Susan 心里惦記著下午的業(yè)務(wù)會(huì)議，她想要回去工作。Harry 和Michelle的
失望使Susan 決定改變自己的工作計(jì)劃。

    Susan ： Oh ， it's a quarter to four ， and I have a production meeting
at four. Harry： I planned to take you for a ride in Central Park in a
horse and carriage. Susan ： Harry， I'd love to， but I have work to
do. Harry ： OK ， We'll walk back to your office with you. It's so nice
out. I decided to forget about my accounting problems and just enjoy this
beautiful spring day. Take the time ， Susan. Susan ： I know I should，
but … well ， there are too many things to do. Harry ： I understand.
I'll go for a ride with Michelle. Susan ： Right. Well， I had a really
nice time. Harry： So did I. Michelle ： So did I. I'm sorry you can't
come with us， Susan. Susan ： So am I. Harry ： Bye-bye. Susan ： Harry！

    Michelle！ Can you wait till I make a phone call？

    Harry ： Sure.

    「語言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. I planned to take you for a ride in Central Park in a horse and
carriage. 我原來計(jì)劃帶你到中央公園坐馬車兜風(fēng)的。

    take（you ） for a ride ：帶（你）去坐車。 take for 是短語動(dòng)詞，帶
（某人）去（乘車，散步等）。

    Central Park：中央公園。紐約市的中央公園位于曼哈頓（Manhattan ）中
心，是美國最大的公園之一。園內(nèi)可供徒步健行、慢跑、騎自行車，還可以乘四
輪馬車（carriage）游覽，公園旁的大都會(huì)博物館（ Metropolitan Art Museum）

    則更是世界聞名的藝術(shù)宮殿。

    2. It's so nice out.外面天氣真好。在此out 意思為“outside ”。

    3. I decided to forget about my accounting problems and just enjoy
this beautiful spring day.我決定忘掉我那些會(huì)計(jì)上的問題，只是享受一下這
美好的春日。

    decide to do sth. ：決定做某事，下定決心做某事。

    forget about（sb./sth./doing sth. ）：忘記，忘掉（某人/ 某事/ 做某
事）。

    4. Take the time. 花這點(diǎn)時(shí)間吧。不要吝惜這個(gè)時(shí)間。在這里Harry 的意
思是說：Take a break from your work and be with us.

    5. I had a really nice time.我今天過得很高興。這是和朋友、熟人告別
時(shí)常用的說法。

    6. So did I. so+助動(dòng)詞（情態(tài)動(dòng)詞）+ 名詞或代詞：這一簡(jiǎn)捷地表示肯定
的相同事物或狀況的說法中，中間的助動(dòng)詞或情態(tài)動(dòng)詞由前面句子來決定。

    如本情境中Susan 說了“Well， I had a really nice time.”，Harry 和
Michelle回應(yīng)“So did I. ”（相當(dāng)于“I also had a nice time. ”）

    又如下面一句： Michelle 對(duì)Susan 說“I'm sorry you can't come with
us， Susan. ”這次Susan 的回答則是“So am I.”（相當(dāng)于“I am also sorry
I can't go with you.”）