What are you doing today? 你今天要做什么?
A Hello, Neil. What are you doing today?
A 尼尔,你好。你今天要做什么?
B Hi, Yang. I’m visiting the Forbidden City.
B 嗨,杨。我今天要参观故宫。
A It’s very beautiful and very big!
A 故宫非常漂亮而且很大!
B How long will it take?
B 参观故宫要多长时间?
A It’s a couple of hours to walk through. There’s so much to see.
A 从头到尾走一趟需要几个小时。有太多的东西值得看。
B OK. See you later, Yang.
B 好。再见, 杨。
注释 Notes
When you ask someone what they are planning to do today, you can say: What are you doing today?
当你问某人今天计划做什么时,你可以说:What are you doing today?(你今天要做什么?)。
In reply you can say: I’m visiting...or I’m going to... .For example,I’m visiting the Forbidden City.
回答时你可以说:I’m visiting...(我要参观……)或者I’m going to...(我要去……)。例如:I’m visiting the Forbidden City(我要去参观故宫)。
There are many ways to describe places, e.g. beautiful, big.
描述某地有多种方法,如beautiful(漂亮的),big(大的)。
It’s very beautiful and very big.非常漂亮而且很大。
If you want to ask how much time something will take, you can ask: How long will it take me?
如果你想问做某事需要多长时间,你可以问:How long will it take me?(需多长时间?)。
If something takes about two hours to walk through, you can say: It’s a couple of hours to walk through.
如果从头走到尾需要大约几个小时,你可以说:It’s a couple of hours to walk through(从头走到尾需要大约几个小时)。
An informal way of saying goodbye, especially if you expect to see the person again quite soon, you can say: See you later.
道再见的非正式用法是See you later(再见)。尤其在你希望很快再见到某人时使用这种用法。


