Dialogue 4

　　A: Oh, hello, John. Does your watch keep good time?

　　B: Not really. In fact, its sometimes five minutes slow.So I usually have to start out five minutes earlier.

　　A: How is the time now?

　　B: Oh, --1--! We have plenty of time.

　　A: Wed better rush now. You know， Id like to be earlier than the appointed time.--2--.

　　TIPS:

　　表走得快 The watch is some mimutes fast.

　　表走得慢 The watch is some mimutes behind。

　　表停了 The watch has stopped。

　　表壞了 The watch is out of order 。

　　【精彩短句】

　　時間到了

　　Time is up.

　　Time has come.

　　There is no time left.

　　Its the time to go .

　　【文化ABC】

　　約會 二

　　英語國家人士有很強的時間觀念，大多數(shù)人有一個記事本。人的地位越高，越要提前安排，重要的活動往往提前幾周或幾個月就做了安排。因此與重要人物約會需要早早安排。在大學里見教授或系主任還需要通過秘書提前預約，否則會顯得很冒失。