Visiting a Friend 1
Christina is on a two week vacation.克里斯蒂娜有兩個(gè)星期的假期。
This is the first vacation she has had for a long time.這是她很久以來(lái)的第一個(gè)假期。
The last vacation she took was more than two years ago.她上次休假是兩年多以前。
Now she is visiting a friend in San Francisco.現(xiàn)在她正在舊金山拜訪一位朋友。
Her friend and her husband are living near the center of the city.她的朋友和丈夫住在市中心附近。
He works for a start up company in Silicon Valley.他在硅谷的一家初創(chuàng)公司工作。
While he is working, she works part-time at a department store.他工作時(shí)，她在一家百貨公司兼職。
she hasn't had a vacation for more than two years她已經(jīng)兩年多沒(méi)有休假了
Christina hasn't seen her friend for a long time.克里斯蒂娜很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到她的朋友了。
The last time they saw each other was 3 years ago.他們最后一次見(jiàn)面是三年前。
At that time, they were both working at a department store.那時(shí)，他們都在一家百貨公司工作。
Then?Christina quit her job and started her own business.然后克里斯蒂娜辭掉了工作，開(kāi)始了自己的事業(yè)。
She designs women's clothing.她設(shè)計(jì)女裝。
She has 2 employees now and her company is slowly growing.她現(xiàn)在有兩名員工，她的公司正在緩慢發(fā)展。
Christina has come to San Francisco by herself .她還沒(méi)有阿奇里斯蒂娜一個(gè)人來(lái)舊金山。
Her husband didn't come because he has to work.她丈夫沒(méi)有來(lái)，因?yàn)樗ぷ鳌?/p>
He tried to start a company 2 years ago but it didn't work out.兩年前他想開(kāi)一家公司，但沒(méi)有成功。
His company failed after only a few months.他的公司幾個(gè)月后就倒閉了。兩年多的假期
So now he's working at another company and saving money.所以現(xiàn)在他在另一家公司工作，正在存錢。
Once he saves enough money he plans to start another company.一旦攢夠了錢，他打算再開(kāi)一家公司。
He doesn't want to give up.他不想放棄。
This is the second time?Christina has been to San Francisco.這是克里斯蒂娜第二次來(lái)舊金山。
The first time was when she was a high school student.第一次是在她上高中的時(shí)候。
That was more than 10 years ago.那是十多年前的事了。
During that trip she was only in San Francisco for a few days.那次旅行她只在舊金山待了幾天
After that she went to?Los Angeles and New York.之后她去了洛杉磯和紐約。
This time she and her friend plan to relax and have fun.這一次，她和她的朋友計(jì)劃放松和玩得開(kāi)心。
Visiting a Friend 2
Christina arrived two days ago, the day before yesterday.克里斯蒂娜是兩天前到的，前天到的。
Her friend met her at the airport and drove her to her apartment.她的朋友在機(jī)場(chǎng)接她，開(kāi)車送她去公寓。
Her apartment is just North of the airport about 20 minutes from San Francisco.她的公寓就在機(jī)場(chǎng)北邊，離舊金山大約20分鐘車程。
It's a small apartment, but it's on a hill and it has a great view.這是一間小公寓，但它在山上，而且風(fēng)景很好。
Yesterday they went downtown and rode the cable cars.昨天他們?nèi)チ耸兄行?，乘坐了纜車。
Christina was surprised by how steep the hills are.克里斯蒂娜對(duì)這些山有多陡感到驚訝。
Then they walked along the ocean and ate lunch at a seafood restaurant.然后他們沿著大海散步，在一家海鮮餐館吃午飯。
From the restaurant, they could see the Golden Gate Bridge.從餐館里，他們可以看到金門大橋。
Tomorrow, they're planning to drive to Yosemite National Park.明天，他們打算開(kāi)車去優(yōu)勝美地國(guó)家公園。
By car, it's about 4 hours away.開(kāi)車去，大約4小時(shí)車程
Christina has never been there before, so she is excited.克里斯蒂娜以前從未去過(guò)那里，所以她很興奮。
She has heard that the park is very beautiful.她聽(tīng)說(shuō)公園很漂亮。
Her friend has been to Yosemite several times.她的朋友去過(guò)約塞米蒂好幾次。
She says it's one of the most beautiful places in the world.她說(shuō)那是世界上最美的地方之一。
Christina just hopes that her friend is a good driver.克里斯蒂娜只是希望她的朋友是個(gè)好司機(jī)。
