Sam 念完了日程表上的所有安排，但Susan 覺得自己好像還計(jì)劃了什么其他
的事情。Sam 看到她工作過(guò)于緊張勞累，建議她抽空去享受一下鳥語(yǔ)花香。

    Susan ： What else？ Come on， Sam…

    Sam ： You work too hard， Susan. When was your last day off？

    Susan ： Hmm. I can't remember. Sam ： You really ought to take some
time off. Susan ： What for ？

    Sam ： To enjoy the simple things in life …

    Susan ： I know ， Sam. Maybe soon. Sam ： To smell the flowers. Susan
： Oh ， wait a minute. What's today's date ？

    Sam ： Today is the twelfth. Why？

    Susan ： It seems to me I scheduled something else. Sam ： There's
nothing else in the appointment book. Susan ： I'm sure I did. Oh ， well，
I'll probably remember it later. Sam： I hope it isn't important. Susan
： Hmm. It's probably nothing. OK ， let's get started. Would you call
Priscilla Smith at FAO Schwarz， please ？

    Sam ： Right.

    Later that morning…

    Sam ： These are the models from the Japanese film maker. Susan ：
Thank you. Just put them on my desk. Sam： And the new drawings for the
toy spaceship. Susan： Wonderful. That was fast. Sam： We have a new artist.
She's very talented.

    「語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. You really ought to take some time off.你真的應(yīng)該休息一下。

    ought to do sth.：應(yīng)該做某事。ought to的口語(yǔ)說(shuō)法的發(fā)音為awta. take
some time off ：抽出時(shí)間（休息一下，放松一下）。

    2. What for ？

    為什么？在這里相當(dāng)于“Why ？”

    3. To enjoy the simple things in life …

    享受一下人生的小小樂(lè)趣……

    the simple things in life ：人生的小樂(lè)趣。這里simple things 指的是
輕松愉快的談話，欣賞美麗的天空，或是散步之類的簡(jiǎn)單但是令人感到放松和快
樂(lè)的事。

    4. To smell the flowers.去享受一下鳥語(yǔ)花香。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)場(chǎng)用來(lái)指“輕松
一下，放松一下，休息一會(huì)兒”。

    5. What's today's date？ Today is the twelfth.用“What's today's date
？”提問(wèn)時(shí)，問(wèn)的是日期，“今天是（幾月）幾號(hào)？”

    用“What day is it today？”提問(wèn)時(shí)，問(wèn)的則是“今天是星期幾？”

    the twelfth ：這里表示日期，指12號(hào)。在表示日期時(shí)，使用序數(shù)詞。

    6. It seems to me I scheduled something else. 我好像還安排了一項(xiàng)別
的日程。

    It seems to …：好像是…

    schedule在這里用作動(dòng)詞，“將…列入計(jì)劃，排入日程”。

    7. It's probably nothing. 大概不是什么重要事。類似含義的說(shuō)法還有
“It‘s probably no big deal. ”以及“It’s probably no big thing.”