�、�.核心學(xué)習(xí)：Weekend away with Colleagues 與同事周末去玩

　　Steve: I am so tired of the city life.

　　史蒂夫：我很厭倦城市生活。

　　Mike: Do you mean all the long hours at work as well as the noise and bustle of the big smoke?

　　邁克： 你是指工作時間很長以及嘈雜的聲音和飛馳的濃煙?

　　Steve: Got it in one my friend.

　　史蒂夫：沒錯，我的朋友。

　　Mike: How about we suggest that we all go away for a company outing to somewhere rural?

　　邁克： 我們建議公司里所有的人去鄉(xiāng)下某個地方玩玩，怎么樣?

　　Steve: That sounds like an interesting idea. Where could we go?

　　史蒂夫：這想法聽起來很有意思。我們可以去哪?

　　Mike: Well we live in this huge city, so how about we go somewhere that is the complete opposite?

　　邁克：嗯，我們住在大城市里，因此我們要去一個截然不同的地方，怎么樣?

　　Steve: Do you mean somewhere in the countryside?

　　史蒂夫：你是指農(nóng)村?

　　Mike: Yep - let's find a small village and spend the weekend away.

　　邁克：沒錯―我們?nèi)フ乙粋�小村子，然后在那里度周末。

　　Steve: Cool! And it will be even better if we can convince the taskmaster to pay the bill!

　　史蒂夫：酷!如果我們能說服頭兒掏錢，那就更好了!

　　Ⅱ.單詞簡析

　　1) Bustle: moving quickly

　　飛奔：快速移動

　　ex:Sometimes the hustle and bustle of the city just gets me down, so I escape to somewhere slower and quieter.

　　有時候城里熙熙攘攘的景象讓我覺得很沮喪，所以我要逃到一個節(jié)奏慢點(diǎn)、安靜點(diǎn)的地方。

　　2) Outing: a trip away

　　外出：旅行

　　ex:One of the best ways to refresh yourself is to have an outing somewhere completely different.

　　恢復(fù)精力最好的方法之一是到一個截然不同的地方旅行。

　　3) Rural: the opposite of urban, the countryside

　　鄉(xiāng)間：城市的反面，農(nóng)村

　　ex:The majority of Chinese people live in rural areas and not in big cities.

　　大多數(shù)的中國人生活在農(nóng)村而不是大城市。

　　4) Taskmaster: your boss, the person who tell you what to do

　　頭兒：你的老板

　　ex:I can't go out for a beer tonight because my taskmaster wants me to finish an important report.

　　今晚我不能去喝啤酒，因?yàn)槲业纳纤鞠胱屛彝瓿梢环葜匾獔?bào)告。