Ⅰ.核心学习：Weekend away with Colleagues 与同事周末去玩

　　Steve: I am so tired of the city life.

　　史蒂夫：我很厌倦城市生活。

　　Mike: Do you mean all the long hours at work as well as the noise and bustle of the big smoke?

　　迈克： 你是指工作时间很长以及嘈杂的声音和飞驰的浓烟?

　　Steve: Got it in one my friend.

　　史蒂夫：没错，我的朋友。

　　Mike: How about we suggest that we all go away for a company outing to somewhere rural?

　　迈克： 我们建议公司里所有的人去乡下某个地方玩玩，怎么样?

　　Steve: That sounds like an interesting idea. Where could we go?

　　史蒂夫：这想法听起来很有意思。我们可以去哪?

　　Mike: Well we live in this huge city, so how about we go somewhere that is the complete opposite?

　　迈克：嗯，我们住在大城市里，因此我们要去一个截然不同的地方，怎么样?

　　Steve: Do you mean somewhere in the countryside?

　　史蒂夫：你是指农村?

　　Mike: Yep - let's find a small village and spend the weekend away.

　　迈克：没错―我们去找一个小村子，然后在那里度周末。

　　Steve: Cool! And it will be even better if we can convince the taskmaster to pay the bill!

　　史蒂夫：酷!如果我们能说服头儿掏钱，那就更好了!

　　Ⅱ.单词简析

　　1) Bustle: moving quickly

　　飞奔：快速移动

　　ex:Sometimes the hustle and bustle of the city just gets me down, so I escape to somewhere slower and quieter.

　　有时候城里熙熙攘攘的景象让我觉得很沮丧，所以我要逃到一个节奏慢点、安静点的地方。

　　2) Outing: a trip away

　　外出：旅行

　　ex:One of the best ways to refresh yourself is to have an outing somewhere completely different.

　　恢复精力最好的方法之一是到一个截然不同的地方旅行。

　　3) Rural: the opposite of urban, the countryside

　　乡间：城市的反面，农村

　　ex:The majority of Chinese people live in rural areas and not in big cities.

　　大多数的中国人生活在农村而不是大城市。

　　4) Taskmaster: your boss, the person who tell you what to do

　　头儿：你的老板

　　ex:I can't go out for a beer tonight because my taskmaster wants me to finish an important report.

　　今晚我不能去喝啤酒，因为我的上司想让我完成一份重要报告。