在Stewart 家的客廳里，一家人在和祖父Malcolm 交談。在家中Malcolm 受
到了兒孫兩代人的熱烈歡迎，惟一的遺憾是沒(méi)有見(jiàn)到酷似故去的祖母的孫女Susan.

    Robbie： When can we go fishing ？

    Grandpa ： Robbie ， we'll go fishing soon， and we'll take your dad
with us. Philip ： I'm ready， Grandpa. You name the day. Ellen ： That's
a great idea， Grandpa！ Philip needs a day off. Robbie ： Let's give
him our presents - now. Richard ： Good idea. Grandpa ： Presents - for
me？

    Richard ： From me and Marilyn. Robbie： And this one's from me. I
looked all over the house to find it. Grandpa ： Richard， these are terrific
pictures. This one really brings back memories. You remember that day ，
Robbie？

    Robbie： I sure do. It was fun. Grandpa ： Oh ， I'm sorry Susan isn't
here. I miss her very much. Ellen ： She feels bad， too， Grandpa. She
called to say the plane was delayed. You know airports. Grandpa ： I can't
wait to see her. She looks just like Grandma at that age.

    「語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. You name the day.你說(shuō)哪天吧。name用做動(dòng)詞時(shí)，在口語(yǔ)中常用于提出
建議，做出安排或說(shuō)出什么的名字。又如：Name the place， and we'll be there.
（你說(shuō)哪里，我們就去哪里。）

    He named a Price. （他開(kāi)了個(gè)價(jià)。）

    2. Philip needs a day off. a day off休息一天，休一天假。

    3. Let's give him our presents - now. 咱們把禮物給他吧——現(xiàn)在就給。

    美國(guó)人有時(shí)喜歡送給久別重逢的親友一個(gè) welcome present表示對(duì)他們的歡
迎。所以 Stewart一家送給Grandpa family's welcome present來(lái)表示他們對(duì)他
的愛(ài)。

    4. I looked all over the house to find it.我在家里找了個(gè)遍才找到的。

    all over the house指屋子里的每個(gè)角落。

    5. This one really brings back memories. bring back memories（使我
想起了過(guò)去的歲月）。用來(lái)表達(dá)一種懷舊的感情。

    6. I can't wait to see her. She looks just like Grandma at that age.
我迫不及待地想見(jiàn)到她，她長(zhǎng)得和她奶奶在她那個(gè)年齡時(shí)一樣。

    can't wait to do sth. 迫不及待地想做某事look just like……看起來(lái)就
和……一樣