English for Everyday Activities 58-60

58. Going to a Birthday Party

• Before the party,I wrap a present for my friend…
• …and sign a card for him.
• At the party,I give him the present and the card.
• Someone lights the candles on the birthday cake.
• We all sing “Happy Birthday”…
• and Leo blows out the candles.
• He opens his birthday presents…
• …and then everyone eats cake and ice cream.

59. Going to a Dinner Party

• Dan(the host) greets Tom and Jenny(the guests) at the door.
• They give him a bottle of wine they brought.
• Inside在里面,they say hello to some people they know.
• Dan introduces them to some people.
• They shake hands…
• …and make some small talk.
• They have their dinner.
• At the end of the evening, the guests say goodnight and thank Dan.

• Glad you could come.
• Thanks,Jenny,but you didn’t have to bring anything. 谢谢，珍妮，但你不必带任何东西。
• Good to see you.
• Tom,Jenny,I’d like to meet Sharon Melton and her husband,John.
• Glad to meet you, John.
• Same here,Tom
• Sure was a hot one today.

60. Going to a Movie

• We found out where and when to movie was showing.
• We bought tickets at the box office…
• …and some popcorn at the snack counter.
• The ticket-taker tore撕 撕破 撕毁 our tickets and gave us back the stubs存根.
• We went to our seats.
• We watched previews of coming attractions.

  

• Then we saw the main feature.
• At the end,we watched the credits. 最后，我们观看了片尾字幕。