Decline or Accept？

The apartment is decorated, and Angela and Jackson are setting on the sofa.

A　Angela　J　Jackson　G　Gordon

A：It's 8:10. Did you tell them the right time？

J：Let me look at that online invitation again. (He opens his laptop and get on the correct Web page.)
　 Oh no！ We forgot to put the date.

A：What？！Why didn't any of our guests call to ask？ I know we put our phone number.

J：Um... they might have tried to call, but we put our old telephone number.

A：No wonder no one is here！ Give you the phone. (She dials.)

G：(Over the phone) Hello？

A：Gordon？It's Angela.

G：Hey, Angela！ I got this weird invitation from you, and─

A：I know. Look, if you're not busy tonight, we'd love to have you over for a housewarming party.

G：Tonight？ I wish I could, but I have a cooking class.

A：Oh, OK. It's no big deal. I'll take to you later. Bye！(She hangs up.)

J：I think most people will already have plans for tonight. This party is bust！

A：Well, how about a movie？ We have the popcorn already. I can run out and rent a DVD.

J：That sounds great. I'd love to！

拒絕、接受話術
　
公寓佈置好了，安琪拉和傑克森坐在沙發上

安琪拉：現在八點十分了，你跟他們說的是正確時間嗎？

傑克森：讓我再看看那個線上邀請系統。(他打開他的筆電連到正確的網頁)
　　　　噢不！我們忘了填上日期

安琪拉：什麼？！為什麼沒有任何一位客人打來問？我知道我們有附上我們的電話號碼

傑克森：嗯......他們也許有試著打過電話，但是我們放的是舊的電話號碼

安琪拉：難怪沒有人來！給我電話。(她撥號)

高登：(在電話另一端) 哈囉？

安琪拉：高登嗎？我是安琪拉

高登：嘿，安琪拉！我收到這封妳寄的奇怪邀請.....

安琪拉：我知道。聽著，如果你今晚不忙，我們很希望你能過來參加喬遷派對

高登：今晚？我真希望我能去，可是我有烹飪課

安琪拉：喔，好吧，沒什麼大不了的。下次再聊，再見！(她掛斷電話)

傑克森：我想大部分的人今晚都已經有計畫了。這個派對徹底失敗了

安琪拉：嗯，那看電影怎麼樣？我們已經有爆米花了。我可以跑出去租個DVD

傑克森：聽起來很棒。我很樂意！

字彙

01. accept [əkˋsɛpt] v. 答應；接受

02. decorate [ˋdɛkə͵ret] v. 佈置；裝飾

03. dial [ˋdaɪəl] v. 撥打；撥號(電話)

04. rent [rɛnt] v. 租用

05. decline [dɪˋklaɪn] v. (此指) 婉拒

06. laptop [ˋlæptɑp] n. 筆記型電腦

07. weird  [wɪrd] adj. 怪異的；不尋常的

08. bust [bʌst] 此指「徹底的失敗」

關鍵解析

big deal  的用法

a big deal 指「至關重要的事情」

‧It was a big deal when Karen got a job at the famous company.

　凱倫在知名公司找到工作是件大事

文中的 it's no big deal 則表示「沒什麼大不了的；沒什麼問題」

A：Thank you so much for helping us yesterday!

B：It was no big deal.

A：非常謝謝你昨天幫助我們

B：這沒什麼


A：I'm sorry that I lost your hat.

B：It's no big deal. I didn't like it very much.

A：我很抱歉我弄丟了你的帽子

B：這沒什麼大不了的。我不是很喜歡它