Your four-year-old daughter is too young for kindergarten. You learn that the city offers a variety of organized activities for pre-school children. You want to enrol her in some of these activities so that she can begin her education in an English-speaking environment.
A : I'd like to enrol my daughter Rosa in art and kindergym classes.
B: Have you got anything to prove her age?
A : I have her birth certificate with me.
B: Good. I'll put her down for kindergym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Is that OK?
A : That's fine. What about her art class?
B: I'm sorry we don't have an opening in that class right now. If you'd like, I can put her on the waitlist.
A : Yes, please do.
B: Please fill out this form and pay the cashier when you've finished? After you've paid, I'll be able to complete her registration.
你四歲大的女兒未夠年齡進讀幼稚園。你知道市政府有不同性質的活動提供給學前兒童。你想替她報名參加幾項這些活動,好讓她熟悉在英語環境裡學習。
甲:我想替我的女兒羅莎報名參加美術和幼童體操班。
乙:你有沒有文件證明她的年紀嗎?
甲:我有她的出生證明書。
乙:很好。我將她登記在星期二和四的幼童體操班,好嗎?
甲:好。但美術班呢?
乙:對不起,美術班現在沒有空位。如果你想的話,我可以放她在候補名單上。
甲:好,請把她放在候補名單上吧。
乙:請填妥這份表格,往收銀處付款。然後我就可以替她辦妥登記手續。
Language Notes 語文註解:
(1)I'd like to (=I would like to)意思上和I want to差不多,不過語氣比較客氣。
(2)Enrol——報名、登記入學。
(3)Art——此處解美術
(4)Kindergym——幼童體操班
(5)Prove——證明。
(6)Birth Certificate——出生證明書。
(7)Opening——班裡的空位。
(8)Wait list (Waiting list的簡寫)——候補名單。
(9)Fill out (=complete) ——填妥(表格)。
(10)Cashier——收銀員。
(11)Registration——註冊。