TIM: Good morning. You’re through to the tourist information office, Tim speaking.

蒂姆：早上好。这里是游客信息中心，我是蒂姆。

How can I help you?

有什么可以帮到您？

JEAN: Oh hello. Could you give me some information about next month’s festival, please?

基恩：你好。请问你可以告诉我一些关于下个月的庆典活动的信息吗？

My family and I will be staying in the town that week.

那周我和我的家人会在镇上。

TIM: Of course. Well it starts with a concert on the afternoon of the 17th.

蒂姆：当然可以。庆典的第一场活动是在17号下午举行的演唱会。

JEAN: Oh I heard about that.

基恩：我听说过。

The orchestra and singers come from the USA, don’t they?

歌手和乐队都是来自美国对吗？

TIM: They’re from Canada. They’re very popular over there.

蒂姆：他们来自加拿大。是当地特别受欢迎的音乐家。

They’re going to perform a number of well-known pieces that will appeal to children as well as adults.

他们将要表演许多著名作品。大人和孩子都特别喜欢。

JEAN: That sounds good. My whole family are interested in music.

基恩：听起来不错。我们全家人都很喜欢音乐。

TIM: The next day, the 18th, there’s a performance by a ballet company called Eustatis.

蒂姆：第二天，也就是18号会有一场由尤塞缇丝的芭蕾舞团呈现的演出。

JEAN: Sorry?

基恩：不好意思，叫什么？

TIM: The name is spelt E-U-S-T-A-T-I-S.

蒂姆：名字拼写作E-U-S-T-A-T-I-S。

They appeared in last year’s festival, and went down very well.

他们去年也来了，节目很受欢迎。

Again, their programme is designed for all ages.

同样的，他们的节目也是老少皆宜。

JEAN: Good. I expect we’ll go to that.

基恩：好的。我希望也能去看看。

I hope there’s going to be a play during the festival, a comedy, ideally.

我希望庆典中能有一场戏剧表演，最好是喜剧。

TIM: You’re in luck! On the 19th and 20th a local amateur group are performing one written by a member of the group.

蒂姆：你走运了。 19号和20号会有两场由当地业余剧团表演的戏剧，剧本是剧团的一个成员写的。

It’s called Jemima. That’ll be on in the town hall.

戏剧的名字叫做《杰米玛》。他们会在市政厅表演。

They’ve already performed it two or three times.

之前已经表演了两三次了。

I haven’t seen it myself, but the review in the local paper was very good.

我自己没有看过，但是本地报纸对它评价很高。

JEAN: And is it suitable for children?

基恩：适合孩子看嘛？

TIM: Yes, in fact it’s aimed more at children than at adults, so both performances are in the afternoon.

蒂姆：是的。事实上，比起大人，孩子才是他们的目标观众，所以两场表演都在下午。

JEAN: And what about dance? Will there be any performances?

基恩：舞蹈呢？会有舞蹈表演吗？

TIM: Yes, also on the 20th, but in the evening.

蒂姆：是的，也是在20号，但是在晚上。

A professional company is putting on a show of modern pieces, with electronic music by young composers.

一家专业舞蹈团将会表演几支现代舞，伴奏用的是年轻作曲家写的电子音乐。

JEAN: Uh-huh.

基恩：嗯嗯。

TIM: The show is about how people communicate, or fail to communicate, with each other, so it’s got the rather strange name, Chat.

蒂姆：表演的核心是展现人们如何沟通或者交流失败的。所以它有一个奇怪的名字，《聊天》。

JEAN: I suppose that’s because that’s something we do both face to face and online.

基恩：我想那是因为聊天是我们上网或者面对面都会做的事情吧。

TIM: That’s right.

蒂姆：是的。