常见到她吗?
B: Yes, actually, I do. 是的,经常见到。
9)A: Oh, give me a break. Your dog has pooed on my lawn.哦,饶了我吧。你的狗在我的草坪上大便了。
B: I have to get it trained. I’m so sorry and I’ll clean it up. 我得好好训训它。很抱歉,我会收拾干净的。
10)A: It’s really nice that you get on so well with your neighbors.
你和你的邻居们相处得这么好真是不错。
B: Yes, it is. you know what they say, “a near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.” 是的,你知道他们说什么,“远亲不如近邻”。
3举一反三,流畅表达:
1)He lives next to me.他住在我家隔壁。
2)I got chatting with my neighbor in the garden.我刚才和邻居在花园里闲聊。
3)There’s a family just moving into our neighborhood.刚有一家人搬到我们社区了。
4)Since we are neighbors, if you need any help or anything, please come to me. 既然我们是邻居,如果你需要任何东西或帮助,都可以来找我。
5)There is too much noise from above that we can’t fall asleep.楼上噪声太大,我们睡不着。
6)I have to call the property management. 我得给物业打电话。
7)She loves to gossip to her neighbors. 她喜欢议论邻居们的是非常短。
8)It would be great to have you on the committee with us.如果你能加入我们居委会,那就太好了。
9)We’ve had a lot of support from all our friends and neighbors.
我们从朋友和邻居那里得到很大帮助。
4 词汇拓展:
block n 街区; bulletin n 公告; committee n委员会; community n 社区; easy-going adj 容易相处的; friendly adj 友好的; garage n 车库; generous adj慷慨的; kind-hearted adj好心的; lawn n草坪 ; lazy adj 懒散的; resident n 居民; tidy adj 整洁的 ; trash n 垃圾; yard n 院子 ;