2013-05-13《第42课情景对话》

Dialogue1:
A: Are these the books you’re checking out?
   这些书是你要借出去的吗？
B: Yes.they are. When are they due back?
   是的。什么时候到期。
A: You can have them for one month. May I see your card?
   你可以借一个月。能把你的卡给我看看吗？
B: Oh, sure. I forgot. Here you go.
  噢。当然可以。我忘了。这给你。
A: Thank you. Oh. I’m sorry. It seems you still have a book overdue.
   谢谢。噢，对不起。看来你还有一本书过期没还。
B: What? I don’t understand. What book?
   什么？我不明白。什么书？
A: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Does that sound familiar?
   《罗马帝国的没落》，听起来耳熟吗？
B: Oh, no. I loaned that to my friend. I thought he returned it.
   噢，我把它借给我的朋友了。我还以为他给还了。
A: It looks like he didn’t.
   似乎他还没有。
B: Does that mean I can’t have any books until i return this one?
   那是不是意味着我要还了这本书才能借其它的书？
A: Yes. I’m afraid that’s our rule.
   是的。恐怕我们的规定是这样的。
B: What is the fine on that book right now?
   现在那本书的罚金是多少了？
A: Right now you own S3.7. it’s so.5o a day for over due books.
   现在你是欠了＄3.70.过期书籍每天罚款＄0.50.
B: I’m so sorry. I’ll to my place right now and bring it back
   真对不起。我马上回去把它拿来。
A: We close in an hour. Do you have time?
   我们还有一人上小时就关门了。你够时间吗？
B: Yes. I live right nearby. Can you just hold these books here for a
little bit?
   够的。我就住在这附