名詞
1. The officials came to the party with their wives.
官員們攜帶妻子參加宴會(huì)。
打電話
A：Hello, is this 852741? I'd like to speak to Mr. Zhang.
喂，是852741號(hào)嗎？我想和張先生講話。
B：I'm sorry. Mr. Zhang is out right now.
對(duì)不起，張先生現(xiàn)在不在。
A：May I know when he'll be back?
您能告訴我他什么時(shí)候回來嗎？
B：I don't know.This is his wife speaking.Can I take a message for him?
不太清楚。我是他的妻子。 要我轉(zhuǎn)告嗎？
A：OK,thanks.
好的，謝謝。
In Labor-(生小孩)
A：My wife is in labor!
我的妻子要生小孩了。
B：Here, Ma’am please get on the stretcher.
這里，女士，請(qǐng)到擔(dān)架上來。
wife的解釋
A：Is Doctor Hawkins here? She’s our doctor. We called her from the car.
霍金斯醫(yī)生在這兒?jiǎn)?？她是我們的醫(yī)生。我們?cè)谲嚿辖o她打了電話。
B：Calm down, sir. We’ll call her to make sure she’s on the way.
別急，先生。我們回答電話給她看她是否在路上。
A：Thanks. Sorry. It just came as such a surprise. The baby isn’t due for another two weeks.
謝謝。很抱歉，事情很突然。預(yù)產(chǎn)期不在接下來這兩周內(nèi)。
B：How long has she been in labor?
這樣多久了？
A：About fifteen minutes.
大約15分鐘。
B：O.K. Are you planning on being in the delivery room sir?
好的，你們打算去產(chǎn)房嗎，先生？
A：Yes.
是的。
B：Please follow the nurse. She’ll get you ready.
請(qǐng)跟著護(hù)士去。她會(huì)為你們準(zhǔn)備好的。
Investments-(投資)
A：How are your stocks doing, Jim?
你的股票怎么樣了，吉姆。
B：Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good.
哦，還可以。我去年這兩年賠了一些錢，但是今年很不錯(cuò)。
A：Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet, too.
是的。我投資因特網(wǎng)也賠了一些錢。
wife
B：Just goes to show that you should buy companies, not ideas.
這說明你應(yīng)該投資具體的公司，而不光是一些概念。
A：I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now.
我也改變了我的策略，我現(xiàn)在投資前景好的公司。
B：Yeah, me too. Did you hear about Frank?
是的，我也是。你知道弗蘭克的事情嗎？
A：No, what happened?
沒有，怎么了？
B：He lost his kids’ college money day trading.
他做生意把孩子上大學(xué)的錢賠了。
A：Oh, boy. His wife can’t be happy about that.
哦，天。他的太太聽了肯定會(huì)不高興的。
1. 妻子；太太；夫人
A man's wife is the woman he is married to.
e.g. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago...
他37年前娶了妻子簡(jiǎn)。
e.g. The woman was the wife of a film director.
這個(gè)女人是一個(gè)電影導(dǎo)演的妻子。