DIALOGUE 101

Talking About Music

1--Do you want black or white coffee?
2--White, please.
1--Look! There's a folk concert tomorrow evening.
Do you want to go?
2--I don't like folk music very much.
1--What kind of music do you like?
2--I like classical music. Do you?
1--Not very much. Classical music sends me to sleep.
2--I don't believe you.
1--It's true.
2--You are funny!
1--So are you! How about another coffee?

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注解：

1）black or white coffee：加糖或加牛奶的稱(chēng)作white
coffee.什么也不加的稱(chēng)作black coffee.
2）folk concert：民間音樂(lè )會(huì )。folk作“民間的”、
“具有民族傳說(shuō)的”解。如folk dance，folk music,
folk songs, folk tale等。
3）classical：經(jīng)典的。如classical music, classical
literature等。
4）How about...?（你以為）...怎么樣？征詢(xún)對方的意見(jiàn)時(shí)
常用的句型。如，征詢(xún)關(guān)于時(shí)間安排的意見(jiàn)時(shí)，可以說(shuō)How
about tomorrow？征詢(xún)活動(dòng)內容時(shí)可以說(shuō)How about playing
tennis now?征詢(xún)人選意見(jiàn)可以說(shuō)How about Jane?等

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譯文

1--你的咖啡要不要加糖或牛奶？
2--請加些牛奶。
1--我說(shuō)，明天晚上有場(chǎng)民間音樂(lè )會(huì )，你想去嗎？
2--我不太喜歡民間音樂(lè )。
1--那你喜歡什么音樂(lè )？
2--我喜歡古典音樂(lè )，你喜歡嗎？
1--不太喜歡。一聽(tīng)古典音樂(lè )我就發(fā)困。
2--我不信
1--是真的。
2--你可真的有意思！
1--你也一樣。要不要再來(lái)一杯咖啡？