A Friend Coming From America

John：Did you know that Alan is getting here next week?

约翰：你知道艾伦下周要来这了吗？

Colin：What? No way! Who told you that?

科林：什么？不可能。谁告诉你的？

John：Tom. We had dinner last night. He said Alan was going to take some time off from work to visit.

约翰：汤姆。我们昨晚一起吃饭了。他说艾伦会放自己一段时间假，过来看看。

Colin：That’s awesome! How long is he going to stay?

科林：太棒了。他会住多久？

John：Tom said he would be here for about 3 weeks.

约翰：汤姆说他会在这里呆3个星期。

Colin：Is he going to stay in Shanghai the whole time?

科林：他准备这段时间都在上海吗？

John：No. He’ll be here for a week or so, and then he’s going to travel around. Tom said he wanted to go to Inner Mongolia and maybe Tibet. If I can get off work, I might try to go with him.

约翰：不是。他会在这儿一个星期左右，之后他会到处去逛逛。汤姆说他想去内蒙古，或者西藏。如果不用工作的时候，我想可能会和他一起去。

Colin：Hmm. It’s too short notice for me to get off work, so I can’t come. But we should definitely give him a welcoming party when he gets here.

科林：嗯嗯……让我请假太仓促了，所以我不能去。但是当他到时，我们一定要给他一个举办一个欢迎派对。

John：Definitely. Call everyone you know. Let’s plan for something on Saturday the 16th. You’re free, right?

约翰：当然了。叫上你认识的人。本月16日周六，让我们作些准备。你有空的，是吧？

Colin：Yup, sounds good.

科林：是的，听上去不错。

Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！

No way!不可能

take some time off休一段时间假

that’s awesome. 太棒了!

to travel around 旅游（但没有固定目的地）

let’s plan for… 让我们为…做打算

You’re free, right? 你有空，是吗？

sounds good不错