在公共汽车上
A：Is this the Central Park to East Market bus?这是从中央公园到东区市场的公共汽车吗？
B：This is the East Market to Central Park bus. Where do you want to go?这是从东区市场到中央公园的汽车。你去哪儿呢？
A：To the Municipal Government Hall.去市政府大厅。
B：Take the same number bus going in the other direction. There’s a stop right across the street.请坐去相反方向的这一路公共汽车。街的对面就有个站台。
A：Thank you.谢谢。
Social Security-(社会保险)
A：Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.嘿，他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。
B：Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?是呀，政府确实扣除不少。
A：Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。
B：Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?是呀，我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它，但是如果我们有这个钱的话，你知道？
A：Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.是呀，虽然不多，但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。
B：Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.是呀，我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。
A：Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。
B：Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.真的吗？不，不会的。如果他们这样做了，他们的工作就不保了。