once or twice

once or twice的基本解释

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一两次, 几次

与once or twice相关的情景对话

职场英语/工作

A:

Did you get the job?

你得到那份工作了吗？

B:

Yes, I’ll be working in the development department.

是的，我将在发展部工作。

A:

Did you meet your boss?

你见过老板了吗？

B:

Just briefly. She seemed nice.

只是简单地见了一面。她看上去不错。

A:

Will you have to work overtime?

你需要加班吗？

B:

Sometimes. They said I should expect to work overtime once or twice a month.

有时需要，他们说我一个月可能会加一俩次班。

A:

Is it paid or unpaid?

有加班费吗？

B:

It’s unpaid, but I can then take an extra day off. So, if I work an extra 8 hours on a Thursday night, I can take Friday off.

没有。但是我可以调休一天，也就是说，如果我周四晚上多工作了八个小时，周五就可以休息一天。

A:

That’s alright. It might be tiring, but then you can at least have a three-day holiday.

那还好，可能会比较疲劳，但之后就可以享受至少三天的假期了。

B:

I think it’s great.

我觉得这样也挺好的。

A:

How about your daily office hours?

你白天的工作时间是怎样的？

B:

It’s just a 9-5 job, with a 30 minute lunch break.

朝九晚五，中午有30 分钟的午休时间。

A:

Did you meet your other colleagues?

你见过其他同事了吗？

B:

I met the people from my department. They all seemed nice.

见过我这个部门的了，他们看上去都很好。

A:

Do you have an office?

你有自己的办公室吗？

B:

Not yet. For now, I have to sit in a cubicle.

还没有，现在只能坐在格子间里。

A:

How do you feel about that?

感觉怎么样？

B:

I’m not ecstatic about it, but if nothing else, it will motivate me to work harder so I can get an office!

不是太满意，但是如果没有其它选择，这倒可以激励我努力工作，那样就能有自己的办公室了。

A:

You’re always looking on the bright side of things!

你总是看到事物好的一面。

衣食住行/家庭

A:

Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?

西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？

B:

No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.

不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。

A:

How many people are in your extended family?

你的大家庭中有多少人呢？

B:

There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.

太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。

A:

Do you get to see your family often?

你常和家里人见过面吗？

B:

I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.

我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。

A:

Have you ever been to a family reunion?

你参加过家庭聚会吗。

B:

Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.

我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。

A:

Are many of your relative divorced?

你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？

B:

Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!

让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！

A:

Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?

你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？

B:

I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.

我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。