A Hello, Neil. When do you want to meet

A 你好，尼爾！你想什么時候見面？

B Let’s meet at quarter to seven this evening.

B 咱們今晚差一刻七點見。

A 6:45 this evening. Fine. At the theatre

A 今晚6：45。好的。在劇院見面嗎？

B Yes, we’ll have time for a drink and a chat.

B 是的。我們將有時間喝一杯，聊一聊。

A When does the performance begin

A 演出什么時候開始？

B At 7:45. So we’ll have a full hour before it begins.

B 7：45 開始。所以在開演前我們有整整一個小時的時間。

Notes 注釋

1 When going out to the theatre, for example, people often want to spend some time together beforehand. Here two people make arrangements to do just that: Let’s meet at quarter to seven this evening. / Let’s meet at quarter to seven this evening.

例如，當出去到劇院看演出時， 人們經常想在演出開始前花點時間在一起。這里的兩個人就是做出了這樣的安排：Let’s meet at quarter to seven this evening. /咱們今晚差一刻七點見。

2 The reason for meeting is to leave enough time to have a drink and a chat: We’ll have time for a drink and a chat. / We’ll have time for a drink and a chat. / And a full hour will be long enough: We’ll have a full hour before it begins. / We’ll have a full hour before it begins.

提前見面的原因是留出足夠的時間一起喝點東西，聊一聊。We’ll have time for a drink and a chat. /我們將有時間喝一杯，聊一聊。要想這樣做，有一個小時足夠了。We’ll have a full hour before it begins. /在開演前我們有整整一個小時的時間。

Key phrases and sentences

Hello, Neil. When do you want to meet

Let’s meet at quarter to seven this evening.

6:45 this evening. Fine. At the theatre

Yes, we’ll have time for a drink and a chat.

When does the performance begin

At 7:45. So we’ll have a full hour before it begins.

重要的短語和句子

你好，尼爾！你想什么時候見面？

咱們今晚差一刻七點見。

今晚6：45。好的。在劇院見面嗎？

是的。我們將有時間喝一杯，聊一聊。

演出什么時候開始？

7：45 開始。所以在開演前我們有整整一個小時的時間。

（實習編輯：于曉偉）