原文：

　　Miranda is calling Benny. They haven"t seen each other for many years.

　　A: Hello, may I speak to Benny Smith, please?

　　B: Speaking.[1]

　　A: Benny, this is Miranda. Why haven"t you called me since you got back?

　　B: Oh, my God, Miranda. Is it you?[2] What a surprise! How do you know that I"m back? I was thinking of giving you a call[4].

　　A: Ok. Anyhow[5], listen, why don"t we have dinner together this evening and have a good talk[6]?

　　B: Why not?[7] Where shall we go?

　　A: How about the bar where we used to go for a drink?

　　B: It"s still there? Wonderful! Ok, let"s meet there at half past six.

　　A: Be there or be square.[8]

　　译文：

　　给老朋友打电话

　　米兰达在给贝尼打电话。他们多年没见过面了。

　　A: 你好，请问本尼史密斯在吗？

　　B: 我就是。

　　A: 本尼，我是米兰达。你回来了怎么没给我打电话呢。

　　B: 噢，天哪，米兰达。是你吗？这可真是个惊喜呀！你怎么知道我回来了？我确实想给你打电话来着。

　　A: 好吧。不管怎么样，听着，咱们今天晚上一块儿吃饭吧，好好聊一聊。

　　B: 好哇！咱们去哪儿？

　　A: 我们以前经常去喝酒的那个酒吧怎么样？

　　B: 它还在那儿吗？太棒了！好吧，我们六点半在那儿见。

　　A: 不见不散。

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