口语情景对话：走遍美国精选 二度蜜月ACT 3 - 3ACT 3-3 你看看窗外【故事梗概】面对美食，Richard建议马上开吃，但是Marilyn坚持要先给家里打个电话，问问儿子的情况。
早饭后，天气放晴了。
雨过天晴，云破日出，真是个遥的二度蜜月。
Richard: Let's eat!
Marilyn: First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.
Richard: Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.
Marilyn: She doesn't know we've changed hotels.
Richard: You're right.
Of course.
Marilyn: [She goes to the telephone.
] Hello, operator, I'd like to call Riverdale, New York.
[A little later.
]Richard: This food is heavenly, isn't it?
Marilyn: This whole place is heavenly.
Do you remember that old desk?
Mrs.
Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.
Richard: What do you want to do after breakfast?
Marilyn: Why don't we take a walk down to the river?
Richard: In the rain?
Marilyn: No.
Look out the window.
The sun is shining!
Richard: Now this is my idea of a good time!
[They hold hands across the table.
]【语言点精讲】1.
First I want to call home and check on your mother and the baby.
我先得给家里打电话，看看你母亲和小宝宝怎样了。
check on: 查核，查询。
2.
Honey, if there were any problems, she would call us.
亲爱的，要是有事的话，她会打电话告诉我们的。
这句话是个虚拟的条件句。
条件句中用were表示遥（或将来），主句中用would表示将来，意思是说这种情况发生的可能遥很小3.
Hello, operator, I'd like to call Riverdale, New York.
你好，接线员，我要打电话到纽约的里弗代尔。
operator: （电话）接线员。
4.
This food is heavenly, isn't it?
这饭食真是太丰盛了，不是吗？
heavenly: 经过上帝之手，无比、遥其美好的。
5.
Mrs.
Montefiore told me that George Washington sat at that desk and wrote to his wife Martha.
Montefiore夫人告诉过我George Washington曾坐在桌旁给他的夫人Martha写信呢。
George Washington: 乔治·华盛顿。
美国遥任总统，任期自1789年至1797年。
6.
Look out the window.
你看看窗外。
更正规的说法应该是Look out of the window.
（编辑：薛琳）