在火車上，祖父Malcolm 與Elsa的談話在繼續(xù)。一位乘務(wù)員走過來到他們身
旁，他要看看Elsa的車票。

    Elsa： Are you married？

    Grandpa ： My wife died four years ago. She was a wonderful woman.
A real friend. Elsa ： I'm sorry. Really， I'm sorry. Grandpa ： Lots
of wonderful memories. We were married almost fifty years. Well ， forty-seven，
to be exact. Elsa ： John and I celebrate our fortieth anniversary next
month. Grandpa： Oh ， congratulations！ That's nice. What does John do？

    Elsa： He's an aerospace engineer and works for Orlando Aircraft Corporation.
He started with them almost forty years ago. What do you do ？

    Grandpa ： I just retired. Had my own company. A construction company.
Roads ， bridges， big stuff. But I just sold it and retired. Conductor
： Excuse me， ma'am. Ticket， please. Elsa ： Would you kindly hold these
keys， please ？ I have a ticket， I know ， I was in the smoking section.
Conductor ： It's OK， lady.Take your time. Grandpa ： I'm sure it's in
your purse， Mrs. Tobin. Elsa ： Oh ， here it is. Grandpa： And here
are your keys. Elsa ： Thank you.

    「語言點(diǎn)精講」

    1. Are you married？

    你結(jié)婚了嗎？動(dòng)詞的過去分詞形態(tài)常用作形容詞，放在be動(dòng)詞后面，作表語
來修飾主詞。如本句中的married

    2. I'm sorry. Really， I'm sorry. 在談話的過程中，我們可能會(huì)談到一
些不愉快的話題，這種情況下，我們應(yīng)該表示遺憾或者惋惜。如本情景中，祖父
Malcolm 談到自己的妻子4 年前去世了，Elsa女士對此的回應(yīng)是- "I'm sorry.
Really， I'm sorry."（我聽了很難過，真的很難過。）

    3. We were married almost fifty years. Well ， forty-seven， to be
exact.我們結(jié)婚有差不多50了，呃，說確切點(diǎn)，是47年。

    to be exact 確切點(diǎn)說，用于對剛說的話進(jìn)行解釋或修正。

    美國人比較重視結(jié)婚紀(jì)念日，在祖父和Elsa的話中都談到了自己結(jié)婚的時(shí)間。

    4. Congratulations！

    太好了，恭喜你，祝賀你。當(dāng)別人告訴你他的喜訊時(shí)，就可以向他表示祝賀，
對他說"Congratulations！"

    5. Would you kindly hold these keys ， please ？

    請你代我拿著這些鑰匙，可以嗎？

    "Would you kindly …？" 的意思是“能麻煩您……嗎？請您…好嗎？”用
于正式的、客氣的請求別人做某事。

    6. Take your time.慢慢來，別著急。