英语口语练习小对话 第811期:登门拜访
第一， 迷你对话
A: As we and the Jacksons are in the same neighborhood, we might as well pay them a call. Iwant to bright a bunch of flower to them.
Jacksons和我们住在附近，我们去拜访一下他把，我想送一束花给他。
B: That’s all right. Is there anything we need to do?
没问题。我们还需要带什么呢?
第二， 地道表达
pay sb. a call
1. 解词释义
Pay a call的字面意思是“打完电话后付费”，引申为“拜访”的意思。有这样一种猜想：有了电话后，人们相互之间的联系方便多了，去别人家拜访前一般先得打个电话预约。打电话是要付费用的，所以人们就用“付电话费”来表示“去别人家拜访”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. I have omitted paying you a call for fear of disturbing you.
我怕打扰你而没有来拜访你。
e.g. I've never even ventured to pay him a call at his home myself, though I know him so well.
我自己从来没有贸然登门拜访过他，虽然我很了解他。
e.g. It would be, well, rather awkward for me to pay you a call.
唔，如果去拜访您呢，对我有些不便。
e.g. I will pay you a call at six o'clock, if that is all right to you.
如果对你方便的话，我将在六点前来拜访。
第三， 咬文嚼字
1. in the neighborhood：在附近
e.g. She is a good aunt to all the children in the neighborhood.
她是街坊上所有孩子的好阿姨。
e.g. Nobody else in the neighborhood can help.
邻居中找不到谁还能帮忙。
2. might as well：不妨，还是……的好
e.g. Since you have started the job , you might as well finish it.
既然你开了头, 爽性把它做完吧。
e.g. We might as well have another talk with him.
不妨同他再谈一次。
