大忙人学社交英语口语7-1 长对话：谈论小说（中英+mp3和文本下载）

Stephen: What's that you're reading?

Stephen:你在看的那本是什么书?

Janice: This? Oh, it's the latest novel by Pam Wheeler.

Janice:这本吗?哦，这是帕姆·惠勒最新的小说。

Stephen: Oh, right. Any good?

Stephen:原来如此。好看吗?

Janice: Yes, it's not bad. It got a gripping plot, and the dialogue is quite witty.

Janice:嗯，还不错。它的情节不赖，对白也写得很好。

Stephen: What's it about?

Stephen:它在讲什么?

Janice: It's about sex and shopping, really. It really gets across the mood of the 1980s.

Janice:它其实是在谈两性与购物。很能反映出19世纪80年代的心情。

Stephen: Yes, I read her first book.

Stephen:的确，我看过她的第一本书。

Janice: Oh, yes, that's a classic of its kind. Did you like it?

Janice:对啊，它可说是同类的经典之作。你喜欢吗?

Stephen: It was certainly a page-turner.

Stephen:它绝对是一本引人入胜的书。

Janice: So what are you reading?

Janice:那你在看什么?

Stephen: I'm reading this travel book, about a train journey across Mongolia.

Stephen:我在看这本旅游书，它谈的是横穿蒙古的火车之旅。

Janice: Wow, sounds good.

Janice:哇，听起来不错。

Stephen: Yes, it's really interesting, full of wonderfully vivid descriptions of landscapes. The only trouble is it's taking me ages to read.

Stephen:是啊，有趣得很，里面充满了对景色极为生动的描述。唯一的麻烦是，

Janice: Oh, why's that?

Janice:我得花很长的时间来看完。

Stephen: Well, it's a really heavy book, and the binding's broken, so I can't carry it around with me.

Stephen:哦，为什么会这样?