【A】
Tim：Are you going out? 
你要出去吗？
Maria：Yeah, I've got a date. 
嗯，约了人。
Tim：Who did you make yourself so beautiful for? 
打扮这么漂亮去见谁啊？
Maria：As if you didn't know. 
明知故问。
Tim：Ahh, it just came to me. Someone is head over heels in love with Mike. 
哦，想起来了。有人正和迈克热恋呢。
Maria：I have to go. I am almost late. 
不和你说了。我快迟到了。

【B】
John：My father's sixtieth birthday is coming up. 
我爸的六十大寿就快到了。
Sally：How should we celebrate it for him? 
我们该怎么操办一下呢？
John：I plan to take the whole family for a meal in a hotel. I'll also invite some relatives. 
我打算全家一起去饭店吃顿饭，再叫上一些亲戚。
Sally：Good. I'll reserve a hotel. 
好啊，我负责订饭店。

【C】
John：It's my mother's birthday soon. 
过两天我妈生日。
Sally：What do you plan to buy for her? 
那你打算买点儿什么礼物？
John：I want to buy her a necklace, but I don't know what style to get. 
我想给我妈买条项链，但是没想好买什么样的。
Sally：A simple style looks elegant on people your mother's age. 
她们这个年纪戴的话，买条样式简单大方的就可以了。
John：What do you think is better: platinum or gold? 
那我买铂金的还是买黄金的呢？
Sally：I think pearl necklaces are better. They suit your mother a lot. 
买条珍珠项链吧。珍珠项链戴起来更显气质。
John：You're right. 
说得对。

【D】
John：Last week, I went back to my hometown to celebrate grandma's birthday. It was really fun. 
上周我回老家去给我奶奶过生日了。可真够热闹的。
Susan：What about it? 
怎么了？
John：Can you imagine four generations getting together under the same roof? 
你想想，四代人聚在同一个屋檐下。
Susan：There must have been a lot of people. 
肯定好多人。
John：Yeah, the house is quite small and was bursting at the seams. 
是啊，房子本来就挺小，被挤得满满当当的。
Susan：Your grandma must have been very happy with so many of her children and grandchildren there. 
有这么多儿女和孙子、孙女去看望你奶奶，她一定很高兴。
John：Yeah, she was on cloud nine the whole day. 
可不，她整天都美颠儿颠儿的。