Barbara and Terry work together. Barbara has been working in the company for 30 years. Terry will have been working there for 35 years by the end of this year. They met at work 30 years ago, got married, and now have four children and six grandchildren. To both of them, though, the day they met feels just like yesterday. Time flies.
芭芭拉和泰瑞一起工作。芭芭拉已在公司任職三十年了。到今年年底前,泰瑞將在公司服務滿三十五年。他們三十年前因工作認識、結婚,而現在有了四個子女和六個孫子女。不過,對他們兩位來說,他們相遇的那天好似就在昨天。時光飛逝。
1 at work 上班
at school 上學
Vincent is at work / school now.
文森現在在上班 / 課。
2 get married 結婚
married a. 結婚的,已婚的
marry vt. & vi. 結婚,嫁,娶
(三態為:marry, married, married)
a married couple 一對夫妻
Kelly and Alan will get married next month.
= Kelly will be / get married to Alan next month.
= Kelly will marry Alan next month.
凱莉跟亞倫將在下個月結婚。
We all know that Eric is married.
我們都知道艾瑞克結婚了。
3 children n. 孩子(為 child 的複數)
4 grandchildren n. 孫子女;外孫子女
(為 grandchild 的複數)
5 yesterday n. 昨天,昨日 & adv. 在昨天
today n. 今天,今日 & adv. 在今天
tomorrow n. 明天,明日 & adv. 在明天
6 Time flies. 時光飛逝 / 光陰似箭。(諺語)
實用詞句 Useful Expressions
1 介紹「介詞 for + 一段時間」的用法
for + 一段時間 持續一段時間
for one day / month / year 持續一天 / 一個月 / 一年
for a short / long time 很短 / 長的時間
for ages 很久
for a while 有一陣子
Rock formations are a perfect example of weathering at work.
岩石的的形成是風化作用產生影響的最佳範例。
At the end of the concert, everybody stood up.
大家在演唱會的尾聲站了起來。