标题: 62giving and receiving给予与接受 [打印本页] 作者: zxy1367 时间: 2011-9-15 08:32 标题: 62giving and receiving给予与接受 62Giving And Receiving 给予与接受
words
gift present annual prize award bonus recipient prize winner ceremony party
phrases
be awarded a prize
hold an awards ceremony
be presented with an award
be the recipient of a prize
don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
give all you can
receive an award
attend a party
present a gift to someone
beginner
A: I heard you received a prize for you book.
B:Yyes, I did. I won a prize for “best local history book” at the annual book award.
A: Congratulations! You must be very proud of your achievement.
B: Actually, I was happy just to get the book published. Winning the prize was an added bonus.
A: What was the prize?
B: I won $200 to spend on any books of my choice.
A: That’s a great prize for a person who writes books! Have you ever won a prize before?
B: I shared a prize with some friends last week. We won a bottle of whisky at a pub quiz.
A; I won $10 in the lottery last month. Perhaps next time, I’ll be luckier and win the jackpot!
A: 我听说你出版的书得奖了。
B: 是的。我赢得一个"最佳的本地历史书奖"作为年度图书奖。
A: 恭喜你! 你一定为你的成就感到非常骄傲。
B: 其实我只是为这本书的出版而高兴。得奖是一个额外的收获。
A: 是什么奖?
B: 我赢得200美元的购书券。
A: 那是给写书的个人的一项大奖!以前你获过奖吗?
B: 我上周与朋友们分享奖励。我们在一次酒店游戏赢得一瓶威士忌酒。
A: 我上个月买彩票中了10美元。也许下一次吧,我会幸运赢得头奖。
Intermediate
A: Have you bought a present for Jim’s birthday yet?
B: No, I haven’t. I can’t think of anything to get him.
A: I’m having the same problem. I want to get something really special. Jim always seems to know exactly what to get people as gifts.
B: I know. He bought me that beautiful sweater for my birthday. It was exactly what I wanted. And it fit me perfectly!
A: He bought me an iron.
B: That doesn’t sound like a great present.
A: Maybe not, but my iron was getting old. In fact, it stopped working the week after jim bought me the new one. It’s as if he knew that my old iron would soon stop working!
B: Let’s think. He loves football, doesn’t he? I saw signed photographs of famous footballers in a shop near here. Let’s go and have a look. You know which team he supports, don’t you?
A: Yes, I do. Let’s go. We should be able to find something suitable. We should get him something old…something historic.
B: It’ll be an expensive present, but we can share the cost.
A: I’ll be happy to get him something special, even if it costs a little extra.
B: Yes. He always get us special gift. We should repay his kindness.