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Robbie: Hey Sam, my friend Celia is coming into town from China this week and I was wondering if you could help me show her around? I’m gonna be pretty tied up at work, and you being between jobs and all...
Samantha: Thanks for ①rubbing it in, 1)jerk. Just kidding, I’d love to! I haven’t got much to do anyway. Has she been to visit before?
Robbie: No, ②she’s a complete stranger around here. You’re probably gonna have to give her the complete tourist package: sights, food, the works. I promise I’ll take you to dinner, my treat!
Samantha: ③Deal! Tours are my 2)specialty. When is she getting in?
Robbie: I’m going to meet her at the airport in a coupleof hours. ④She’ll probably be jet-lagged tonight, but I’ll call you tomorrow?
Samantha: Sounds good. I’ll talk to you tomorrow then.
Robbie: Yeah. Bye!
Robbie: Hey, Celia! Long time no see!
Celia: Hi! Thanks for coming to meet me!
Robbie: How was your flight? Did you get any sleep? ⑤Was the food lousy?
Celia: It went really smoothly, actually. I slept practically through the whole thing. The food was terrible though.
Robbie: Ready for some 3)hardcore sightseeing? I got a whole week’s worth of adventures planned for you.
Celia: Great! It will be great to spend some time together and catch up too. I heard you guys have a bunch of 4)wicked things to see here, and I heard that the shopping is pretty sweet.
Robbie: Oh, about that...I am actually going to ⑥be pretty swamped at work this week. I can do dinner and the social things, you know, but during the day I’ve arranged to have my friend Sam show you around. Also, she knows all about shopping; 5)every nook and cranny. If I had to show you that 6)crap, I would be completely lost. I hope that’s OK...
Celia: That’s too bad! But you gotta do what you gotta do. I’m sure Sam will make a better tour guide than you anyway. I’m not sure you ever got up before 10 anyway.
Robbie: ⑦Those days are long gone. I’m a 7)working stiff now! Hey, here’s our bus. Let’s move.
Celia: Let me just grab my stuff.
Robbie: 嗨，Sam，我的朋友Celia这个星期就要从中国到这儿来，我想你能不能帮我带她到处去转转？我近来的工作很忙，而你又正好在待业中，所以……
Samantha: 谢谢你反复念叨我的倒霉事，傻瓜。开个玩笑而已。我愿意啊！反正我也没什么事做。她以前到这里来过吗？
Robbie: 没有，她对这里是完全陌生的。你可能要为她准备全套的旅行计划了——本地的风光、美食、艺术等等。我保证我会请你吃大餐慰劳你的。
Samantha: 一言为定！旅游是我的强项。她什么时候到达？
Robbie: 过两个小时我就要去机场接她了。她今晚可能还需要倒倒时差，但我明天会给你打电话给你。
Samantha: 好啊。那我明天再跟你联系吧。
Robbie: 好的，再见！
Robbie: 嗨！Celia！好久不见了！
Celia: 嗨！谢谢你来接我！
Robbie: 路上情况怎么样？你有没有睡会觉？飞机上的食物难吃吗？
Celia: 实际上，一路上非常顺利。我其实一路都在睡觉。不过食物确实挺难吃的。
Robbie: 那你准备好了认真彻底地观光一番了吗？我已经为你计划了整整一个星期的冒险之旅呢。
Celia: 太好了！还能够一起聚一聚，聊聊近况，那真是太好了。我听说在你们这里有很多很棒的东西值得一看的，而且我还听说在这里逛街买东西会让人很开心的呢。
Robbie: 噢，关于那个呀……实际上，我这个星期应该会忙得不可开交。我只可以陪你吃吃晚餐以及参加社交活动之类的，你知道，不过白天的时间里我已经安排了我的朋友Sam陪你到处逛逛。而且，她对逛街购物都了如指掌，乃至一些鲜为人知的去处。要是我带你去逛街，我可能会完全晕头转向了。我希望这样的安排你能接受……
Celia: 这真可惜！不过你也应该做你要做的事情。不管怎样，我相信Sam做导游会比你强点。反正我也不指望你能在10点之前起床。
Robbie: 那可是很久以前的老黄历了。我现在可是个工作狂了。嘿，我们的车来了。咱们走吧。
Celia: 我去把我的行李拿上。
Smart Sentences
① rubbing it in
美国俚语，指反反复复提别人的不愉快的事，故意触及别人痛处（reminds sb. of sth. he/she would rather forget），该词组的用法可以是贬义的，也可用于开玩笑。例如：
I couldn’t resist rubbing it in when I saw her new hairstyle.
看到她的新发型，我忍不住又提起旧事。
② She’s a complete stranger around here.
A complete stranger指对一个地方或某事完全陌生，一窍不通（refers to sb. who is new to a place or has no knowledge about sth.），属常用口语表达。例如：
A complete stranger to Shanghai, I was lost only minutes after arriving there.
我对上海完全陌生，到那儿几分钟后就迷路了。
③ Deal!
常用口语表达。当你与他人谈交换条件时，如果谈妥了，你用“deal”一词表示你已经同意（used when you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone）。例如：
—I will pick up your son after shopping if you can give me a ride to the auto shop.
如果你现在送我去修车厂，那我购物回来就把你儿子接回来。
—Deal.
好。
④ She’ll probably be jet-lagged tonight.
jet-lagged指在乘坐飞机飞越不同的时区后，由于身体不适应而感觉疲倦（suffering from fatigue and slight confusion after a long journey by airplane, especially after traveling across different time zones）。例如：
I’m still a little jet-lagged.
我还有一点儿时差反应。
⑤ Was the food lousy?
lousy指某事非常糟糕，很差劲（very bad quality）。例如：
I had a lousy weekend.
我的周末过得很糟糕。
⑥ be pretty swamped at work
pretty用于形容词或副词前，表示“相当的”、“好多的”（means “quite” or “rather” when used before an adjective or adverb），但比“quite”或“rather”要随意。例如：
I had a pretty good idea where she went.
我基本上知道她去哪里了。
be swamped with sth. 指陷入某事，难以应付（having more of what you can deal with）。例如：
The railway station is always swamped with tens of thousands of people during the Spring Festival.
春节期间，火车站总是挤满了人。
⑦ Those days are long gone.
那些日子不仅仅是过去了，而且已经是很久以前的事（those days are not only history, but were of long time ago），可指快乐的时光，也可指不愉快的日子。例如：
Me having dirty clothes all over the apartment? Those days are long gone.
公寓里到处都是我的脏衣服？那是很久以前的事了。
Samantha: Thanks for ①rubbing it in, 1)jerk. Just kidding, I’d love to! I haven’t got much to do anyway. Has she been to visit before?
Robbie: No, ②she’s a complete stranger around here. You’re probably gonna have to give her the complete tourist package: sights, food, the works. I promise I’ll take you to dinner, my treat!
Samantha: ③Deal! Tours are my 2)specialty. When is she getting in?
Robbie: I’m going to meet her at the airport in a coupleof hours. ④She’ll probably be jet-lagged tonight, but I’ll call you tomorrow?
Samantha: Sounds good. I’ll talk to you tomorrow then.
Robbie: Yeah. Bye!
Robbie: Hey, Celia! Long time no see!
Celia: Hi! Thanks for coming to meet me!
Robbie: How was your flight? Did you get any sleep? ⑤Was the food lousy?
Celia: It went really smoothly, actually. I slept practically through the whole thing. The food was terrible though.
Robbie: Ready for some 3)hardcore sightseeing? I got a whole week’s worth of adventures planned for you.
Celia: Great! It will be great to spend some time together and catch up too. I heard you guys have a bunch of 4)wicked things to see here, and I heard that the shopping is pretty sweet.
Robbie: Oh, about that...I am actually going to ⑥be pretty swamped at work this week. I can do dinner and the social things, you know, but during the day I’ve arranged to have my friend Sam show you around. Also, she knows all about shopping; 5)every nook and cranny. If I had to show you that 6)crap, I would be completely lost. I hope that’s OK...
Celia: That’s too bad! But you gotta do what you gotta do. I’m sure Sam will make a better tour guide than you anyway. I’m not sure you ever got up before 10 anyway.
Robbie: ⑦Those days are long gone. I’m a 7)working stiff now! Hey, here’s our bus. Let’s move.
Celia: Let me just grab my stuff.
Robbie: 嗨，Sam，我的朋友Celia这个星期就要从中国到这儿来，我想你能不能帮我带她到处去转转？我近来的工作很忙，而你又正好在待业中，所以……
Samantha: 谢谢你反复念叨我的倒霉事，傻瓜。开个玩笑而已。我愿意啊！反正我也没什么事做。她以前到这里来过吗？
Robbie: 没有，她对这里是完全陌生的。你可能要为她准备全套的旅行计划了——本地的风光、美食、艺术等等。我保证我会请你吃大餐慰劳你的。
Samantha: 一言为定！旅游是我的强项。她什么时候到达？
Robbie: 过两个小时我就要去机场接她了。她今晚可能还需要倒倒时差，但我明天会给你打电话给你。
Samantha: 好啊。那我明天再跟你联系吧。
Robbie: 好的，再见！
Robbie: 嗨！Celia！好久不见了！
Celia: 嗨！谢谢你来接我！
Robbie: 路上情况怎么样？你有没有睡会觉？飞机上的食物难吃吗？
Celia: 实际上，一路上非常顺利。我其实一路都在睡觉。不过食物确实挺难吃的。
Robbie: 那你准备好了认真彻底地观光一番了吗？我已经为你计划了整整一个星期的冒险之旅呢。
Celia: 太好了！还能够一起聚一聚，聊聊近况，那真是太好了。我听说在你们这里有很多很棒的东西值得一看的，而且我还听说在这里逛街买东西会让人很开心的呢。
Robbie: 噢，关于那个呀……实际上，我这个星期应该会忙得不可开交。我只可以陪你吃吃晚餐以及参加社交活动之类的，你知道，不过白天的时间里我已经安排了我的朋友Sam陪你到处逛逛。而且，她对逛街购物都了如指掌，乃至一些鲜为人知的去处。要是我带你去逛街，我可能会完全晕头转向了。我希望这样的安排你能接受……
Celia: 这真可惜！不过你也应该做你要做的事情。不管怎样，我相信Sam做导游会比你强点。反正我也不指望你能在10点之前起床。
Robbie: 那可是很久以前的老黄历了。我现在可是个工作狂了。嘿，我们的车来了。咱们走吧。
Celia: 我去把我的行李拿上。
Smart Sentences
① rubbing it in
美国俚语，指反反复复提别人的不愉快的事，故意触及别人痛处（reminds sb. of sth. he/she would rather forget），该词组的用法可以是贬义的，也可用于开玩笑。例如：
I couldn’t resist rubbing it in when I saw her new hairstyle.
看到她的新发型，我忍不住又提起旧事。
② She’s a complete stranger around here.
A complete stranger指对一个地方或某事完全陌生，一窍不通（refers to sb. who is new to a place or has no knowledge about sth.），属常用口语表达。例如：
A complete stranger to Shanghai, I was lost only minutes after arriving there.
我对上海完全陌生，到那儿几分钟后就迷路了。
③ Deal!
常用口语表达。当你与他人谈交换条件时，如果谈妥了，你用“deal”一词表示你已经同意（used when you complete an agreement or an arrangement with someone）。例如：
—I will pick up your son after shopping if you can give me a ride to the auto shop.
如果你现在送我去修车厂，那我购物回来就把你儿子接回来。
—Deal.
好。
④ She’ll probably be jet-lagged tonight.
jet-lagged指在乘坐飞机飞越不同的时区后，由于身体不适应而感觉疲倦（suffering from fatigue and slight confusion after a long journey by airplane, especially after traveling across different time zones）。例如：
I’m still a little jet-lagged.
我还有一点儿时差反应。
⑤ Was the food lousy?
lousy指某事非常糟糕，很差劲（very bad quality）。例如：
I had a lousy weekend.
我的周末过得很糟糕。
⑥ be pretty swamped at work
pretty用于形容词或副词前，表示“相当的”、“好多的”（means “quite” or “rather” when used before an adjective or adverb），但比“quite”或“rather”要随意。例如：
I had a pretty good idea where she went.
我基本上知道她去哪里了。
be swamped with sth. 指陷入某事，难以应付（having more of what you can deal with）。例如：
The railway station is always swamped with tens of thousands of people during the Spring Festival.
春节期间，火车站总是挤满了人。
⑦ Those days are long gone.
那些日子不仅仅是过去了，而且已经是很久以前的事（those days are not only history, but were of long time ago），可指快乐的时光，也可指不愉快的日子。例如：
Me having dirty clothes all over the apartment? Those days are long gone.
公寓里到处都是我的脏衣服？那是很久以前的事了。