Small Talks
　　A：Hi there，I''m Steve Saunders.What''s your name？
　　B：I''m Patti Whitney.Isn''t this convention great？
　　A：Yes it is，better than I expected it would be.The presenters have been first rate.Is this the first conference you''ve been to？
　　B：No，I''ve been coming for the last 3 years.Each year keeps getting better.
　　Where are you from？
　　A：I''m from Long Island，New York.What about yourself？
　　B：I''m from the other side of the coast--Los Angeles.
　　A：Wow.I really like California...the weather there is much better than the East Coast.
　　B：Have you been to California？
　　A：Just once.Quite a few years ago we took the kids to Disneyland on our vacation.They had a blast.
　　B：How many kids do you have？
　　A：Two，a boy and a girl.They’re already grown now.
　　B：Well，California’s changed over the last little while.You should come back out sometime.
　　你好，我叫史蒂夫.桑德斯.你叫什么名字？
　　我叫保羅.惠特尼.這次大會開得很成功，不是嗎？
　　沒錯，很成功，比我預(yù)想的要好.主持會議的人都是一流的人物.這是你第一次參加這樣的會議吧？
　　不是，最近三年的會我都參加了.一年比一年好.你是哪里人？
　　我是紐約長島人.你呢？
　　我是洛杉磯的，在海岸另一邊.
　　哇，我非常喜歡加利福尼亞.那兒的氣候比東海岸好多了.
　　你去過加利福尼亞嗎？
　　只去過一次，那是好多年前，我們度假時帶孩子們?nèi)ミ^迪士尼樂園.他們玩得開心極了.
　　你有幾個孩子？
　　兩個，一男孩，一女孩.現(xiàn)在他們都長大了.
　　噢，加利福尼亞最近變化很大，什么時間你應(yīng)該再回來看看.
　　A：Can I get you something to drink？
　　B：No，that''s okay，I already have a coke.Why don''t you have a seat，you look like you''ve been on your feet all day.
　　A：I guess I could take a break.So，how do you like Denver？
　　B：It''s great！ The mountains here are beautiful and the skiing is spectacular.Have you been here for a long time？
　　A：About six years...
　　B：What do you do for a living？
　　A：I manage one of the ski lodges.It''s a great job， I can spend a lot of my time outdoors，and I also get to ski for free all season.
　　B：Wow，talk about job perks！ That''s great.I would like to do something exciting like that.But I am only an accountant.Not too much excitement there.huh？
　　A：That''s okay.If it weren''t for you accountants，nobody would have the money to go skiing！
　　要我給你拿點飲料嗎？
　　不用了，我已經(jīng)有可樂了.你為什么不坐下，好像你一整天都站著.
　　我想我可以休息一下了.哦，你認(rèn)為丹佛怎么樣？
　　很不錯！這兒的山很漂亮，滑雪場面更是壯觀.你在這兒待了很長時間嗎？
　　大約6年了…
　　你做什么工作？
　　我經(jīng)營一家滑雪旅館.這工作太棒了，我大部分時間都待在戶外，而且還能在滑雪季節(jié)享受免費滑雪.
　　哇，有好多工作特權(quán)！那真是太好了.我也想干點兒令人興奮的事.可我只是個會計，沒有那么多新鮮事！
　　那也不錯啊.如果沒有你們會計的話，誰也別想弄到錢去滑雪！