A：What a great day! Hey, Tom, do you want to go to the beach this weekend? 天气真好呀！嘿，汤姆，这个周末想去海滩吗？
B：Yeah, that’s a great idea. Maybe Sara and John would like to come along. 噢，太棒了。或许莎拉和约翰也想跟我们一块去。
A：I doubt it. They’re not seeing each other anymore. 不见得。他们已经吹了。
B：You’re kidding. 你说的是真的吗？
A：No, they split up last week. We should pack beach towels and sunscreen. 不骗你，他们上周分手了。我们应带上浴巾和防晒剂。
B：What happened? 发生了什么事？
A：I don’t really know. Maybe we could have a picnic. What do you think? Should we take some food? 我真的不知道。或许我们可以搞野餐。你觉得怎么样？我们要带些什么食品？
B：I can’t believe Sara and John. I always thought they’d get married one of these days. What a shame! 我真不相信莎拉和约翰会这样。我总认为他们有一天就要结婚。太遗憾了。
A：Get over it. It’s not like they were a match made in heaven. Let’s take sodas and sandwiches. 得了吧。他们也说不上是天生的一对。咱们还要带一些苏打水和三明治。
B：Sodas and sandwiches? What are you talking about? 苏打水和三明治？你到底在说什么呀？
A：About our picnic at the beach. Have you been listening to me? 我们的海滩野餐。你是不是在听我说话呀？
（2）Golfing 打高尔夫
A：So glad you could make it to the club today. Are you ready to play golf? 很高兴你今天能来俱乐部打高尔夫球。准备好了吗？
B：If I were any more ready, you wouldn’t stand a chance. 我要是准备得再好一点的话，你就没戏了。
A： Is that so? What do you say, loser pays for lunch at the club? 真的吗？谁输了就在俱乐部请客吃午饭怎么样？
B：Sounds good. I’m looking forward to the exercise. 可以。我正盼着运动运动呢。
A：Do you have all your clubs? 你的球棒全都带来了吗？
B：Yup. Wow, what an amazing course! 是的。啊，这个场子太棒了。
额外成就感
split up 分手；离婚 * The two split up and went their separate ways. 他们两人分道扬镳，各奔东西。 * They couldn’t get along, so they split up. 他们合不来，就分手了。
get over 克服；恢复 * You’ll soon get over your shyness. 你很快就会克服羞怯心理的。 * It took me a long time to get over my first girlfriend. 过了好久我才把第一个女朋友忘掉。
stand a chance 有希望；有可能 * Our team still stands a chance of winning the game. 在这场比赛中我队还有获胜的希望。 * You don’t stand a chance of getting accepted to Beijing University. 你考不上北京大学。
looking forward to 盼望；期望 * I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. 我盼着早日收到你的来信。 * I’m looking forward to meeting you in the US. 我盼望着在美国见到你。 * I’m looking forward to working with you. 我盼着跟你一起工作。
