世博英语札记【5】1999年10月26日札记

1999年10月26日

1.There is no greater joy than receiving friends from far away.

有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎?

2.That restaurant is plain a clip joint!

那可是一家漫天要价,大敲竹杠的饭馆啊!

3.If I had known you wanted to go,I would have called you.

如果我知道你要去,我会叫你的.

4.I was trying to on a diet to lose weight but I finally fell by the way
side by eating cream cakes.

我曾努力节食减肥,但终因吃奶油蛋糕而半途而废.

5.He speaks idiomatic English.I took it for granted that he's an American.

他说英语很地道,我还以为他是美国人呢.