Visiting a Friend 1

Christina is on a two week vacation.克里斯蒂娜有兩個星期的假期。

This is the first vacation she has had for a long time.這是她很久以來的第一個假期。

The last vacation she took was more than two years ago.她上次休假是兩年多以前。

Now she is visiting a friend in San Francisco.現在她正在舊金山拜訪一位朋友。

Her friend and her husband are living near the center of the city.她的朋友和丈夫住在市中心附近。

He works for a start up company in Silicon Valley.他在硅谷的一家初創公司工作。

While he is working, she works part-time at a department store.他工作時，她在一家百貨公司兼職。

she hasn't had a vacation for more than two years她已經兩年多沒有休假了

Christina hasn't seen her friend for a long time.克里斯蒂娜很長時間沒有見到她的朋友了。

The last time they saw each other was 3 years ago.他們最后一次見面是三年前。

At that time, they were both working at a department store.那時，他們都在一家百貨公司工作。

Then?Christina quit her job and started her own business.然后克里斯蒂娜辭掉了工作，開始了自己的事業。

She designs women's clothing.她設計女裝。

She has 2 employees now and her company is slowly growing.她現在有兩名員工，她的公司正在緩慢發展。

Christina has come to San Francisco by herself .她還沒有阿奇里斯蒂娜一個人來舊金山。

Her husband didn't come because he has to work.她丈夫沒有來，因為他要工作。

He tried to start a company 2 years ago but it didn't work out.兩年前他想開一家公司，但沒有成功。

His company failed after only a few months.他的公司幾個月后就倒閉了。兩年多的假期

So now he's working at another company and saving money.所以現在他在另一家公司工作，正在存錢。

Once he saves enough money he plans to start another company.一旦攢夠了錢，他打算再開一家公司。

He doesn't want to give up.他不想放棄。

This is the second time?Christina has been to San Francisco.這是克里斯蒂娜第二次來舊金山。

The first time was when she was a high school student.第一次是在她上高中的時候。

That was more than 10 years ago.那是十多年前的事了。

During that trip she was only in San Francisco for a few days.那次旅行她只在舊金山待了幾天

After that she went to?Los Angeles and New York.之后她去了洛杉磯和紐約。

This time she and her friend plan to relax and have fun.這一次，她和她的朋友計劃放松和玩得開心。

Visiting a Friend 2

Christina arrived two days ago, the day before yesterday.克里斯蒂娜是兩天前到的，前天到的。

Her friend met her at the airport and drove her to her apartment.她的朋友在機場接她，開車送她去公寓。

Her apartment is just North of the airport about 20 minutes from San Francisco.她的公寓就在機場北邊，離舊金山大約20分鐘車程。

It's a small apartment, but it's on a hill and it has a great view.這是一間小公寓，但它在山上，而且風景很好。

Yesterday they went downtown and rode the cable cars.昨天他們去了市中心，乘坐了纜車。

Christina was surprised by how steep the hills are.克里斯蒂娜對這些山有多陡感到驚訝。

Then they walked along the ocean and ate lunch at a seafood restaurant.然后他們沿著大海散步，在一家海鮮餐館吃午飯。

From the restaurant, they could see the Golden Gate Bridge.從餐館里，他們可以看到金門大橋。

Tomorrow, they're planning to drive to Yosemite National Park.明天，他們打算開車去優勝美地國家公園。

By car, it's about 4 hours away.開車去，大約4小時車程

Christina has never been there before, so she is excited.克里斯蒂娜以前從未去過那里，所以她很興奮。

She has heard that the park is very beautiful.她聽說公園很漂亮。

Her friend has been to Yosemite several times.她的朋友去過約塞米蒂好幾次。

She says it's one of the most beautiful places in the world.她說那是世界上最美的地方之一。

Christina just hopes that her friend is a good driver.克里斯蒂娜只是希望她的朋友是個好司機。